The PASEO 2021 Festival
Internship Program
Hands-on Experiences
The Paseo Project hired three interns for a ten-week (July 12 - September 24), paid position in the summer of 2022. The internship was open to northern New Mexicans aged 16 - 25.
This year’s program offered workshops, mentorship and training centered around the production of the PASEO Festival. Candidates identified an interest area (e.g. event production, technical production, community engagement, new media arts); and the positions were tailored to the intern’s area(s) of focus.
With the PASEO Festival internship, Taos-youth gained hands-on experience by contributing to event preparation, execution, and wrap-up.
Responsibilities included:
• Support Paseo staff in planning and executing the PASEO Festival
• Self directed learning of applicable skills
• Assist with management of artists
• Help develop Festival technical plan and/or Festival organizational plan
• Support with communications and social media
• Help install, run, and deinstall the (abbreviated) 2021 PASEO Festival!
Thanks to the TCA, the LANL Foundation and Nina's Fund
for supporting our education programs!
Our 2021 Interns
Midnite Lujan
Joey Birdsong
Kailey Kelly
David Silva
Julian Callignon
Over the course of several weeks, all five interns came together at the Taos Center for the Arts to attend a series of workshops aimed at training the youth in technical production principles commonly used at The PASEO.
Principles of Projection: Technical workshop learning the principles of video projection. In this interactive, hands-on workshop Interns connected with local tech production professionals to better understand video projection systems.
Principles of Lighting: Technical workshop learning the principles of sound. In this interactive, hands-on workshop Interns connected with local tech production professionals to better understand the science of light and lighting systems.
Principles of Sound: Technical workshop learning the principles of sound. In this interactive, hands-on workshop. Interns connected with local tech production professionals to better understand the science of sound and sound systems.
