Accomplished Arts Apprentices Recruiting Fair

The Accomplished Arts Apprentices (AAA) program aims to increase equity and inclusion in the arts, creative and reservation trades, with specific focus on people from marginalized communities in Baltimore. Launched in 2020 by Jeffrey Kent, the Peale’s Curator-in-Residence, the program is now recruiting its third cohort of apprentices. Apprentices receive hands-on training in exhibition installation, art handling, historic preservation, and related trades, as well as greater involvement in and appreciation of the arts lifelong.

The program teaches professional as well as life skills that will be useful to any future employment the apprentices may pursue, including how to identify and secure fulfilling lifetime work opportunities. Importantly for people from economic disadvantage, the trades skills being taught in this program lead to well-paid, meaningful careers that don’t require the up-front investment of a college degree but are financially and creatively rewarding, helping strengthen and preserve communities, their cultural heritage, and their futures.

Coursework includes:
Workplace transferable skills, e.g.: safety and workplace etiquette
Techniques used in historic building preservation
Fine Art installation, proper artwork handling, and tool usage
Wall repair and painting
Masonry skills
Proper use of classic hand tools, as well as electric woodworking tools
Teamwork and collaboration
Learn various career opportunities for this profession
Fieldtrips to various cultural institutions in Baltimore
Financial literacy

Additional Details

• Interviews will take place the week following the recruitment fair. Decisions will be made quickly, as the program begins Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
• The program’s first session runs for approximately 17 weeks. There is a six week break in the summer, then Apprentices may apply for a second 17 week session that begins in September and ends in December 2024.
• The program is 30 hours per week, Tuesday – Friday from 9:30am – 5:30pm.
• Apprentices will receive a livable hourly wage, assistance with transportation to the program, and lunch daily.
• Apprentices will be required to obtain a checking account so that they can be paid weekly via direct deposit.