The Smithers Art Gallery has been in operation for over 45 years and continues to grow and expand its role in the community through public art exhibitions, art education for children and adults, special events, and a retail space for artists and artisans.
Camp Leader - Summer
Dates of Employment: May - August – 16 weeks (35 hours a week)
Work Schedule: Tuesday – Saturday (rotating Saturdays and Mondays)
Wage – $19.50/hour
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Youth Camp Leaders will design and deliver age-appropriate visual arts camps. Each camp integrates art education with areas of interest such as nature, science and art history. Through this work, you will gain valuable experience in curriculum development, program planning, teamwork, leadership and community service.
Leaders work on a rotating schedule throughout the summer. During programming weeks, you will lead camps; during alternate weeks, you will work in the Gallery developing new curriculum for upcoming camps. Each week of camp features a fresh set of activities to accommodate participants who may return for multiple sessions. Details of the position are listed below.
Summer Art Camps:
- Develop curriculum for art camps
- Lead art camps
- Classroom set-up and take-down for each art camp
- Maintain inventory and purchasing new supplies within budget – as required
Drop-in Art Activities (Saturdays):
- Devise weekly activity & create a demonstration model
- Lead activities
- Maintain inventory of art and craft supplies and materials
- Maintain accurate records and monitor project budget
General Duties:
- Staff the gallery and liaise with the public
- Record visitor numbers and other data
- General cleaning and maintenance
- Artisan shop sales and merchandising
- Exhibition Set-up/Sales/Openings
Qualifications:
- Be creative, innovative and flexible
- Preferred: Be studying in the field of fine arts, education/another related field or in high school
- Have experience working with school-aged children
- Have a love of art
- Work well in a team show initiative, and leadership
- Be fluent in English, with exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Have strong computer and research skills
- Must be between 16 and 30 years of age
- Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have refugee status in Canada
- Criminal record check will be required
High school students eligible to apply.
Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter, detailed resume and two references by April 12th to the Smithers Art Gallery, Attn: Jenna Savage at info@smithersart.org.
The Smithers Gallery Association is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to ancestry, colour, race, disability, gender identity and expression, or sexual orientation.
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