Art Instructor - Ceramics

Description/Job Summary:

Center for Creative Works (CCW), a Progressive Art Studio program, seeks a full-time Teaching Artists/ Art instructor to work with talented and dedicated adult artists with developmental disabilities in our locations in Wynnewood PA, and Philadelphia . We are currently especially interested in someone with ceramics skills to fill out our studio arts program. We are a studio art program for neuro-divergent artists, dedicated to the highest quality of work possible for the artists in this studio. CCW also engages the broader arts community through residencies, workshops, and other forms of collaboration, a robust exhibitions program. Our studio provides materials and equipment for a wide range of artistic media, as well as promotion and marketing for our artists. The Art Instructor position at CCW works with small groups of neuro-diverse artists, guiding and mentoring. You will engage people in their pursuit to professionally expand their creative skills and build their work and contributions as artists in their communities and beyond.

At CCW you will have the opportunity to work with interesting, unique artists and makers. You will assist them in the studio through mentoring within your area of expertise and guiding their art-making processes. You will work with new artists, exploring different mediums, and well-seasoned artists with a fully developed body of work and exhibition history. This is a very rewarding position offering ample self-direction and opportunity for input. You will be a part of a highly creative and dynamic team of unique thinkers, artists, and community-focused staff working in an active art studio as well as in the community. You will have an opportunity to contribute on many levels to the growth of this program and our artists! Our team is passionate, inclusive, and talented.

What’s exciting about this position:

• You will be working in a very unique studio environment.
• You will have plenty of opportunities to contribute and build experience on many levels as you will be an integral part in the building of this new organization.
• You will have an opportunity here to gain teaching skills and be supported to develop ideas that can contribute to our studio and your resume.
• You will be a part of a highly creative and dynamic team of artists and community-focused staff and have an opportunity to contribute on many levels to the growth of this program and of our artists.
• You will spend time in the community with our artists, visiting cultural institutions and other locations.

What you’ll love here:

• CCW is a program of Resources for Human Development and a values-driven organization. We are committed to these values, which include the empowerment of our participants and staff and to the flexibility to meet the changing needs of all of our partners and those we serve.
• On-the-job training. Training is available year-round to our employees. ,
• A lively, very engaged, joyful, family-focused team dynamic.
• A management team that is also dedicated to supporting your own art practice and development.

If you are interested in progressive, engaged thinking around identity, work options, creative contribution, and artistic practice, we may be a match for you. If you believe that everyone has something to offer, and neurodiversity adds to the richness of our communities and should be celebrated, you will feel at home here.

CCW offers full benefits for FT employees, which include health, life, dental insurance, PTO, 403(b), flexibility, and more. Join us!

Position Summary:

To provide professional-level art mentorship in relevant materials and techniques to neuro-diverse artists in a progressive art studio environment. The art instructor provides direct guidance in the acquisition of artistic skills and the development of CCW artists in their work to build an identity, express themselves, and engage in the larger community as accomplished artists. Art Instructors work with CCW artists both in the studio and in the community.

Essential Duties and Functions:

• Guide CCW artists in the art process, while teaching materials and technical skills. Participate in the creation and development of a curriculum aimed at the education and enrichment of persons served.
• Teach art making and vocational skills. Work individually as needed with persons served in the removal of barriers to learning and in the enhancement of participation in services.
• maintain our small ceramics studio
• mix / maintain glazes and other relevant supplies
• fire a digital kiln
• Act as part of a multidisciplinary team with the goal of providing services that are holistic and values-based. Manage the art studio materials and create inventories when needed.
• Meet as needed with the collateral supports of the person served to provide services in concert with other life goals. Develop volunteers working in the studio.
• See to the health and safety aspects of studio activity 
• Complete all daily documentation in a timely manner. Attend staff meetings and bi-annual in-service trainings.
• Collaborate and oversee the efficient organization of the studio, activities, supplies, and storage.
• At times, accompany small groups (1-3 people) of CCW artists in the community on outings using CCW vehicles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in an art field or HS + 3 years studio practice.
• 1 year of related experience in the art discipline / personal art practice.
• Subject to employment screenings, including an FBI check, if applicable.
• A valid driver's license.