What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fine Arts Portfolio Instructor position at The Artist Lab?
Who are we:
Established in 2015, The Artist Lab is a vibrant and expansive art studio located in Irvine. Originally founded as the "Little Artist Lab" in Tustin, our studio quickly earned the trust and admiration of art-loving families in our communities. In a few short years, our reputation has grown immensely, attracting over 600 families each week from across Orange County.
Our Fine Art Drawing & Painting Program is looking for a Drawing & Painting Instructor with a BFA or MFA, talent, a strong art portfolio
Students will be using: pencil/graphite, pen/sharpie markers, color-pencils, oil-pastel, water-colors, tempera paint, acrylic paint, and older teens and adults can use oil paint when ready.
This Artist Instructor needs to have but limited to:
- Expansive fundamental art and art-history knowledge to teach curriculum & projects to students ages 4.5 and up
- Strong teaching and public speaking skills to run classes
- Professional and strong networking skills to help attract and retain student customer base
- Flexible personality able to engage young children to educating teens and adults
- Be able to work in a fast paced environment, multi-task,
- Be able to jump from project-to-project,
- Be kind to students and parent-customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Be able to run and lead a classroom of 3-10 students in middle and high school range, and meet all needs of students: artistically, safety, and emotional needs during class.
- Guide students in the development of their creativity, imagination, visions, and technical skills while developing advanced and refined artworks using diverse mediums.
- Be knowledgeable and creative to be able to help students develop each advanced project conceptually.
- Contribute to a strong and knowledgeable curriculum and teaching plans that will be structured, organized, effective, and well taught and implemented.
- Provide instructions to students on how to select materials based on unique visions, their strengths, color, texture, balance, weight, size, malleability, aesthetic effects, visual energy, content symbolism, and other characteristics based on their creative ideas.
- Responsible for set-up, clean-up, and cleanliness of supplies and art teaching areas, and teach students to clean and also preserve paint and materials resourcefully.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Must be willing to work on weekday evenings and weekends Saturdays. Strong drawing & painting talent and skills are required. Previous experience as a painting instructor is also required.
If you feel you are a match, we would love to hear from you.
Check us out below:
https://www.theartistlabs.com/
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $25.00 - $45.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Do you have a BFA or MFA? One of these is a requirement.
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Teaching Art: 3 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Irvine, CA 92612 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $25 - $45
