Position Title: Summer Camp Coordinator
Reports to: Manager of Children and Youth Education
Position Classification: Temporary, Part-Time
Wage Classification: Hourly, Non-Exempt
Start Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
End Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
JOB DESCRIPTION Under the supervision of Fleisher’s Manager of Children & Youth Education, the Summer Camp Coordinator provides logistical support for Fleisher’s 2024 Summer Camp.
During the term, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM this position will provide support during lunch, class transitions, and class activities. The Afternoon Summer Camp Coordinator will provide student support as needed while camp classes are in session. From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM this position is the point person and administrator of the “After Camp Club” for campers staying until 5:30 PM. This includes creating an agenda of activities, projects, and games for these students. This position requires a highly organized person with experience working with children 5 - 12. The ideal candidate would have excellent visitor service skills as well as a flexible working style.
This position would work onsite from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM from Monday, June 10 to June 14 during their training. The schedule transitions to 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday, from June 17 to August 2. This includes a mandatory training session for staff and faculty on Friday, June 14 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assists in maintaining accurate program records, including incident reports and daily attendance.
- Provides conflict resolution should an incident between students occur.
- Support teaching artists, teaching assistants, and the manager of children & youth education with daily flow of activities and classes.
- Responsible for Morning Drop-Off or After Camp Club - including creating attendance sheets, checking students in and out, communications, and activity planning.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Experience working with children in formal or informal settings.
- Familiarity working with neurodivergent students preferred.
- Enthusiastic about spending time playing with children.
- Familiarity with art education.
- Ability to work as a team member with teaching artists, teaching assistants, and Fleisher staff.
- Ability to perform a variety of tasks outside in various climates.
- Language skills in Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese a plus.
- Clearances and Certifications required before the start of Camp:
- PA Child Abuse History
- FBI Background check with fingerprinting
- First AID and CPR Certification
COMPENSATION $20/hour, Part Time (30 hours a week) Benefits for Temporary, Part-time Staff Include:
- Annual Household Membership to Fleisher Art Memorial.
- Tuition waived for one class or workshop per semester.
- Free admission to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
TO APPLY If this description seems like a good match for your personality, skills, and career goals, please submit your cover letter, resume, and three references (all in one document) via Submittable. Please note your preference for the morning or afternoon role in your cover letter. No phone calls, or emails, please. Applications for this position will be accepted until May 3rd, or until filled. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.
Fleisher’s core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain a diverse and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position. Fleisher strongly encourages individuals from marginalized and underrepresented groups to apply. Fleisher is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
ABOUT FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL Founded by industrialist Samuel S. Fleisher in 1898 as one of the nation’s first community-based art centers, Fleisher Art Memorial is renowned for its long-standing mission of making art accessible regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience. In 2023, Fleisher celebrated its 125th anniversary as the center continues to provide free and low-cost studio art classes along with opportunities for emerging and seasoned artists to exhibit their work. Extensive arts education and community-based programming also reflects the organization’s commitment to serving and strengthening communities in Philadelphia by developing, sharing, and promoting creative resources. To learn more, visit fleisher.org.
Position Title: Summer Camp Lead Teaching Assistant
Reports to: Manager of Children and Youth Education
Position Classification: Temporary, Part Time
Wage Classification: Hourly, Non-Exempt
Start Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
End Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
JOB DESCRIPTION
Under the supervision of Fleisher’s Manager of Children & Youth Education, Summer Camp Teaching Assistants are essential to camp as they support Lead Teaching Artists during class periods, transition campers between activities, and act as counselors by leading games and ensuring safety throughout the day.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Teaching Assistants for Fleisher’s Summer Camp have varying schedules of six-to-eight-hour shifts between 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. Depending on the shift, Teaching Assistants support camper drop-off, art classes, lunches, and After Camp Club. Teaching Assistants are assigned to support art classes for ages between 5 – 18 years old. During art class, this position supports set-up, clean-up, and works with campers who need further instruction or behavioral support. During drop-off, lunch, and After Camp Club, Teaching Assistants act as camp counselors, maintaining safety procedures, playing games, and engaging with campers, a well as transitioning campers from space to space.
