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Senior Visual Arts Professional Artist

The Saturday Program Cooper Union

“If I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent, I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work”– Augustus Savage

The Saturday Program is a Cooper Union Precollege program that provides free art education to underserved NYC public high school students. By providing access to art education and participation activities that may not otherwise be available to them, the SatPro not only provides visual analysis and foundational skills that would be provided in exclusive art courses, but the other interpersonal and engagement experiences that foster motivation, confidence and purpose. The Saturday Program plays a crucial role in supplementing or recovering arts education and promoting the participation of historically underserved communities in the arts.

The Saturday Program is designed to support the development of important art, college readiness and engagement skills, and broaden participation and degree completion in the ARTS. Its curricula and pedagogies support college readiness; pathway progression and college completion; and development of the social capital that shapes engagement, belonging and identity.

Open position available for Fall/Spring Academic Semester ’20-’21.

Contract position/ 11 sessions (Sept. - Dec. / Jan. - April) Fall/Spring Saturdays onsite at Cooper Union 9am-5pm.

Responsibilities:

Teach visual art and to mentor high school students on creating work for art portfolio for college application.
To mentor Cooper undergraduate student instructors on art pedagogy, curriculum design, and lesson planning.
To review incoming Senior high school student portfolios– Portfolio Review Day.

To meet with Cooper undergraduate co instructors weekly for lesson planning including materials.

To participate in staff meetings, artist visits, museum trips.

Familiarize students on art critique processes and language.

Qualifications

BFA, MFA in Fine Arts, Painting

Experience with college portfolio preparation building and process

Practicing studio artist

Experience teaching NYC public high school students
Familiar and comfortable leading workshops on art techniques. materials.

Broad references of art history and artists outside the paradigm of Western canon of art.

Send your resume and CV to jamerry.kim@cooper.edu