The Brooklyn Museum seeks energetic teaching artists to teach classes in painting, sculpture, animation, and photography during our for diverse youth ages 8-13. We are hiring two instructors to each lead their own class. One instructor will teach painting, sculpture, and mixed-media. The other instructor will teach animation and photography. Instructors must be comfortable with teaching the themes and topics represented in our collection and special exhibitions.
Requirements:
- A demonstrable commitment to our vision of art as a catalyst for a connected, civic, and empathetic world.
- Bachelor's degree or B.F.A. in visual arts, education, art history, or a related field
- Minimum of one year of museum experience and gallery teaching skills
- Gallery and studio teaching skills with the ability to teach either painting, sculpture, and mixed-media or animation and photography
- Strong desire to work with young people
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- As required by the Department of Health, all staff must submit a physical exam and TB test, with signed documentation from a physician, by the start of training.
Responsibilities:
- Teach two groups of campers, ages 8-10 and 11-13
- Design curriculum, write lesson plans, and teach morning and afternoon art classes (2-2.5 hours long each) in mixed-media or photography
- Work with the camp team to sanitize art supplies and clean work spaces in between classes
- Communicate regularly with camp leadership about students, lesson plans, supplies, and any matters of interest.
- Collaborate with the team in designing other camp activities
- Supervise 2 teen/college-age counselors
- Prep studios in the morning and lunch prep period and clean up at end of day
- Prepare campers' artwork for presentation to families on Friday
- Facilitate evaluation on the final day of camp week
- In the event of online camp days, prepare a daily set of google slides for each class and conduct instruction via Zoom
Start date: April 15, 2024
Department: Education
Reports to: Associate Manager of Art-Making Initiatives
Position type: Part-time
Union status: UAW Local 2110
FLSA status: Non-Exempt
Salary: $30/hour
Schedule:
- Curriculum and Planning Meetings: April-June, TBD
- Training Schedule: June 24-28.
- Camp: July 1-August 9, 2024, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
- All dates are required
Apply online: Please send cover letter with teaching philosophy, resume and portfolio of artwork. Specify interest in teaching either painting/drawing/sculpture or photography/animation, as part of the online application located here.
Application Deadline: Monday, April 8, 2024
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