Workshop Teaching Artist
Call for Submissions
Position: Workshop teaching artist
Contracted for a variety of creative and collaborative workshops
Fee: $150 per session
The Role
You Are:
- An artist, teaching artist, arts educator, or community artist with a practice in the visual arts, dance, theatre, music, technical theatre, writing, or storytelling.
- A creator of magical experiences using your art form to create joy, develop learners’ skill, knowledge, and understanding of the arts.
- Curious by nature.
- Excited to share the creative process.
You Bring:
- A joyful passion to your artistry.
- A belief that the Arts play an essential role in learning, personal development, and build strong and vibrant communities.
- An authentic and genuine spirit to all that you do.
- An open heart and a deep appreciation for the creative process.
The workshop teaching artist shares their artform in a way that allows learners to see the world through a joyful, creative lens. Learners will build new skills, knowledge, and understanding in the artform. The creative process will guide the learning, allowing the participants to create, question and reflect on the process. The workshop artist will work alongside the education specialist and arts facilitator.
Qualifications:
- Diploma/degree/training in the visual arts, theatre, music, dance or expressive arts.
- Experience in arts education or aesthetic education.
- Can deliver programs online using multiple platforms such as Zoom, Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Has a passion for working with youth, teachers, and communities.
- Comfortable working collaboratively or individually.
About Our Programming
Welcome to the ConocoPhillips Hub for Inspired Learning, where Arts Commons becomes the springboard into curiosity and imagination! The place where students and teachers are immersed in opportunities to explore the performing and visual arts as it connects to each classes’ curriculum. Students are also given a peek behind the scenes to engage in the technical side of theatre.
At the ConocoPhillips Hub for Inspired Learning students connect with industry experts for hands-on learning that promotes creative bravery while connecting to the joy of discovery alongside their peers.
Students are supported in the Hub to be their best, always, encouraged to do the right thing, and invited to lead with an open mind and heart. Teachers and students will leave transformed having made discoveries about themselves, their community, and the world around them.
What We Value
We are looking for individuals who share our vision of building a creative and compassionate society, inspired through the arts. Our team is made up of people with a diverse range of interests — singers, actors, musicians, playwrights, coaches, teachers, gamers, bakers, photographers, athletes, dancers. People whose interests encompass the widest spectrum. We even have furry, four-legged friends in the office. We value people who strive to do the right thing, and work to be their best. People with open minds, hearts, and arms.
Must have a current vulnerable police clearance.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please send your resume and cover letter to education@artscommons.ca.
