Adult Learning Teaching Artist [HHArt of Medicine] (P/T, Temporary)—Education
In partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals, the Brooklyn Museum seeks a seasoned teaching artist with exceptional gallery teaching experience to co-facilitate HHArt of Medicine, our art-based program for hospital staff, on-site at H+H’s various campuses. There are two to four sessions per month.
HHArt of Medicine provides a space for hospital staff across New York City to reflect on the losses we’ve collectively experienced as a result of the extended COVID-19 crisis (loneliness, missed opportunities, unknown futures, and death). Through art-making and facilitated discussions around artworks from H+H’s art collection, HHArt of Medicine seeks to offer rest and resilience for hospital workers by providing time for and fostering self-care, conversation, and connection.
Qualifications:
- Extensive experience as a museum educator and a demonstrated history of work of utilizing the arts to facilitate conversation and self-reflection
- Demonstrated ability to successfully engage adults from diverse backgrounds
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Capacity to maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations, both on-site and in the larger community
- Ability to regularly assess performance and integrate feedback as needed
- Creative problem-solving abilities and passion for work at the intersection of art and healing
- Interest in slow looking and how the arts can promote health and wellness
Responsibilities:
- In collaboration with an art therapist, utilize existing curricula to co-lead a highly engaging 75-minute gallery- and studio-based program for up to twenty-five hospital staff at H+H campus hospitals across the five boroughs, two to four times per month
- Support materials prep and clean-up before and after each session, including possibly assisting with transportation support from the Museum to H+H campus hospitals on rare occasions
- Participate in an onboarding and orientation meeting, including a program observation, prior to teaching
- Participate in periodic reflection sessions with Brooklyn Museum and HHArt of Medicine staff to critically reflect on and strengthen session design
Start date: February 3, 2023
Department: Education
Reports to: Senior Manager of Adult Learning
Position type: Part-time
Salary: $400 per day for teaching sessions and $75 per hour for planning meetings
Union status: UAW Local 2110
FLSA status: Non-exempt
Schedule: The position runs from February through July 2023.
Planning: Weekday scheduled meetings and observation times to be determined: Up to four hours per month (February–July 2023)
Teaching: Two to four sessions per month; each session runs for 120–150 minutes. Sessions usually take place Monday–Friday, between the hours of 9 am to 2 pm, and are located at various hospital sites across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens.
Application deadline: December 23, 2022
In your cover letter, please describe the key aspects of your teaching philosophy and how your pedagogical approach and/or artistic practice connects to creating space for rest and resilience.
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