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Teaching Artist - the Huntington Beach Art Center 

 

Part-Time, Contract, $35/ hour 

 

The Huntington Beach Art Center (HBAC) invites you to help us cultivate a rich, diverse artistic landscape in our community by sharing your talent and expertise. If you're ready to inspire and be inspired, we'd love to hear from you! 

 

Open positions in 

  • Performing Arts (e.g. Dance, Music)
  • Literary Arts (e.g. Creative Writing, Poetry)
  • Visual Arts (e.g. Drawing, Painting, Photography)
  • And more! 

 

We are looking for 

  • Teaching Artists with minimum 1 year of independently providing arts instruction 
  • Takes an interdisciplinary approach to art instruction 
  • Adaptable educators comfortable with students of all ages and abilities and can tailor teaching approaches to individual student needs
  • Artists who celebrate diverse learning styles and perspectives and who thrive on nurturing creativity in others 
  • Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills needed to work with diverse staff 
  • Availability and interest in teaching during special programs throughout the year is a must 
  • Training background in traditional and cultural arts a plus! 
 
 
 

 

Responsibilities may include 

  • Model mutual respect and embody creative problem-solving for students 
  • Guide students through expectations and encourage engagement 
  • Develop a syllabus, lesson plans, and supply lists and prepare content (demonstrations, reference materials, etc.) 
  • Communicating with the Learning and Engagement Coordinator and Art Center staff regarding curriculum, schedules, etc. 
  • Maintaining current City of Huntington Beach contract instructor requirements 
 
 
 
 

 

We offer 

  • Flexible, part-time contract positions 
  • Opportunity to design your curriculum 
  • A voice in shaping HBAC education programming 
  • A supportive, collaborative artistic community 
 
 
 

 

 

If this interests you, please visit the following page to review information about contract classes and to access the application: 

 

Once you have submitted your application, we will get in touch with you about next steps. After submitting your application, you are welcome to share your artistic journey, teaching experience, and vision for inclusive arts education as well as any recent examples of your own artwork and samples of your students’ work (if available) with our Learning and Engagement Coordinator at kimberly.do@....