Summer Visual Arts Instructor

Overview

Peninsula School of Art (PenArt), a non-profit visual arts education center in Fish Creek, WI, is seeking instructors for summer children’s visual arts workshops. Under the supervision of the Artistic Director, Summer Studios for Young Artists Program instructors are responsible for planning and implementing a visual arts workshop curriculum that is creative, safe and developmentally appropriate for students ages 4 to 12 years old. The Summer Studios for Young Artists Program runs for ten weeks from June 10 through August 16, 2025. Each week consists of four-day (Tuesday-Friday) workshops and a one-day (Saturday) workshop – students are divided by age group. Workshops are dedicated to a specific media, from drawing to sculpture to printmaking to ceramics. Instructors are responsible for teaching age-appropriate workshops that encourage skill building, creative problem solving, and experimentation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Organize, develop, implement, and coordinate visual arts lessons in keeping with the objectives, themes, and media specified in the workshop catalog.
• Teach knowledge and skills in art through engaging demonstrations and hands-on activities.
• Ensure the safety of all students.
• Create a positive, fun, and inclusive atmosphere promoting teamwork and/or individual work. Lead specific age-appropriate activities/lessons.
• Be on time and ready to receive students as specified on your schedule.
• Be able to problem-solve and adapt to the needs of students, modifying instruction on a case-by-case basis.
• Provide feedback to students throughout each lesson.
• Meet regularly with the Artistic Director to discuss curriculum, classroom management, and studio needs.
• Manage studio inventory, including materials and tools.
• Set up studios in preparation for each workshop.
• Ensure that the space is returned as found at the end of each workshop, and all supply cabinets and spaces are clean and well organized.

Schedule:

• One week of remote prep.
• On campus June 9th through August 17th. 35 hours per week.

Compensation:

• Weekly stipend of $300.
• Complimentary shared housing located directly across from school. Fully furnished, full kitchen, laundry, wifi.

Requirements:

• Minimum of three years of work toward the completion of a degree in Fine Art or Art Education. Bachelor's degree in Fine Art or Art Education preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and art history.
• Enthusiasm for working with youth from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Able to handle classroom situations with fairness and patience.
• Committed, dependable, organized, flexible, competent, and have the ability to adapt.

Application Process:

Please email a letter of interest discussing your prior experience, reasons for applying, and skills that you bring to this position; resume; and list of three references, including name, title, email, and daytime phone, to elysia (at) penart (dot) org. Deadline for applications is Thursday, March 27, 2025.