All Teaching Assistants must attend a mandatory training session for staff and faculty on Friday, June 14 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Please say which of the following weeks you’d be available Monday through Friday and if you’d have a preference starting earlier or ending later in the day.
Week 1: June 17 to June 21*
*No class on Wednesday, June 19
Week 2: June 24 to June 28
No week 3 classes available
Week 4: July 8 to July 12
Week 5: July 15 to July 19
Week 6: July 22 to July 26
Week 7: July 29 to August 2
Ideal Candidate: You are over 18 years old and interested in or have experience in the arts and working with children. You are comfortable working as a team member and with teaching artists, other teaching assistants, and Fleisher staff. You are high energy and comfortable spending long periods on your feet.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Experience working with children in formal or informal settings (babysitter, camp counselor, after-school etc…)
- Familiarity working with neurodivergent students preferred.
- Enthusiastic about spending time playing with children.
- Familiarity with art education preferred.
- Ability to work as a team member with other teaching artists, teaching assistants, and Fleisher staff.
- Ability to perform a variety of tasks outside in various climates.
- Language skills in Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese a plus.
- Clearances and Certifications required before the start of Camp:
- PA Child Abuse History
- FBI Background check with fingerprinting
COMPENSATION $16/hour, Part-time
Benefits for Temporary, Part-time Staff Include:
- Annual Household Membership to Fleisher Art Memorial.
- Tuition iswaived for one class or workshop per semester.
- Free admission to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Setting up and cleaning up studios with Lead Teaching Artists
- Supporting students in class who may need additional support
- Interacting and engaging with students during non-class time (drop-off, lunch, and After Camp Club)
- Respectful of students, parents, partner employees, and Fleisher Staff
- Inform therelevant Manager of any unexpected change of plans such as illness or other absences as soon as possible
To apply: If this position seems like a good match for your personality, skills, and career goals, please submit the following via Submittable:
- Cover Letter and current résumé
- Three professional references
Interview Process:
Interviews will be rolling and will include a brief phone call with the Manager of Human Resources, then an in-person interview and tour with the Manager of Children & Youth Education.
Fleisher’s core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain a diverse and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position. Fleisher strongly encourages individuals from marginalized and underrepresented groups to apply. Fleisher is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
ABOUT FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL Founded by industrialist Samuel S. Fleisher in 1898 as one of the nation’s first community-based art centers, Fleisher Art Memorial is renowned for its long-standing mission of making art accessible regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience. In 2023, Fleisher will celebrate its 125th anniversary as the center continues to provide free and low-cost studio art classes along with opportunities for emerging and seasoned artists to exhibit their work. Extensive arts education and community-based programming also reflects the organization’s commitment to serving and strengthening communities in Philadelphia by developing, sharing, and promoting creative resources. To learn more, visit fleisher.org.
Position Title: Summer Camp Lead Teaching Artists
Reports to: Manager of Children and Youth Education
Position Classification: Temporary, Part Time
Wage Classification: Hourly, Non-Exempt
Start Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
End Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
JOB DESCRIPTION
Under the supervision of Fleisher’s Manager of Children & Youth Education, Summer Camp Lead Teaching Artists create curriculum, implement lessons, and manage classrooms for up to 16 students throughout the camp day.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead teaching artists facilitate camp art classes from Monday to Friday from 9:30 – 3:30 pm with a one-hour lunch break between 12 – 1 pm. Classes are between 12 and 16 campers and Faculty are supported by a Teaching Assistant. Throughout the day, the Lead Teacher is responsible for instruction, demos, classroom management, and communicating any issues to the Manager of Children & Youth Education. In advance of their class, Lead Teachers are responsible for creating weekly curriculum for assigned classes, submitting supply requests, and attending a mandatory training session for staff and faculty on Friday, June 14 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Fleisher’s Summer Camp is hiring lead teaching artists for various classes in a variety of mediums for campers between 5 and 12 years old. Please include ages and mediums you’re comfortable working with in your cover letter in addition to which of the following weeks you’d be available Monday through Friday:
Week 1: June 17 to June 21*
*No class on Wednesday, June 19
Week 2: June 24 to June 28
No week 3 classes available
Week 4: July 8 to July 12
Week 5: July 15 to July 19
Week 6: July 22 to July 26
Week 7: July 29 to August 2
Ideal Candidate: You are an arts educator with a solid artistic skill set, teaching experience creating curriculum for and instructing elementary aged students, and who enjoys working with young artists at all skill levels. You create a positive and thoughtful classroom and are looking for an opportunity to work with a diverse population. You are flexible and can work in a variety of studio environments. You are punctual, organized, and communicate in a timely fashion with Fleisher staff.
