Teaching Artist - Visual Art

Organization Description

Recently, Chicago welcomed OUT OF SIGHT, a public art project (modeled after a hopscotch pathway) that invites youth and teens to actively participate in the project and its corresponding program. Installed in English, Spanish, and Mandarin, OUT OF SIGHT’s goals are to engage with audiences of all ages and encourage participants to consider their goals and aspirations and manifest those goals through creative expression. OUT OF SIGHT’s core principles and phrases - exuberance, energy, vision, visualization, enlightenment and serendipity - serve as the foundation for the creative process that participants of all ages will experience when they engage with this project.

Job Description

This summer, the OUT OF SIGHT team is collaborating with the Chicago Park District to launch arts programming in the parks, focusing on bringing the OUT OF SIGHT framework to the forefront of participants' minds. The teaching artist will be facilitating visual art workshops with teen camps at Ping Tom Park and the Chicago Cultural Center (tentatively) to bring the messages of the project: empowerment, self-discovery, and visualizing one’s goals.

This is a part-time, temporary position for June - August 2019, with the potential for extended work.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate weekly visual art workshops at Ping Tom Park and the Chicago Cultural Center (locations subject to change)
• Assist in the development of public programming exploring the principles of OUT OF SIGHT and execute and implement those programs
• Demonstrate OUT OF SIGHT educational program offerings
• Provide a safe learning environment for all OUT OF SIGHT participants
• Assist with the design/coordination of launching and culminating events
• Assist with the training of teen facilitators and park staffers to conduct OUT OF SIGHT activities
• Document activities for weekly reports and social media
• Assist with data collection, attendance tracking and follow up communications
• Other duties, as requested

Qualifications

• Experience teaching teens and pre-teens in visual art
• Highly skilled in the discipline of visual art
• Knowledge required to teach diverse sets of teen groups
• Demonstrated ability to build and implement unique, innovative, and engaging curriculum
• Proven time management skills
• Genuine willingness and interest in collaborative practices
• Commitment to the core principles of OUT OF SIGHT