Culture Works connects Chattanooga’s creative sector with the business community, facilitating networking opportunities and celebrating the work between the creative and for-profit business sectors.

Launched in 2023, Periscope is Chattanooga’s first entrepreneurial training program focused solely on the arts sector. The program equips working artists of all disciplines with business skills, tools, and mentorship to build sustainable professional practices. Periscope artists represent a wide range of disciplines.

The Opportunity Fellows program places college students and recent college graduates in part-time, paid internships within local arts and culture organizations, creating a pipeline of diverse arts administrators and sector leaders. 

The Opportunity Fellows program places college students and recent college graduates in part-time work opportunities with ArtsBuild’s Community Arts Partners, providing valuable, paid intern experience in Chattanooga’s arts and cultural organizations. 

Compensation and Hours

Spring Program: Fellows will receive $17.50 per hour for up to 35 hours per week throughout the 10-week program duration.

Summer Program: Fellows will receive a $1,500 stipend ($17.50 hour for 10 hours per week) for the entire 10-week program. 

Art120, Barking Legs Theater, Splash Youth Arts Workshop, and Stove Works all agree to provide the intern they select a progressive educational experience, through direct personal contact hours or through a training program, and to aid the intern in developing a summary report of his/her/their experience. 

The ArtsBuild Opportunity Fellows program is made possible by generous support from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and the Nancy Lackey Community Education Fund.

ArtsBuild partners with Tech Goes Home to help artists and young people access the technology and digital skills they need to participate in today’s creative economy.