Company Profile
ArtWorks for Milwaukee
Company Overview
ArtWorks for Milwaukee is a youth career-readiness organization that has been building soft skills of Milwaukee high school students, primarily youth of color, through paid arts internships since 2001. With two full-time staff and five part-time program staff, we offer high school students the unique opportunity to interact with a diverse group of peers, professional artists, and community leaders from across the city while building skills that will contribute to their success well into adulthood. Through either an environmental arts internship or a graphic design internship, students receive 315 hours of training while acquiring essential career skills that employers have identified as critical to their success, such as problem solving, communication, public speaking, and decision making. ArtWorks’ mission is preparing youth for tomorrow by providing transferable career skills through arts internships today. Our vision is: all Milwaukee youth have access to career readiness opportunities. More than 1,500 high school students have completed ArtWorks’ internships since our inception.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
2023:
- Milwaukee Community Journal’s Diamonds, Discoveries, and Destinies award to Terry Murphy, ArtWorks' Executive Director
- BizTimes’ Nonprofit Collaborator Award finalist
Benefits
Full-time employees receive a health insurance stipend, flexible work schedule including remote work, generous paid time off, professional growth and development opportunities, and a culture of respect and fun.