Jobs/Internships
Website: http://imaginebusproject.org
Sonoma, CA, Unknown
Position Title: Teaching Visual Artist In Detention Facilities
Reports To: Youth Studio Program Manager
Status: Non-exempt, Part-time
Schedule: Monday 3pm – 4:30pm
Thursday: 3pm – 4:30pm
Friday: 1:30 – 5pm
Saturday: 9:00
Plus additional paid classroom prep-time.
Location: Sonoma
Teaching Artist-Position Summary
The Imagine Bus Project is seeking an experienced and dynamic Teaching Artist to support our Juvenile Hall Arts Program in Sonoma County. We are looking to hire artists who have worked with underserved populations of youth, and have the ability to deliver our curriculum, Teaching Life Skills Through the Visual Arts, to meet the needs and abilities of youth in custody. Teaching Artists work in collaboration with the administrative staff of The Imagine Bus Project, and detention facility staff, to support the development and delivery of weekly creative life skills lessons,special art projects, and annual student art exhibitions.
Primary Responsibilities:
Instructional Duties
Administrative Duties
Qualifications
The Imagine Bus Project offers a competitive salary structure. Compensation is commensurate with education and experience.
Please submit your original cover letter and resume to dmarion@successcentersf.org
About The Imagine Bus Project (TIBP)
Through arts education and community partnerships, The Imagine Bus Project engages and inspires incarcerated youth, and youth impacted by the juvenile justice system. We enable self-expression and positive personal development so that young people can successfully re-enter their communities and find a path to a fulfilling future. The Imagine Bus Project delivers cross-cultural learning experiences that focus on relationship building and art as tools for problem solving. We focus on exposing youth to creative opportunities and artists with the belief that art has the power to save lives and put adjudicated youth on a path towards a future in which they are healthy and empowered to lead creative andproductive lives.
For more information about TIBP please go to: www.imaginebusproject.org.
Brief Description on Youth Studio:
Youth Studio engages incarcerated youth in fine art as a vehicle for them to build upon life-skills they need to reduce their risk of recidivism. Each 90-minute session begins with an introduction to a life-skill that explicitly builds upon the most common criminogenic factors that lead to repeat offenses (anti-socialthinking, temperament, and associates) as well as the important non-cognitive skills like communication, decision-making, and empathy needed to be successful. The youth then engage in a corresponding fine art-project taught by community-based Teaching Artists who serve as strong role models and informal mentors. By introducing art materials, techniques, and the creative process in a formal large group setting, youth are exposed to positive methods for expression and communication and are inspired to discover their best-selves and yearn for a positive future.