AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013

artworxLA (formerly The HeArt Project) is seeking project proposals
from Teaching Artists who will facilitate workshops for students at
alternative high schools for the academic year of 2013-2014.

ABOUT artworxLA
artworxLA is a non-profit organization dedicated to education through
the arts. With a hands-on approach, it seeks to end the high school
dropout crisis in the United States by empowering individuals to think
creatively and become catalysts for social change. In Los Angeles
County, artworxLA brings arts education to more than 600 students
annually at 21 alternative high schools. Teaching Artists facilitate
11-week workshop sessions addressing one of three themes (see on
following page) explored during the academic year. The workshops
culminate at a Public Presentation hosted by our cultural partners,
where multiple schools come together and share their work in visual,
media, literary, and performing arts.

TEACHING ARTIST
Teaching Artists inspire students' curiosity and connect them to the
theme, their environment and community in new ways; motivate students
to complete a project; emphasize problem solving in the creative
process; and instill a reflective practice that helps students become
more self-aware. Teaching Artists work closely with a Workshop
Coordinator, who co-facilitates workshops and provides support in
ordering of supplies and other administrative tasks.

Key responsibilities of the Teaching Artist:
· Participate in training (summer orientation, plus in-service
training each session)
· Develop a syllabus and lesson plans for the 10-week workshop session
· Facilitate a 2-hour classroom workshop once a week
· Attend the final presentation (the 11th session), hosted by
our cultural partners

QUALIFICATIONS
The qualified candidate will have professional experience in fine
arts, literary or performing arts, architecture, design, or related
field; at least one year previous teaching experience (experience
working with teens preferred). A successful candidate will be
organized and a good communicator/collaborator; be flexible and able
to adapt lesson plans to a changing student population; be able to
communicate clearly and passionately about their respective art form.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Teaching Artists are hired as independent contractors for the entire
academic year, for three 11-week sessions. Fall 2013 begins
mid-August; Winter 2013 begins mid-November; Spring 2014 begins early
March.

THEMES FOR 2013-2014
Skirball Cultural Center
Who We Are: Defining our Individual and Communal Identity
Our family stories and communal experiences help shape and inform our
identities. In partnership with the Skirball Cultural Center, an
institution dedicated to exploring the connections between 4000 years
of Jewish heritage and the vitality of American democratic ideals,
HeArt Project students will investigate the values and practices that
unite us across cultures. Through visual art, mixed media, performance
and poetry, HeArt Project students will embrace diversity as strength,
build empathy for others, and explore who they are as individuals and
as members of a larger community.

Los Angeles Central Library & Readers of Homer
A Journey Home: Reconnecting with an Epic Adventure
In the late 8th Century BCE, the Greek poet Homer created the epic
poem The Odyssey, which remains to this day an important part of our
literary heritage. This is the story of the great Odysseus, a Greek
warrior who fought in the Trojan War and his determination to return
home to Ithaca. His adventure home speaks to concepts of fate and free
will, justice, pride, loyalty, family and perseverance. In conjunction
with the Los Angeles Central Library and the Readers of Homer, HeArt
Project students will interpret the poem in their own contemporary way
through various media.

UCLA: Art and Global Health Center
Awareness and Action
HeArt Project students will connect with the UCLA Art and Global
Health Center to address major global health and socio-economic
issues, including the international campaign MAKE ART/STOP AIDS.
Merging activism and the visual, performing, and literary arts,
students will explore how education and access to resources impacts
their own lives and others across the globe. Founded in 2006, the UCLA
Art & Global Health Center is part of UCLA's unique Department of
World Arts & Cultures/Dance, a leading institution for the study of
the arts in a global context.

HOW TO APPLY
To apply, submit:
1) Cover letter, 2) Curriculum vitae, and 3) Project proposal (max.
500 words)

For project proposals, please include the following:
· Selected theme (one only, please)
· Medium of project
· Project's connections to the theme
· Relevance to adolescent students
· Connections to your own artistic practice

Email proposal to Denise A. Gray, Manager of School and Alumni
Programs Manager at denise@artworxLA.org by June 14, 2013. Questions:
(323) 465-1404 ext. 241

from LA Culture Net