THE BIG IDEA
Hire young creative, pay them and teach them to be productive, engaged workers.
Modeled partly after Boston-based Artists for Humanity, the summer jobs are intended to provide paid work experience, new creative skills – and an understanding of how to be a focused, productive employee and artist. Some may gain experience working directly with Mint clients; others learn a bit about how art fairs work. Learn more in this Q&A we prepared.

In 2016, Mint hired four young people through Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, the city’s summer youth employment program. In 2017, we hired five young people and by 2019, we reached 10 young artists, including two from the University of Michigan Wolverine Pathways internship. In 2020, we hired our “Lucky 13” artists and in 2022, we hired 17 Detroit artists. Our goal is to continue to grow, slowly and sustainably.
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