
“It was an amazing and fulfilling opportunity that I consider myself very lucky and privileged to have had, but I was also a hard and tireless worker which made the results even better. The program is an excellent one and I have and continue to encourage my friends to take up on the opportunity that IA&A offers.”~ Gemma Lumley from Australia, intern at Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
“I feel that I did achieve my final goal through this training program. I was able to acquire important knowledge about the way that photojournalists work in the U.S.”~ Lucas Cannistraci from Argentina, trainee at Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL
“It was great working with professionals in the field of arts and learning from them. I learned to work independently and became more flexible and open.”~ Stephanie, trainee at the Washington National Opera, Washington, DC
“This training has been a golden opportunity, I’ve got to learn a lot of skills, and programs that I did not know about, that would definitely help my institution in Mexico. Not only this, but the social networking, has been great, the people that I have come to know are now, not only work colleagues, but friends as well.”~ Denisse Flores Somarriba from Mexico, trainee at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
Watch Anna Smith's (Director of Cultural Exchange Programs) speech at TEDx Washington, DC focused on 'The Creative City.'