Art Therapy Teaching Assistant

About Our Organization

About the New Art Center

The New Art Center is a non-profit, community art education space that offers exceptional opportunities to make, exhibit, view, think about, and talk about art.

We envision the New Art Center as a highly visible, bold, anti-racist, inclusive leader in art education and community building that serves the greater Boston community with programs and opportunities both in our facility and beyond our walls.

The New Art Center is committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourages applications from candidates of color.

New Art recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

The position is full-time, in-person, exempt with generous paid time off, a healthcare stipend, and short-term disability insurance. New Art Center will also pay for mutually agreeable New Art classes each semester, beginning three months after your employment. Free parking is also available.

New Art offers a supportive culture that takes art and artists seriously. We serve over 3,000 students annually in hundreds of classes and workshops. Our faculty includes some of the region’s most esteemed art educators. In two facilities that are welcoming and conveniently located, we offer an inclusive, multi-generational approach to art education that has served children, teens, and adults of all abilities and skill levels

Open Staff Positions

Art Therapy Teaching Assistant

Supervisor: Education Manager and Senior Programs Manager

Part-Time, Temporary (on a term-by-term basis)

Pay: $28 per hour

Availability: Mondays from 4:00-7:00 pm, Tuesdays from 4:45 – 7:45 pm, 6 hours total per week

About the program:

This expressive art therapy group provides a safe and responsive space for children and teens to create, connect, and share in a variety of art modalities in a confidential community environment. Mindfulness and ego-building weekly art exercises allow students to access, express, and transform feelings and struggles into meaningful art forms.

Position Details:

The New Art Center seeks a young professional artist educator to assist in weekly sessions with MS-ATR registered art therapist with up to 8 students per course. The person in this role will be present in the classroom and assist the instructor and art therapist, Erin Loparo, in a very hands-on classroom setting made up of diverse learners. Candidates must have availability on Mondays from 4:00-7:00 pm, Tuesdays from 4:45 – 7:45 pm, from September 29 – December 09, 2025. This job posting is for these dates, and will be resigned term by term based on availability and need.

Specific Programs and Dates:

5F-ART-0013 | Art as Therapy Group GR 6-9 // Monday

Dates: 9/29/25 – 12/8/25, no class on 10/13

Class time: 4:15-5:15 pm

25F-ART-0014 | Art as Therapy Group GR 6-9 // Monday

Dates: 9/29/25 – 12/8/25, no class on 10/13

Class time: 5:30-6:30 pm

25F-CHLD-0084 | Creative Connections: Grades 4-5 // Tuesday

Dates: 9/30/25 – 12/9/25, no class 11/04 and 11/11

Class time: 5:15-6:15 pm

25F-TEEN-0096 | Clay Collage! Art as Therapy for Teens: GR 9-12 // Tuesday

Dates: 9/30/25 – 12/9/25, no class 11/04 and 11/11

Class time: 6:30-7:30 pm

Duties include:

• Assisting with the preparation of materials
• Communicating with MS-ATR art therapist to build a curriculum
• Supporting students with diverse learning styles and mental health needs
• Assist with upkeep of studio cleanliness and material organization

Qualifications:

• BA or interest/background in expressive arts therapies/art education required. Studio art or art education degree highly preferred.
• 2-3 years of experience working with children/teens, preferably in an arts setting required.
• Previous experience with neurodiverse populations working in special education or with special needs students is a plus.
• Must have a flexible and enthusiastic teaching style that encourages both skill-building and creativity.
• Applicants must have a working knowledge of art materials and studio procedures, and the ability to adapt projects in the moment in order to make them more accessible.
• Ability to stand during shifts, and lift up to 20lbs on an occasional basis. Comfortable working in an active, hands-on environment

Application Instructions

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