Teach with ArtsQuest

• Applicant should be a professional artist and/or educator with expertise in one or more arts disciplines.
• Applicants should have a degree(s) in the Fine Arts, Art Education, or other related fields and/or related work experience/training of at least 2 years.
• Applicant must be able to obtain copies of PA State Police Criminal Record Check and PA Child Abuse History and submit them to ArtsQuest before beginning any teaching program.
• Additional documentation, such a fingerprinting, may be required for some education programs depending on the requirements listed by schools and other community institutions where our programs take place.

• Artistic excellence as demonstrated by samples of the artist’s work, training, and experience, resume, and letters of recommendation.
• Good communication skills as evidenced by the application, work samples, recommendations, and subsequent interview.
• Experience, interest, and the ability to work with students as evidenced by credentials in education, application, letters of recommendation, sample lesson plans, resume/CV, and interview with staff

• Teaching Artists are considered Independent Contractors and are paid by the program, class, and/or workshop

ArtsQuest hires Teaching Artists for a wide range of programs, including but not limited to:

• Creative classes for all ages and levels in the mediums of ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography (digital and darkroom), mosaics, sculpture, mixed media, fiber arts, pastels, art & mindfulness, illustration, digital design, photo editing, jewelry/metalsmithing, creative writing, poetry, and more
  • While we run classes at offsite locations during construction, we will not have a space to accommodate classes that require a dark room, iMacs, or metalsmithing. However, the new ArtsQuest Creative Factory will include improved facilities for these mediums, and we will continue to accept applications to teach those mediums in the interim period
• Visual Arts Camps for students ages 4-17
• After-School Programs for elementary, middle and high school students
• Field Trips for students of all ages/levels
• Creative Aging programs for seniors
• Artist Residencies with community partners, schools, etc.
• Workshops and Art Classes for Veterans Groups
• Art History and Art Appreciation
• Group critiques for emerging or student artists
• Art Therapy Programs (certification documents required)

• Working with students who have special needs.
• Developing programs and classes which are sensory-friendly.
• Teaching classes in languages other than English – especially interested in applicants who are fluent in Spanish.
• Early childhood education.
• Teaching at the high school level for after-school/arts education programs.