Teaching Artist Key qualifications:
- Thoughtful, fun, creative, and culturally appropriate lesson plans and curricula
- Flexible and can work in a variety of studio environments with large and diverse groups of people
- Punctual, organized, communicates in a timely fashion with Fleisher staff
- Language skills in Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese a plus
- Has or can obtain prior to June the following clearances:
- Report of criminal history from the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP)
- Child Abuse History Certification from the Department of Human Services (Child Abuse)
- A fingerprint-based federal criminal history (FBI) submitted through the Pennsylvania State Police or its authorized agent
- Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training Certificate
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Design and implement a well-planned curriculum
- Communicate with Fleisher staff about basic supply needs, curriculum development, and scheduling
- Arrive 15-30 minutes before class to set up
- Manage classroom time to appropriately clean the studio space with students before the end of class
- Respectful of students, parents, partner employees, and Fleisher Staff
- Inform relevant Manager of any unexpected change of plans such as illness or other absences as soon as possible
Benefits:
- $35 per hour, including 1 hour of paid additional time per class for set up and clean up (as stipulated above)
- Annual Fleisher Faculty Exhibition
- One free Fleisher class per term
- Digital PMA ID badge with free admittance to many area museums
- Professional development resources
- Additional discounts on other Fleisher programming for yourself and immediate family members
To apply: If this position seems like a good match for your personality, skills, and career goals, please submit the following via Submittable:
- Cover Letter and Current résumé
- Images of current work (maximum of 5)
- Images of work created by students (maximum of 5)
- Three professional references
- A course description or curriculum outlines for previously taught course
- Please include ages and mediums you’re comfortable working within your cover letter in addition to which of the following weeks you’d be available Monday through Friday.
Interview Process:
Interviews will be rolling and will include a brief phone call with the Manager of Human Resources, then an in-person interview and tour with the Manager of Children & Youth Education.
Fleisher’s core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain a diverse and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position. Fleisher strongly encourages individuals from marginalized and underrepresented groups to apply. Fleisher is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
ABOUT FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL Founded by industrialist Samuel S. Fleisher in 1898 as one of the nation’s first community-based art centers, Fleisher Art Memorial is renowned for its long-standing mission of making art accessible regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience. In 2023, Fleisher will celebrate its 125th anniversary as the center continues to provide free and low-cost studio art classes along with opportunities for emerging and seasoned artists to exhibit their work. Extensive arts education and community-based programming also reflects the organization’s commitment to serving and strengthening communities in Philadelphia by developing, sharing, and promoting creative resources. To learn more, visit fleisher.org.
Faculty and Teaching Artist
Rolling submissions
Overview of Fleisher Art Memorial: As the oldest tuition-free arts education program in the nation, Fleisher is both a community-based arts center and a regional presenter of contemporary art, fostering access to professional arts education, artistic excellence, and cultural exchange. Programs at the Fleisher Art Memorial are inspired by its founder, Samuel Fleisher, who over 100 years ago invited “the world to come learn art.”
Fleisher’s Mission Statement: To make art accessible to everyone, regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience.
