Arts Educator - Toronto, Canada - Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Description:

Arts Educators are key in supporting, facilitating and interpreting hands-on experiences for MOCA's programme and workshop participants.

While many of the associated activities will be conducted in-person at the Museum, there may also be the opportunity to run virtual workshop experiences.

Learning Programmes include school visits, drop-in all-ages workshops, registered all-ages workshops, and peak period programmes. It is ideal for an energetic, outgoing individual who has a passion for contemporary art.

Key Responsibilities:

Be a host — greet and welcome all participants to the MOCA workshop and/or programme
Facilitate checkin process for all participants; this process is dependent on the type of programme eg. a programme and/or workshop may be dropin or require preregistration
Become familiar with MOCA's additional public programmes, the museum building and its place in the Junction Triangle neighbourhood and cultural community
Aid with and/or instruct comprehensive school and sessional arts programme(s) as developed by the Public Programmes and Learning team to meet the needs of all participants in the programme(s)
Deliver the lesson plan(s) as developed by the Public Programmes and Learning team in a friendly and comprehensive manner
Prepare programme materials
Complete the set up, preparation, clean up, and tear down of the programme space
Work with groups of up to 30 participants
Facilitate school and group tours as needed and as related to the workshop(s) and/or programme(s)
Maintain accurate visitor counts and records using best practices for data entry
Complete all required ongoing training
Advise the Public Programmes team of any difficulties with participants or the public programme as a whole
Participate in and support additional organizational projects as requested

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

Must-Haves

Experience in arts education for all ages
Experience working with children and youth
Highly effective and clear written and verbal communication skills
Must be able to work weekends, evenings, holidays and special events
Working towards or obtained BFA, BA and/or College Diploma in a related discipline
Demonstrated working knowledge of Toronto's arts community
An understanding of conflict resolution/deescalation and antioppression
Able to complete a Vulnerable Sector Screening

Nice-To-Haves

First-Aid Certification
Bilingual (French or other second language)

Benefits:

Attractions Ontario Benefits
Toronto Attractions Council Benefits
4.5% In Lieu of Benefits

About Museum of Contemporary Art:

Vision:

The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto is at the heart of the art ecosystem. MOCA will be ambitiously inclusive, interdisciplinary, and internationally renowned through our work with artists. A place for everyone to explore that provokes ideas and discussion and challenges the current cultural moment.

Mission:

Artists, relationships, and experimentation are at the centre of everything we do. MOCA Toronto presents rotating exhibitions and programmes that prioritize twenty-first-century artistic production, primarily through commissioning new work.

We foster active dialogue, participation and celebrate complexity; in order to serve as an inclusive cultural hub in this hyper-diverse city and world.

Values:

Equity, inclusion, and access
Artistcentered, interdisciplinary and processoriented
Critical conversations and transformative work at our core
Reciprocal and relationshipbased
Locally rooted and globally connected
Courage and Responsibility

Brief History:

MOCA is a twenty-year-old institution that has experienced numerous iterations over the years.

However, two main aspects have remained constant:

The institution has served as an important gathering space in Toronto and Canada for artists to experiment, celebrate complexity, and offer thoughtprovoking responses to the current cultural moment
MOCA has been and is constantly evolving and expanding with our times

In September 2018, MOCA moved into the Auto BLDG, a purpose-designed home in a former industrial space at the heart of a new neighbourhood in the Lower Junction.