City Neighbors High School students

Our student internship program was first developed in 2010 in association with City Neighbors High school with the goal to provide their students with an opportunity to get a glimpse of the various career opportunities in the fashion industry. Our initial interns learned how to make personalized skirt patterns and skirts to fit themselves and then styled their own look and were featured in a fashion show MACA held in at City Neighbors High schools auditorium on May 1, 2011 in front of an audience of hundreds of fashion enthusiasts and industry members..

We are excited that our program is growing!

In the 2011/2012 school year we were able to partner with Stevenson University’s fashion design program with the intention to provide our interns with an opportunity to take part in Textile classes at Stevenson, this was complemented by gaining valuable hands on experience at MACA and complimented by field trips to different fashion manufacturing and retail facilities around town.

During our field trip program interns will be provided with an overview of the garment industry here in the Baltimore, Maryland region. Interns will be able to take a broad look at how garments are designed, developed, created, manufactured and how they go from that point  all the way to the retail floor.

Our internship program provides high school students with the ability and opportunity to get a closer look and better understanding of all jobs available in the industry. It also provides them with a hands on personal experience to help them make a wiser choice when considering entering the industry and thus be better educated to effectively choose which of the great fashion design programs available in the area will be the best fit for them.