Fleisher Art Memorial offers classes including, but not limited to, the following areas of study:
- Still life sketching & painting
- Live model sketching & painting
- Portrait sculpture
- Mosaics
- Darkroom photography
- Digital photography
- Ceramics
- Jewelry
- Lithography
- Screen Printing
- Collage and Papercutting
- Digital Animation
- Pastels, Watercolors, Charcoal
At this time, we are not actively recruiting faculty or teaching artists. However, we welcome hearing from individuals who want to share their interest in teaching at Fleisher. If you are a practicing artist and/or arts educator interested in running classes or workshops that share your creative process and techniques with adults or children, please share the following details and as we recruit for positions, we will reach out to candidates that meet our criteria.
Please respond to this posting with your Resume/CV, including three references, and be sure to answer the following questions:
Name:
Email:
Phone Number:
Teaching Medium:
Teaching availability: (Daytime/Nighttime/Weekends)
Are you willing to substitute teach a class, if needed: Y/N?
Age range preferences (children, teens, adults)
If chosen to work in our Children and Youth program, are you able to furnish your required clearances to work with children before your first day of work?
Link to a personal website/ online portfolio (if available)
Fleisher’s core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain a diverse and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position.
Fleisher strongly encourages individuals from marginalized and underrepresented groups to apply. Fleisher is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
No phone calls, please.
Thank you for your interest in teaching at Fleisher!
Please note: As we are not actively hiring new faculty or teaching artists, we are unable to reply to every inquiry.
Fleisher Art Memorial (FAM) is excited to announce the call for entries for the 47th exhibition season of the Wind Challenge. Established in 1978 as The Challenge and now known as the Wind Challenge, Fleisher's annual juried competition is committed to enriching people’s lives through art by featuring the work of exceptional artists living in the region. Artists living within a 450-mile radius of Philadelphia are welcome to apply.
For this series, nine selected artists will be featured in a trio of Wind Challenge Exhibitions—each featuring three artists—to be hosted at Fleisher in 2025. The jurors for this year’s competition are Colette Fu and Heidi Ratanavanich. The selected cohort of artists will work closely with the Director of Exhibitions in curating their work and exhibition-related programming.
The Wind Challenge Exhibition Series is made possible thanks to generous support from the Wind Foundation.
SELECTION PROCESS
Applicants are reviewed in a two-stage selection process:
Round 1: Jurors review submitted artwork online. From this initial review, finalists selected to advance to the second round will be notified via e-mail or phone call by May 11, 2024.
Round 2: Finalists deliver one original artwork to Fleisher by May 16, 2024, reviewed along with their original image submissions by the jurors. (Installation artists being considered as finalists will be encouraged to come to Fleisher for a site visit if interested in submitting a specific proposal for the Fleisher galleries. The resulting round 2 submission could include a plan for the space and/or physical work related to the proposed installation.)
FINAL NOTIFICATIONS to selected artists sent by Friday, May 24, 2024.
2025 JURORS
Colette Fu is a Philadelphia-based artist Colette Fu received her MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2003 and soon after began devising complex compositions that incorporate photography and pop-up paper engineering. Her pop-up books are included in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Getty Research Institute, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many private and rare archive collections. Fu's numerous awards include a 2023 Artworks Grant, Joan Mitchell Artist and Sculptors Grant, the Meggendorfer Prize, and a Fulbright Research Fellowship to China. In 2017, Fu created a room-size pop-up book utilizing her own photographs entitled Tao Hua Yuan Ji, Source of the Peach Blossoms—a 21 x 14-foot pop-up book that people could enter—at the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image. She teaches pop-up courses and community workshops internationally.
Colette was a Wind Challenge artist in the 2006-07 series.
Heidi Ratanavanich is a Thai/Chinese artist based in Lenapehoking (Philadelphia). They use print-making, food, and space-making to create works that provoke community learning, gathering, and remembering to imagine new collective possibilities. Their practice focuses on finding gaps to plug into in communities, to make art that feels necessary, scrappy, and joyful. They specialize in making physical and ephemeral objects that acknowledge and celebrate the labor and care of community-building.
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicants must live within a 450-mile radius of Philadelphia.
- Selected artists must not be showing the same major body of work in a local gallery or alternative space in the same year as the Wind Challenge exhibition.
- Selected artists must be available to install their work, participate in the Wind Challenge Artist Exchange public program (a panel conversation led by the selected artists in which they ask each other questions and share insights into their creative process), and be present at the opening reception.
