Teaching Artist - Visual Arts

Articulture is seeking part-time contractual teaching artists for youth and adult art classes. We are presently looking for part time teaching artist in the following areas. Immediate needs - summer (and periodically ongoing throughout the year) Teaching artists to work with adults with developmental disabilities this is on location at partnership sites with a social service organization Teaching artists for our Art and Healing program to work with marginalized and vulnerable populations in partnership with social service and health organizations. Presently seeking teaching artists to teach classes to people living with mental illnesses. Needs for fall: Teaching artists to work in our partnership program with Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) elementary after school programs. Seeking artists with experience teaching children K - 6. We work with a number of local schools offering high quality art classes within after school programs throughout the school year. Some schools no longer have arts programming and this is the one opportunity students may have for a creative experiences. Ongoing: teaching artists experienced in various visual arts disciplines - drawing, water media, painting printmaking fashion design/sewing comics/animation bookmaking/binding papermaking leather work shoemaking/moccasin fiber arts blacksmithing other? Ongoing teaching opportunities: We offer year-round visual arts classes and workshops to adults, and various outreach programs for children and teens. We have relationships with a number of MPS after school programs who turn to us for quality arts programming. These teaching positions are ongoing throughout the school year. We also offer in school art-in-residencies when opportunities exist. Grant funded partnerships working with social service organizations offer Art and Healing classes for vulnerable and marginalized populations. We focus on self-identity, self-worth, a sense of belonging, and exploring avenues of meditation and hope through creativity. Examples of populations we have worked with include adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses, women in substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation, houseless youth and adults, affordable housing programs, and at-risk teens, elder learners, and those with developmental and physical disabilities. There are occasional opportunities to work on community public art with our Youth Arts Collaborative (YAC) public art program, which engages urban teens and our teaching artists to problem solve with organizations and communities through the creation of public art. The core of our community public art projects revolve around youth mentoring and issues of social change. To Apply: • Please send a teaching resume. Past visual arts teaching experience is a must.

• Samples of your artwork or link to a website.
• Familiarity working with vulnerable and marginalized populations is a plus.

Note: Salary variations are in direct correlation to different projects and programs throughout the year. About Us: Articulture is located in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis, and has been offering high quality visual arts education to all ages and abilities for 26 years. Arts learning is at the heart of all our programs, with a mission of: empowering individuals and communities to create positive change through the visual arts. Focusing on the creative process, we embrace how arts education ties into brain development and life skills, while supporting academic and lifelong learning. #J-18808-Ljbffr Minnesota Council of Nonprofits