Employment

Call for Visual Arts Instructors 2020-2021

We are currently inviting ANY teaching visual artist to instruct a one-day workshop or series of class sessions to submit a short proposal for a teaching opportunity at Flower City Arts Center. If interested, please fill out this form. Please apply today!

Photo Club Teacher

The Photography & Digital Arts Department of Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave., is in need of photography teachers for our 2020-2021 Photo Club after school photography and writing program.

Program Goals:

  • Empower youth to express their vision and voice
  • Enable youth to build life skills
  • Encourage youth to connect with the community, through field trips
  • Enhance knowledge of school subjects, through practical application
  • Energize youth to work together in groups
  • Establish mentoring relationships

Our students are 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students who attend either Wilson Foundation Academy or James Monroe Highschool. You will be working with the same group of 5 students throughout the program.

Teachers meet for 22 teaching sessions either: Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday the week of November 30th 2020 through the week of May 28th 2021. Attendance is also required for two training sessions before the beginning of the program, along with the program’s culminating Awards Ceremony, Book Release, and Exhibition Reception at The Link Gallery in City Hall, dates TBD.

We have a specific need for bi-lingual teachers to work with our Spanish speaking students from James Monroe High School on Wednesdays.

Lead teachers MUST

  • Know how to use a 35mm film camera and how to make black and white prints in the darkroom.
  • Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs including Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Have some prior experience working with youth and be willing to establish mentoring relationships.
  • Commit to ALL meetings and be consistently available via phone or email.
  • Not be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.
  • Other helpful skills include studio lighting, matting & framing, creative writing (poets are involved in our program and will assist), and basic knowledge of scanning. We do not expect every teacher to be expert in ALL areas and can provide training/assistance as needed.

Teachers are paid as independent contractors on a bi-weekly schedule at $22/hour for 6 hours a week. Be aware that you may need to devote additional hours per week planning field trips and activities, editing student pictures, and contacting families/following up with students.

If you are interested, email a cover letter and resume immediately to Liz Webster at lwebster@flowercityarts.org

Digital Arts Youth Program Teacher

The Photography & Digital Arts Department of Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave., is in need of a digital arts teacher for our 2020 Our Vision Our Voice program, an after-school teen digital arts program for girls.

This is a 12 week program that will meet once a week for 3 hours. During this time students will produce a full-color magazine from concept, content creation to final design and layout. Our Vision, Our Voice gives young women the opportunity to learn new skills, and empowers them to share their experiences and dreams with the community. Content for their magazine may include personal poems and stories; interviews with neighbors, teachers, and friends; photographs captured in both a professional lighting studio and out in the community; and drawings and digital illustrations.

Teachers meet for 12 teaching sessions, Winter session 2020.

Requirements:

  • Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
  • Must be able to teach both the basics and more intermediate knowledge in all 3 programs.
  • Have some prior experience working with youth and be willing to establish mentoring relationships.
  • Commit to ALL meetings and be consistently available via phone or email.
  • Other helpful skills include studio lighting, creative writing (there will be a creative writing teacher you will partner with), digital photography, and basic knowledge of scanning

Teachers are paid as independent contractors on a bi-weekly schedule at $22/hour for 3 hours a week. Be aware that you may need to devote additional hours per week to planning activities, and contacting families/following up with students.

If you are interested, email a cover letter and resume immediately to Juliana Muñiz at jmuniz@flowercityarts.org