Peace. Love. Arts. You (P.L.A.Y.) Program\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Teaching Artist Position from July 29-August 2\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Teaching Artist Position from August 12-August 16\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Job Descriptions: <\/b>Animation Lab Teaching Artist, Game Lab Teaching Artist<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is seeking part-time Teaching Artists to facilitate our P.L.A.Y. All <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Day summer programming for youth. We are seeking candidates who specialize in various aspects <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of art, music, and education programming. The Teaching Artist will be responsible for co-designing <\/span>and delivering curricula for youth participants, submitting lesson plans based on project-based <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>learning units, as well as ensuring the safety and engagement of all participants. The position <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>requires a passionate, creative, energetic, team-building leader committed to providing the highest <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>quality of programming for youth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n P.L.A.Y. All Day: <\/b>P.L.A.Y. All Day introduces children to the visual and performative arts in a fun,\u00a0 relaxed camp-like setting. Students dip into history, legacy, leadership, and imaginative ways of\u00a0 thinking through fun, collaborative, arts-based activities and gain foundational skills in various art\u00a0 forms while weaving together Bethel Woods themes of community, caring, and creativity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The P.L.A.Y. program celebrates our heritage and helps build creative capital by inspiring individuals,\u00a0 to contribute positively to the world around them. Active engagement in the creative arts allows\u00a0 young artists to experience the power of building relationships, respecting each other, embracing\u00a0 the unknown, articulating their own creative process, and celebrating divergent thinking. Through\u00a0 the unique lens of our historic site and museum collections, P.L.A.Y. participants explore themes of\u00a0 art, music, theater, nature, science, social, and civic engagement shaped by the era of the 1960s and\u00a0 come to realize the importance of community and their impactful role in it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n P.L.A.Y Animation Lab: <\/b>This special one-week session of P.L.A.Y All Day is designed for participants\u00a0 aged 10-12 with an affinity for the digital arts. The Animation Lab will introduce the fundamentals of\u00a0 basic 2D and 3D animation, giving participants hands on experience in a state-of-the-art Mac Lab,\u00a0 with programs like Stop Motion studio and Adobe Animate. The week will include ample\u00a0 opportunity outdoors on the beautiful campus of Bethel Woods\u2014a marriage of the natural and\u00a0 digital realms. Students will work independently and collaboratively to create short animations,\u00a0 which will be shared with family and friends, and possibly on a wider stage, at the conclusion of the\u00a0 program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n P.L.A.Y Game Lab: <\/b>Pre-teens interested in the art of gaming will come together in this one-week\u00a0 session of P.L.A.Y All Day to explore the theory and design of game play. Using programs like\u00a0 Minecraft, Scratch, Unity, and Stencyl, participants aged 10-12 will play and build collaboratively\u00a0 with peers and talented Teaching Artists from Game Design disciplines. This process based, hands on program will take place both in Bethel Woods\u2019 new state-of-the-art Mac Lab, and outside on our\u00a0 beautiful historic grounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We are seeking Lead and Assistant Teaching Artists to facilitate our P.L.A.Y Animation and P.L.A.Y\u00a0 Game Labs. <\/b>These individuals will help us design and deliver two, one-week long sessions of\u00a0 summer programming that will take place in our new computer lab. These labs will host 10-15\u00a0 children aged 10-12 years old, who have a displayed interest in digital animation and\/or game\u00a0 design. Teaching Artists will engage these children in programming that explores creative, process\u00a0<\/span>oriented, FUN approaches to the art of animation and game design, using software like Scratch,\u00a0 Minecraft, Stop Motion Studio, Adobe Animate, Stencyl and more. Integral to the success of each\u00a0 session will also be plenty of time outdoors on our beautiful, historic grounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Program Goals<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Job Responsibilities<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Requirements<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Compensation<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Additional benefits<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n
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