Subject line says it all – DD’s academic advisor gave her a list of suggestions for summer that are all unpaid internships. She is an art, possibly theatre double-major (set/lighting design). Full-time unpaid work with no food/housing provided seems to be the norm for internships and entry level in the arts, but she doesn’t have money for that.
Everything I can find about her majors says these are basically dead-ends economically, regardless of how much she’s enjoying them in college. (Four percent of visual and performing arts majors in my state find work in “arts, entertainment, and recreation.”) Also, she’s at a LAC that doesn’t really offer career-oriented majors so she can’t just change her major to business. I’m not going to try to make her transfer.
Any suggestion for fields that appeal to “artsy” kids yet offer paid internships/careers?