{"id":15989,"date":"2014-09-22T09:16:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15989"},"modified":"2014-09-22T09:16:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:16:07","slug":"gig-teaching-seeking-mentors-for-6-week-wearable-technology-design-program-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/09\/22\/gig-teaching-seeking-mentors-for-6-week-wearable-technology-design-program-for-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"[GIG \/ TEACHING] Seeking mentors for 6-Week Wearable Technology Design Program for Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/artinyourspace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Art in Your Space<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cityas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">City-As-School<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eyebeam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eyeb<wbr \/>eam<\/a>\u00a0are seeking 5 mentors for\u00a0<i>Design Studio: Body Electric<\/i>, a 6-week project-based introduction to wearable technology for non-traditional high school students.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Are you a designer, artist, or technologist with a passion for working with youth?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>We are looking for professionals with experience in design, electronics, and\/or fashion who can commit to working with students for 1-2 hours a week for 6 weeks to develop wearable technology projects. \u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mentors share stories from their practice, offer positive feedback, and gently guide teams to the completion of their projects. \u00a0The theme of the design challenge is Safety.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please review the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6UXR4Lah_IUNXFvYm5SUHZHcFk\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Mentor Info Sheet<\/a>\u00a0and complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/nyu.edu\/forms\/d\/1pxg_wUlyrvBEek1tLni66lTUFllz8-YZBjo_HD2XPvU\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">mentor application<\/a>\u00a0if you feel this opportunity is for you!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>**We ask all mentors to attend a mentor orientation to be held the week of\u00a0September 27th\u00a0and the final exhibition of students work to be held at a co-working space or art gallery on\u00a0November 6th\u00a0in the early evening.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Questions?? \u00a0Contact Art in Your Space Program Director, Benjamin Cramer.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:ben@artinyourspace.org\" target=\"_blank\">ben@artinyourspace.org<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"tel:%28240%29393-0885\" target=\"_blank\">(<wbr \/>240)393-0885<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/artinyourspace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Art In Your Space<\/a>\u00a0(AIYS)\u00a0helps teens develop the skills, knowledge, and opportunities necessary to thrive as creators. \u00a0The unique program is designed to develop the ability for young people to work through the design process.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art in Your Space,\u00a0City-As-School\u00a0and\u00a0Eyebeam\u00a0are seeking 5 mentors for\u00a0Design Studio: Body Electric, a 6-week project-based introduction to wearable technology for non-traditional high school students. Are you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","category-teaching","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}