EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY for Equity Seeking Emerging Artists (of any age)Community Art Internship Positions
Year one of project runs: March, 2014 – June, 2014 /Variable
hours: afternoons, evenings, weekends
Remuneration: $15/hour for a total of 100 hours over the course of the first
year of the project.
Red Dress
Productions is proud to announce Promise
in the Park: The Winchester Park Public Art Project, a multidisciplinary project that will cultivate community engagement in arts in Toronto’s
inner city Winchester Park neighbourhood (Wellesley and Sherbourne area) while
creating public
art that is based upon the local stories and traditions of the people living
there. The project will run for 4 years. This posting is for interns to support
the project in the first year between March, 2014
– June, 2014
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equity-seeking emerging artists will be hired as Community Art Interns to work
directly with the lead artists to create a safe and welcoming project
environments; co-facilitate
community-based arts activities and workshops with diverse community members in the
Winchester Park Neighbourhood; co-lead art activities in an anti-oppression,
community engaged model; collaborate
with artistic leadership in documenting and evaluating Promise in the Park project activities; attend relevant RDP seminars, training workshops, and events; carry out other relevant duties as
required.
Applicants must:
·
Consider themselves to be equity
seeking and/or experience barriers to employment in the arts;
·
Have an ability to work with a
diversity of community members;
·
Be interested in learning about
community engaged and/or collaborative art;
·
Be comfortable working as part of a team;
·
Have good work habits: punctual, reliable, and conscientious.
TO APPLY:
Please submit an email
application to reddressproductions@gmail.com with the following attachments:
1) A brief letter of interest telling us about your artisitic experience
and practice; why you’d like to work on this project; and what you hope to
learn
2) Your resume, including the name and
phone number of two character or employment references
The subject line
in your email should be titled “Hiring Committee – Community Art Intern”.
Emails with a different subject line may be deleted accidentally without being
considered.
For more
information about Red Dress Productions visit reddressproductions.blogspot.ca
NO EMAIL OR TELEPHONE INQUIRIES PLEASE.
The application deadline is Monday, February 17, 2014. Late applications cannot be considered.
Red Dress Productions encourages applications from members of all equity
seeking groups. Short listed applicants will be invited to an interview on Monday,
February 24, 2014. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer alternate interview
dates; candidates must be available on Monday, February 24, 2014 in order to be
considered for the position.
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