New Call for teaching artist for City Studies class on neighborhood change | East Williamsburg | 3-session project

We're seeking a teaching artist to design and implement a 3-session project for high school students at the Lyons Community School in East Williamsburg. CUP's project-based curricula enable students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works through collaborative research and design.

This project will be a part of an interdisciplinary 10th grade class on neighborhood change and converging cultures. Students will seek out visual, anecdotal, and factual evidence of neighborhood change near their school. The class meets Tuesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 pm, on April 17, April 24, and May 1.

CUP teaching artists/designers work with CUP staff to develop course ideas, schedules, lesson plans, and to document the project. Teaching artists produce a designed final product in collaboration with the students and CUP. The teaching artist will be paid $825, and there is a separate budget for materials and other project costs.

New Call for teaching artist for City Studies class on visual metaphors | Bushwick | 10-session project

We're seeking a teaching artist to design and implement a 10-session project for 11th graders at the Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick. CUP's project-based curricula enable students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works, through collaborative research and design.

This project will be part of an English class and will focus on developing students' ability to express and distill ideas through visual metaphors. The class will investigate a neighborhood issue to be determined by CUP and the teaching artist, in collaboration with the school. The class takes place from April 30 through May 14 from 2 to 3 pm.

CUP teaching artists/designers work with CUP staff to develop course ideas, schedules, lesson plans, and to document the project. Teaching artists produce a designed final product in collaboration with the students and CUP. The teaching artist will be paid $1600 and there is a separate budget for materials and other project costs.

Instructions for all City Studies applicants:

Please submit a cover letter, a CV, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images. The ideal applicant considers working with young people integral to their art practice, and has strong visual work that shows a sense of humor.

Please send all material formatted as a single PDF document to info@welcometocup.org by Thursday, March 8 at 5 pm, using the subject line "City Studies - Neighborhood Change" or "City Studies - Visual Metaphors." If you'd like to be considered for both, please use the subject line "City Studies - Both." For audio or video work samples, please provide a link.

Please address the following in your cover letter:

Why are you interested in this position?
Why are you interested in the topic?
What art and design media are you comfortable working in?
Why are you interested in working with young people?
Do you have any experience designing curricula?

CUP is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ, and disabled candidates to apply.