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Job Title: Curiosity Studio Apprentice
The intent of this position is to remove financial and access barriers to learning about the field of art therapy before deciding to pursue higher education. In this role, the apprentice will learn about and participate in group facilitation emphasizing community health, individual wellness and the inherently therapeutic process of art making. This experience does not substitute the graduate school training required for professional practice.
Job Description:
The apprentice will be paid $20 an hour for 30 hours per week. If the relationship yields a mutual good match, there is the potential to hire when the 6 month funding period ends. Hours will take place during normal business hours, as well as evenings and weekends. Schedules will be outlined two weeks in advance, minimum.
An apprenticeship at Curiosity Studio will be training for becoming a group facilitator with an emphasis in teaching art skills and leading art experiences in community settings. The training will start with shadowing facilitators at Curiosity Studio then co-facilitate opportunities. By the end of the six month period, the apprentice will have independently created and led their own class and be able to facilitate experiences independently.
About Us:
Curiosity Studio's mission is to help people get to know themselves through exploratory art making. We celebrate being messy, playful, and experimenting with analog art forms to develop richer art practices and lives.
The actions and strategy of Curiosity Studio are guided by our community principals, (APPENDIX 1). When participating in business representing or regarding Curiosity Studio or its therapeutic model, these principles shall be the benchmark and expectation for any and all activities and interactions.
Apprentice Responsibilities:
Group Arts Facilitation:
-Build art curriculum to match the needs of the specific program and community goal(s).
-Shadow a variety of facilitators at Curiosity Studio’s art experiences.
-Transition from co-leading to facilitating with support and later facilitating arts-based experiences independently.
-Attend a variety of Curiosity Studio functions and art classes to understand the breadth in facilitations styles and requirements.
-Participate in weekly check-ins with Lauren Callis.
Promotion:
-Promote creative classes and events on Curiosity Studio and other relevant social media channels, websites, and newsletters.
Administrative:
-Apply learned insights and training in administrative tasks required to execute a class or event.
Required Skills/ Experience for Position:
2-3 years of experience within education or community or cultural based work.
An ideal candidate for this position is…
Able to communicate with new people in classroom settings.
Comfortable working on an intimate team with a priority for clear and active communication.
Motivated self-starter who asks for help and clarification when necessary.
Would identify as an artist who is interested in teaching and skill sharing within that identity.
Duties may Include:
Facilitate with an emphasis in teaching art skills and leading art experiences in community settings.
Maintain a creative practice and feel supported in finding artistic voice to process events on the job or to use in weekly check-ins.
Source activities and research art projects for Curiosity Studio that can be adjusted for community needs and interests.
Prepare space for classes based on community art therapy values (outlined in Appendix A): this is inclusive of setting the space to accommodate participants’ needs, cleaning and organizing.
Source materials for projects led.
Ensure art projects are accessible.
Update material and information on the website and mailchimp as needed.
Manage feedback forms using Google forms to create and improve communication among participants.
Meet weekly to review schedules and tasks related to calendar, promotional and upcoming events.
Initiate campaigns for upcoming classes and marketing needs based on community needs.
Help to develop and refine strategies for marketing.
Support the ongoing development of digital communication strategies related to developed programming.
Learning Outcomes:
Build proficiency in program development for community arts settings.
Deepen task management skills as a facilitator.
Build knowledge and skills related to art materials use, storage and properties for engagement.
Gain confidence in group leadership skills.
Learn about community models of accountability (See Appendix 2)
Increase proficiency in recognizing and responding to accessibility needs of the group.
Translate the art experience for greater accessibility.
Build confidence in assessing areas of personal strength, growth, and potential needs for support.
Benefits:
Participate in ongoing education about the community art therapy studio model.
Shadow and support classes to learn about CS’s facilitation style.
Access to Curiosity Studio training.
Attend meetings with partners and collaborators to learn about the development and implementation of programming.
Participate in somatic training as an introduction to a trauma-informed framework.
Competitive hourly wage for a training apprenticeship.
We believe that the systems in place have historically marginalized many communities due to race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, language, and/or immigration status. As an organization, we seek to provide increased opportunity and strength through supporting artists and facilitators that represent all social identities including race, tribal affiliation, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, sexuality, religion, ability, socioeconomic background and the intersectionality of these identities.
APPENDIX 1: Curiosity Studio Guiding Principles
Curiosity Studio is a community art therapy studio. “Community art therapy studios promote individual and communal transformation outside of traditional health settings.” (Nolan, 2019).
Our goal is to create a brick and mortar space that allows for organic relationship building, mutual investment, or guidance that can occur within community relationships. The consistent and evolving programming offers space for individuals to plug in when they are ready for and interested in resources.
Our format allows for an indefinite length of time for relationship building that is often limited by cost or time within clinical settings.
In contrast to the medical model, we offer this space as a step up and step down service. We invite an option to step up into more deep thinking or relationship building. Alternatively, folks can step down from internally focused work to more externally focused principles.
We value wholeness, voice, connection, sustainability, process, and snacks within all of our programming. These values inform the classes we choose to run and the events that we commit to. It is from this place that we ask partners to move with us towards more accessible, informed and liberated spaces.
APPENDIX 2: CURIOSITY STUDIO MUTUAL AGREEMENTS for participants and staff
We ask our staff and participants to hold the same agreements to invest in a space that is safe, while understanding that the term safety means something different to everyone. As it stands, we commit to engaging in dialogue and clarification around disagreements on this definition in honest and curious dialogue.
We aim to build approachable, relational, honest and safe environments; this can be rich, fulfilling, and messy.
It is our expectation as a community to maintain a curious, respectful, gracious, kind, and forgiving space. And yet, there is always potential for misunderstanding, conflict, and vulnerability anytime that people gather together. We are dedicated to an environment that encourages safety, liberation and growth and by signing this form you are doing the same.
Thank you for agreeing to build a safer, honest, communicative and loving community.
Your agreement and signature to this approach will be required.