The Brooklyn Museum seeks a teaching artist to design and execute all details of Hands-on Art at First Saturday.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s in Fine Arts or Bachelor’s in visual arts, education, art history, or a related field
Minimum of one year’s museum education experience
Excellent studio teaching skills for young people
Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Experience writing lesson plans and track record of meeting deadlines
Ability to design innovative yet simple activities with strong connections to art on view
Knowledge of a variety of media such as drawing, collage, and sculpture
Demonstrable commitment to the Museum’s vision of art as a catalyst for a connected, civic, and empathetic world
Responsibilities:
Design monthly studio art activity (up to 25 minutes) for participants of all ages at Hands-On Art at First Saturday
Order and prep supplies for approximately two hundred people
Schedule studio staff
Set up and clean up studios with team
Facilitate art-making during either ongoing activities or in four timed sessions (every 30 minutes from 6 to 8 pm)
Facilitate staff reflections at end of each Hands-on Art evening
Start date: October 1, 2022
Department: Education
Reports to: Family and Community Programs Manager
Position type: Part-time
Union status: UAW Local 2110
FLSA status: Non-exempt
Salary: $40/hour, up to fourteen hours/month
Schedule: Plan, prep, and execute Hands-on Art at First Saturdays from November 2022 through June 2023 (No program in January). Day-of responsibilities run approximately 4–9 pm; other hours flexible.
Application deadline: September 25, 2022
Apply online
If you have questions about our online application system, please get in touch with us at job.application.questions@brooklynmuseum.org.
If you have questions about our online application system, please get in touch with us at job.application.questions@brooklynmuseum.org.
At the Brooklyn Museum, we value all types of experience. For us, a successful candidate has many of the qualities listed in our job postings, and the desire and capacity to learn the rest on the job. So if much, but not all, of a job posting describes you, then we welcome your application.
