Teaching Artist Positions
The LP is getting ready for 2011 and we are looking to expand our team of teachers. Scroll down for more information on how you can become a Laundromat Project teaching artist for the 2011 season.
Teaching Artist
DEADLINE: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 (received by midnight)
Position Description
The Laundromat Project seeks Teaching Artists skilled in book making, carpentry, photography, painting & drawing, sculpture & 3D projects, textiles or other creative practices that can be adapted to outdoor, drop-in workshops, to participate in our art education program, Works in Progress. The focus of Works in Progress is to make art education more readily available in our community—regardless of income, age, or background. We believe it is a basic human right to use our imaginations in the service of a better life. When The Laundromat Project has moved into our laundry-based art center, we will offer a full roster of studio art and visual literacy courses. In the interim, we have developed programming in community spaces across the city.
Teaching duties will include leading a series of art-making workshops at active Harlem and Brooklyn laundromats; facilitating drop-in activities at summer festivals; and other similar activities to take place in the public sphere between May and October 2011. Members of The LP teaching faculty will also have access to other opportunities within the organization, including establishing an annual contract if there is a mutual fit.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will have:
* 2+ years experience working as a Teacher or Teaching Artist, preferably in community-based settings
* Excellent people skills
* Capacity to apply their creative practice to larger issues, themes, or topics that have social relevance
* Experience working with a range of age groups simultaneously
* Ability to problem solve
* A creative practice that can be adapted to outdoor workshops
* Valid driver license and confidence driving in New York City
Ideal candidates will also live in Harlem or Brooklyn.
To Apply
Interested candidates should submit the following materials to Petrushka Bazin at petrushka[at]laundromatproject.org by Tuesday January 11, 2011:
* Cover letter, which highlights previous experience that has prepared you for this role
* Two (2) samples of past lesson plans
* Resume
* Three references with contact information for each
**Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. All interviews will take place Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Additionally, Teaching Artists selected for the program will be required to attend orientation and lesson planning on Saturday and Sunday, February 26-27, 2011.**
Position Description
The Laundromat Project seeks Teaching Artists skilled in book making, carpentry, photography, painting & drawing, sculpture & 3D projects, textiles or other creative practices that can be adapted to outdoor, drop-in workshops, to participate in our art education program, Works in Progress. The focus of Works in Progress is to make art education more readily available in our community—regardless of income, age, or background. We believe it is a basic human right to use our imaginations in the service of a better life. When The Laundromat Project has moved into our laundry-based art center, we will offer a full roster of studio art and visual literacy courses. In the interim, we have developed programming in community spaces across the city.
Teaching duties will include leading a series of art-making workshops at active Harlem and Brooklyn laundromats; facilitating drop-in activities at summer festivals; and other similar activities to take place in the public sphere between May and October 2011. Members of The LP teaching faculty will also have access to other opportunities within the organization, including establishing an annual contract if there is a mutual fit.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will have:
* 2+ years experience working as a Teacher or Teaching Artist, preferably in community-based settings
* Excellent people skills
* Capacity to apply their creative practice to larger issues, themes, or topics that have social relevance
* Experience working with a range of age groups simultaneously
* Ability to problem solve
* A creative practice that can be adapted to outdoor workshops
* Valid driver license and confidence driving in New York City
Ideal candidates will also live in Harlem or Brooklyn.
To Apply
Interested candidates should submit the following materials to Petrushka Bazin at petrushka[at]laundromatproject.org by Tuesday January 11, 2011:
* Cover letter, which highlights previous experience that has prepared you for this role
* Two (2) samples of past lesson plans
* Resume
* Three references with contact information for each
**Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. All interviews will take place Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Additionally, Teaching Artists selected for the program will be required to attend orientation and lesson planning on Saturday and Sunday, February 26-27, 2011.**
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