Teaching Artist 6311arts art center $30/hr

TEACHING ARTISTS — WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS

6311 N. Clark St., Chicago · Contract, per workshop · $30/hour · Rolling

THE WORK

We’re looking for teaching artists as we build out our calendar of workshops — Some are One- or Two-day Some will be a series — Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced — focused on technique. You bring: the curriculum, the instruction, and a supply list. We bring: the space, registration, marketing, and students.

COMPENSATION

Instructor pay is $30/hour.

DISCIPLINES

We are currently looking for the following — and any other techniques you’d like to propose. If you teach and love it, propose it. Copper plate printing Egg tempera Silverpoint drawing Water gilding + gold leaf Anatomy for artists Color theory — beginner, intermediate, advanced Gouache Botanical illustration Figure sculpture from the live model — oil clay, no kiln Shibori indigo dyeing Visible mending + sashiko Kintsugi Encaustic Illuminated letters — broad pen plus gilding Ikebana Watercolor — beginner, intermediate, advanced Acrylic — beginner, intermediate, advanced Figure drawing with live model — beginner, intermediate, advanced Hand embroidery hoop Needle felting Punch needle basics Macramé Mosaic — beginner, intermediate, advanced Alcohol ink Water marbling Wire-wrapped jewelry basics Holiday ornaments — (cool, not lame!)

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Working artists who teach, at every stage and every path. Classroom experience is welcome; command of your technique is the requirement. 6311arts is committed to a community where every race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity belongs — and a particular welcome to artists whose identities have too often been pushed to the margins.

ABOUT 6311ARTS

6311arts is a Chicago-based art center at 6311 N. Clark Street in Edgewater — an inclusive, approachable, neighborhood-centered space where artists and audiences of all backgrounds gather. We have three rotating galleries, a shop with work from more than 60 local artists, a workshop program, and a printmaking facility we’re building into a working print hub for the North Side. We show and support Chicago-area artists at every stage and every path. 6311arts · 6311 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60660 · 6311arts.com · @6311arts #J-18808-Ljbffr Chicago Artists Coalition