Please note that students enrolled in a full-time degree/certificate granting program during the year of the exhibition and previous Wind Challenge artists are ineligible.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Wind Challenge Exhibition Series will be held in the Dene M. Louchheim Galleries at Fleisher Art Memorial. The exhibitions are tentatively scheduled for the first half of the 2025 year and each exhibition will run approximately four-weeks. Exhibition dates will disclosed in May 2024.
SELECTED ARTISTS RECEIVE:
- The opportunity to display recent work in a three-person exhibition.
- The opportunity to work with Fleisher’s Director of Exhibitions in one of the country’s first community art centers, helping to curate their work in the selected gallery space.
- $750 honorarium.
- Opportunity to gain exposure and promote your practice through participation in the Wind Challenge Artist Exchange and public reception.
- Promotion in Fleisher publications, online materials, and related marketing.
- Optional: Opportunity to engage with Fleisher's audience by creating a one-hour workshop. Please keep in mind that clearances are needed to engage with youth.
DEADLINE: 11:59 pm on Monday, April 29, 2024
For more information about the Wind Challenge Exhibition Series, visit fleisher.org.
Please direct inquiries to:
Gerard Silva, Director of Exhibitions and Community Outreach
gsilva@fleisher.org / 215-630-0501
ABOUT FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL
Founded by industrialist Samuel S. Fleisher in 1898 as one of the nation’s first community-based art centers, Fleisher Art Memorial is renowned for its long-standing mission of making art accessible regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience. In 2024, Fleisher is celebrating its 126th anniversary as the center continues to provide free and low-cost studio art classes along with opportunities for emerging and seasoned artists to exhibit their work. Extensive arts education and community-based programming also reflects the organization’s commitment to serving and strengthening communities in Philadelphia by developing, sharing, and promoting creative resources.
Made at Fleisher: Spring Student Market, May 12, 10 am–3 pm
LOCATION: Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
STUDENT VENDOR APPLICATIONS DUE: Monday, April 8, 11:59 EST
MADE AT FLEISHER is an indoor juried art and craft market organized by Fleisher Art Memorial to celebrate the work of current Fleisher students and alumni. This inaugural student market will highlight the many mediums offered at Fleisher. Shoppers can expect quality art work and handmade goods that reflect Fleisher's offerings.
INTERESTED IN SELLING YOUR WORK?
You will need to log-in or create an account via Submittable below to see the full vendor application. Please complete all of the fields to provide a clear understanding of you and your work.
- FREE TO APPLY
- Deadline to submit is Monday, April 8
- Vendors will be notified of their acceptance by Monday, April 14
- If accepted, vendors will be onsite to sell their work at Fleisher on Sunday, May 12
- Vendor fee to participate, if accepted, is $10. This fee supports Fleisher's work as a nonprofit organization.
- Applicants are encouraged to share social media handles and websites for Fleisher's use when promoting the event and MADE AT FLEISHER vendors.
- Please keep Fleisher's mission of making art accessible to everyone, regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience in mind when pricing your wares. Vendors who offer gift options of $75 or less tend to sell the most during Fleisher market's.
About the Juror
Maureen Duffy has been a member of the Fleisher faculty since 2017. She is a jewelry designer and artist living and working in the heart of South Philadelphia. She graduated from Moore College of Art and Design in 2005 with a degree in 3D fine arts with a concentration in the studio of metals. She earned her graduate degree at SUNY at New Paltz, NY. In addition to Fleisher, Maureen has taught jewelry classes at Moore College of Art and Design, Millersville University, and Tyler School of Art. Since finishing graduate school in 2007, Maureen have been actively showing and selling her work at galleries, boutiques and craft shows.
Fleisher Art Memorial is a nonprofit community arts organization located in Bella Vista. Our mission is to make art accessible to everyone, regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience. Fleisher offers an extensive selection of classes and workshops for artists on a quarterly basis; explore current offerings for adults here!
Questions? Please contact Gerard Silva, Director of Exhibitions and Community Outreach, at gsilva@fleisher.org.