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Bexar County Commissioners Court Arts Internship Program
Dates: June 1 – August 7, 2026
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 22, 2026
Location: Cactus Pear Music Festival, San Antonio, Texas
Please download the application below and complete it in full. Your cover letter, resume, references, and completed application form must be submitted by email to cactusexecutive@aol.com by April 22, 2026
Program Overview
Bexar County Commissioners Court established an arts internship program for local nonprofit arts organizations to provide paid internship to an undergraduate student to assist with seasonal or special projects. GenerationNEXT of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts (GenerationNext) will facilitate the program. Cactus Pear Music Festival has been selected as one of the Fourteen organizations selected to receive grants to pay the interns.
The program is open to currently enrolled undergraduate students who reside in Bexar County and are attending a college or university. Proof of Bexar County residency is required; however, the institution attended does not need to be located within Bexar County. Students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree or higher are not eligible to participate.
Our Past Interns
Tyler Brown, Eliana Murray, and Sophie Anderson
Purpose
To give undergraduate students meaningful on-the-job training and experience working with a nonprofit arts organization and to foster future leaders and advocates for the arts sector in Bexar County. Selected student will develop a closer understanding of how the arts benefit their community along with real-world applications of business skills that can be applied to their careers.
Please download the application below and complete it in full. Your cover letter, resume, references, and completed application form must be submitted by email to cactusexecutive@aol.com by April 22, 2026
Our Bexar County Intern 2025
J. (Cuco) Refugio Valenzuela Jr. with Executive Director, Reneé Davis
