The Brooklyn Museum seeks energetic teaching artists to teach classes in painting, sculpture, animation, and photography during our summer camp for diverse youth ages 8–13. We are hiring two instructors to each lead their own class. One instructor will teach painting, sculpture, and mixed-media. The other instructor will teach animation and photography. Instructors must be comfortable with teaching the themes and topics represented in our collection and special exhibitions. Our 2023 summer camp will be held in person with socially distanced groups. However, instructors should be prepared for the possibility of moving online temporarily if circumstances require.

Requirements:

• A demonstrable commitment to our vision of art as a catalyst for a connected, civic, and empathetic world.
• Bachelor’s degree or B.F.A. in visual arts, education, art history, or a related field
• Minimum of one year of museum experience and gallery teaching skills
• Gallery and studio teaching skills with the ability to teach either painting, sculpture, and mixed-media or animation and photography
• Strong desire to work with young people
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• As required by the Department of Health, all staff must submit a physical exam and TB test, with signed documentation from a physician, by the start of training.

Responsibilities:

• Teach two groups of campers, ages 8–10 and 11–13
• Design curriculum, write lesson plans, and teach morning and afternoon art classes (2–2.5 hours long each) in mixed-media or photography
• Work with the camp team to sanitize art supplies and clean work spaces in between classes
• Communicate regularly with camp leadership about students, lesson plans, supplies, and any matters of interest.
• Collaborate with the team in designing other camp activities
• Supervise 2 teen/college-age counselors
• Prep studios in the morning and lunch prep period and clean up at end of day
• Prepare campers’ artwork for presentation to families on Friday
• Facilitate evaluation on the final day of camp week
• In the event of online camp days, prepare a daily set of google slides for each class and conduct instruction via Zoom

Start date: April 17, 2023

Department: Education

Reports to: Associate Manager of Art-Making Initiatives

Position type: Part-time

Union status: Union- UAW-Local 2110

FLSA status: Non-exempt

Salary: $28/hour

Schedule:

• Curriculum and Planning Meetings: May-June, TBD
• Training Schedule: June 24-30.
• Camp: July 3-August 11, 2023, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
• All dates are required

Apply online: Please send cover letter with teaching philosophy, resume and portfolio of artwork. Specify interest in teaching either painting/drawing/sculpture or photography/animation, as part of the online application located here.

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.