AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Teaching Artist, Contemporary Art

Title: Teaching Artist
Program: Public Art
Time Commitment: 16 hours + planning and prep
Deadline to Apply: September 30th

South of the Navy Yard Artists and the Green School are partnering up to
facilitate 4 teaching artist residencies. We are committed to directly
engaging The Green School students and the surrounding community with Public
Art residencies designed and implemented by working contemporary artists.

Purpose of Position: We seek experienced, innovative Teaching Artists with
an active contemporary public art practice for in- school, curriculum
integrated art residencies with High School students at The Green School.
Teaching Artists will work alongside Classroom Teachers providing arts
integrated instruction in such areas as Math, Science, ELA, and
Social/Global Studies. Each site-specific residency is unique, and is
developed to meet the needs of each individual subject. Residencies will be
16 hours and carefully planned with SONYA President Ellie Balk, Assistant
Principal Nathan Affield and the Green School classroom teacher.

Teaching Artists are expected to implement a student centered, integrated
public arts residency using arts and media to increase student knowledge of
academic subjects, and engaging students through creative projects and
lessons relevant to their culture, needs and learning styles and to reach
out to the surrounding community.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Meeting with school staff to determine their needs;
Customizing a public art project that integrates well with school’s core
curriculum and educational mission;
Provide Budget and Planning outlines
Provide Pre and Post Evaluations
Maintaining communication with the school and SONYA to report outcomes, make
changes in program design, and assist with assessment;
Completing projects, final reports and curriculum in a timely manner.
Qualifications
Complete body of work representing personal artistic practice and
exploration;
Experience creating Public Art with inner-city youth, teaching and
curriculum development experience a plus;
Exhibit commitment to youth development and community building;
Ability to connect art to contemporary issues and situations.
Compensation & Schedule
Compensation School-based residencies are during the school-day.
16 contact hours @ $70/ hr $1,120
8 hours prep @$35 hour $280
total: $1,400
+ $300 for supplies
To Apply
Email info@sonyaonline.org with subject line: Teaching Artist.
Please include:
a brief cover letter in the body of the email
a sample proposal idea of a public art project with high school students in
the subjects of Math, Science, Restorative Justice or Global History. These
proposals can be for indoor or outdoor projects and should be geared for
whole class participation (25-30 students). We are open to anything from
mural projects to sound installations to interactive Multi-Media film and
photography. We ask that you think about integration to the subject,
student involvement and community involvement. We have a strong partnership
with The Graham Avenue Business Improvement District and will facilitate
community involvement where needed. For example: Restorative Justice class:
students will build painted chalkboards hung throughout the school with
sentence starter prompts and attached boxes of chalk, giving all students a
positive outlet for their impulses to write and self-express. In Math,
paint metal shop gates along Graham Ave with visualizations of equivalent
proportions. For Living Environment class, build colorful, raised-bed herb
gardens to beautify Graham Ave tree pits or The Green School Garden,
studying the ecology of the urban environment. Or study cultural diffusion
and integrate art and Global History by painting the steps to Salsa dancing
along East Williamsburg’s Music Avenue - Moore Street.
current resume
a list of three references

Application Deadline: September 30th
Interview: Mid October
Group meeting/PD: End of October
Team meeting: Beginning in November

Start Date to be determined by you and the classroom teacher. The residency
could happen in the Fall 2013 or Spring 2014 depending on the scope of your
project.

The Green School
223 Graham Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11206
http://greenschoolnyc.org

South of the Navy Yard Artists (SONYA)
P O Box 380558
Brooklyn, NY 11238
www.sonyaonline.org
347-766-9270

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