Well Dunn Interns Class of 2013
During the Celebrate Well Dunn Event in November we highlighted the stories of our Alumi Interns in a slide show. Here is the our first class of Well Dunn Interns from 2013.
Joy Antwi WD Intern Hired Full Time at Big Hassle
Excited to share another success story from a Joy Antwi a 2016 Well Dunn Intern.
Graduating from undergrad and doing something that you love doesn’t happen to many, but I lucked out. I spent years trying to explore different avenues that would allow me to continuously grow. Listening to music, discovering new artists and enjoying music & arts festivals became my passion; I spent time searching for a pre-existing niche that my skills could thrive in and my passions could come into use. I was seeking a way to help cultivate, and facilitate artistic connections and communication to the masses.
After another beautiful Bonnaroo I learned about some of the pieces that go into the yearly celebration and came across the Well Dunn Organization. I loved the organization’s mission and driving force for its creation, Emily Dunn. I was over eager to get involved, and wrote an essay, that could have easily turned into a novel. Once I submitted my application I prayed that this all would become real, and it did.
I got in connection with Deborah Dunn who found me to be a plausible great fit at Big Hassle Media. I moved to New York in May, and didn’t only fall in love with the city but Big Hassle and my teammates. May quickly turned into August and before for I knew it my internship was over. The possibility of having me on the team arose and it was an offer I couldn’t refuse. I am now a happy Hassler!
Congrats Joy!! We can’t wait to see where this new path takes you!
Bonnaroo 2015
Well Dunn heads back to the farm tomorrow! Here are some pictures from the Roo 2015. Be sure to come visit us at Bonnaroo Works tent to meet some of the board members and learn more about Well Dunn.
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WD Intern: Liza McLain
How did you learn about Well Dunn
Emily Dunn was my sister’s best friend and someone I always looked up to. I aspired to be like her — creative, a hard-worker, and an ambitious person in the music industry.
You interned with Well Dunn – what did you learn, love about that internship – biggest take away
The biggest takeaway for me while interning was learning that I have a very logistical and managerial brain. I learned how important that can be in the industry, and I learned that creativity doesn’t always mean you have to know how to draw or paint or be “artistic.” Being artistic can mean that your work is like art, and you’re good at it.
What are you doing now? Did you stay in the Music and Entertainment Industry
Currently, I am working for Suite Treatments out in Oakland, CA. Suite Treatments is one of the proud partners of Well Dunn!
Best advice you wish you could give to your younger self?
“It’s okay to not know what you want to do. And if that’s true for you, try everything…and keep
Best music/entertaiment memory to date
Throwing a Blue Moon beer from the crowd up to The Head and the Heart during their set at Bonnaroo 2014. And yes, he caught it!
San Francisco Favorites
- Favorite Place to See live music
- Great American Music Hall
- Smuggler’s Cove
- Favorite Place to Eat
- The Grove
- When in San Fran you must…
- Ride bikes across Golden Gate Bridge (corny, I know, but it’s actually so much fun).
Charity Spotlight: The Well Dunn Foundation
There’s only 3 days left to donate to our campaign!
The Well Dunn Foundation is a non-profit organization set up in memory of a young woman named Emily Dunn, and is the primary focus of our fundraising efforts. Its mission is to support the ambitions of new professionals interested in the entertainment business. The Global Goulets are proud to team up with such a great cause.
Who was Emily? Just about the raddest person we’ve ever met, and one of our closest friends. At first she was just the hippy across the hall, but as the months progressed and we got to know her, she became like our sister.
Emily was a brilliant girl who had travelled more than anyone we’d ever met – South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, she’d done it all before the age of 25. She’d hiked in the Himalayas and trekked across the Andes. She had travelled around some of the countries we will travel through on the Rally before we’d even heard of them.
Well Dunn, Program To Support Careers in Entertainment, Launches
Well Dunn, a program to support young professionals in search of internships and careers in the entertainment business, has launched. The program’s mission is to support the aspirations of inspired up-and-comers who want to work in entertainment but lack the necessary resources to take on an internship.
Entertainment companies that have already reserved internship positions for Well Dunn-chosen participants, include: A.C. Entertainment, Big Hassle Media, CID Entertainment, Cloud 9 Adventures, JamBase, Life is good, Red Light Management, Relix, Suite Treatments and Superfly Presents. The businesses will provide substantial training and supervision to Well Dunn interns.
Well Dunn was founded in honor of Emily Dunn, a young professional in the music business who exemplified leadership, integrity, confidence, deep engagement and a driving work ethic. Emily worked as a volunteer and then intern in the production and operation side of the entertainment business. She was killed in a bus accident in San Francisco in August 2011. She was 23. Dunn worked as a volunteer just after high school and started working at Bonnaroo, among many other events, in 2005, while still in college. By the time of her death, she was a full-time staffer, with Superfly Presents, Bonnaroo’s Co-Producer,
“Emily brought a tremendous amount of energy and creativity to her work at the festival every year and she became a good friend to so many,” said Superfly’s Rick Farman. “We want to help people who are like Emily, who started as a volunteer, but might not have the resources or access to the opportunities that she did.”
Bonnaroo organizers have pledged to donate a percentage of their guest charity donation fee to Well Dunn. Funds raised by Well Dunn will be used in part to provide stipends as a contribution towards living and other expenses incurred during internships.