Associate Dean of Fine Arts jobs in Irvine, CA

Our Fine Art Drawing & Painting Program is looking for a Drawing & Painting Instructor with a BFA or MFA, talent, a strong art portfolio

Students will be using: pencil/graphite, pen/sharpie markers, color-pencils, oil-pastel, water-colors, tempera paint, acrylic paint, and older teens and adults can use oil paint when ready.

This Artist Instructor needs to have but limited to:

• Expansive fundamental art and art-history knowledge to teach curriculum & projects to students ages 4.5 and up
• Strong teaching and public speaking skills to run classes
• Professional and strong networking skills to help attract and retain student customer base
• Flexible personality able to engage young children to educating teens and adults
• Be able to work in a fast paced environment, multi-task,
• Be able to jump from project-to-project,
• Be kind to students and parent-customers.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Be able to run and lead a classroom of 3-10 students and meet all needs of students: artistically, safety, and emotional needs during class.
• Guide children, teens, and adults develop their creativity, imagination, visions, and technical skills to develop advanced and refined artworks using diverse mediums.
• Be knowledgeable and creative to be able to help students develop each advanced project conceptually.
• Contribute to a strong and knowledgeable curriculum and teaching plans that will be structured, organized, effective, and well taught and implemented.
• Provide instructions to children on how to select materials based on unique visions, their strengths, color, texture, balance, weight, size, malleability, aesthetic effects, visual energy, content symbolism, and other characteristics based on their creative ideas.
• Responsible for set-up, clean-up, and cleanliness of supplies and art teaching areas, and teach students to clean and also preserve paint and materials resourcefully.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be willing to work on weekday evenings and weekends Saturdays or Sundays. Strong drawing & painting talent and skills are required. Previous experience as a painting instructor is also required.

If you qualify and are interested, please email us your resume, art portfolio or artist website, and introduce yourself! We look forward to meeting you and having you join and contribute to our diverse team of artists! We hope you will enjoy teaching and learning together with us as we continue to grow.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.00 - $30.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Fine Art Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
• Fine Art Portfolio Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person