Tony Bennett Apprenticeship Program

Exploring the Arts' Tony Bennett Apprenticeship Program places 11th and 12th graders from ETA Partner Schools as apprentices with professional artists and as interns at arts organizations. Participating students forge mentoring relationships with creative professionals, explore career opportunities in the arts, and gain work experience in their field of choice.

Students apprentice during Fall, Spring, or Summer sessions, and they receive a financial stipend.

Program partners have included:

• The Noguchi Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The New York Philharmonic
• Sweet Plantain String Quartet
• The Charles Mingus Institute
• The Orchestra of St. Luke's
• The Collegiate Chorale
• AM Studios
• Klavierhaus
• American Ballet Theatre
• Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
• The Joyce Theater
• Roundabout Theatre Company
• Striking Viking Story Pirates
• Epic Theatre Ensemble
• Off Broadway Booking

Pictured Above: student apprentices from Talent Unlimited High School working in the administrative offices of Roundabout Theatre Company and performing with Sweet Plantain String Quartet