Resident Teaching Artist application (2024-25 year)
Each year, CAM hires Resident Teaching Artists (RTAs) to lead our ArtReach in-school programs and teen studio programs at the Museum, including LEAP and New Art in the Neighborhood (NAN). RTAs meet regularly to form a community of practice that includes skill sharing and professional development. Each season, select RTAs work with CAM staff to organize an exhibition of their students’ work at the museum.

Programs
LEAP: LEAP Middle School Initiative is a ten-week program offered on Thursdays from 4:30–6:00 pm in the Fall and Spring for students in grades 6–8. Selected LEAP RTAs are responsible for developing and implementing a course curriculum that exposes students to a particular contemporary art practice or medium. Compensation: $950 per semester.

NAN: New Art in the Neighborhood (NAN) is a twelve-week program offered on Saturdays from noon–4:00 pm in the fall and spring for students in grades 9–12. Selected NAN RTAs will collaborate with CAM's Teen and Adult Program Manager to collaborate on co-designing the curriculum and co-teaching. Compensation: $2,000 per semester.

ArtReach: ArtReach RTAs bring contemporary art into selected schools. Opportunities include multipart Intensive workshops (2-6 part), as well as longer residencies (up to 20 weeks) at Vashon and Sumner High Schools. Selected ArtReach RTAs work closely with the Education Manager to determine project scopes. Compensation is calculated based on the confirmed teaching load, ranging from $450 for Intensives to up to $2,450 for Partnerships.

2024-25 Theme: Confluence
Selected CAM Resident Teaching Artists will create curriculum that responds to the theme for the 2024–25 academic year: Confluence.

This term is often used in reference to the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi River and is depicted on the St. Louis city flag. As a theme for our educational programming, “Confluence” allows us not only to build on a locally familiar term, but also to link with upcoming CAM exhibitions including the Great Rivers Biennial in Fall 2024 as well as an upcoming exhibition in Spring 2025 that invites audiences to consider water’s life-giving and destructive powers, floods (of emotion), the Middle Passage, climate change, leakiness, and following the path of least resistance, among other subjects.

“Confluence” can be interpreted by our Resident Teaching Artists in any of the following concepts: 
  • Fluidity
  • Unity
  • Assembly
  • Solidarity
  • Shape shifting
  • Intersections
  • Meeting points

And “Confluence” might also inspire the following processes:
  • Transformation and adaptive reuse
  • Watercolor
  • Social practice and/or performance
  • Mixed media
This information is shared for transparency and context; Applicants do not need to have projects ready at the time of application nor a proposal of how to link with this theme. 

APPLICATIONS REQUESTED BY MAY 13, 2023 at 11:59 PM CST. Applications received by this date will be given preference; application received after will be considered on an a case by case basis.

Questions: programs@camstl.org
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Email *
Name *
Pronouns *
Website and/or social media *
Artist statement/Bio (100 words or less) *
Statement of intent: Please describe why you are interested in teaching. 

If you have taught with us before, what are you interested in gaining this year? If you are a new applicant: Why you are interested in becoming a Resident Teaching Artist at CAM?
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Which program(s) are you interested in teaching? Please select all that apply. *
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Describe what interests you about the program(s) you checked. What kind of project(s) would you like to do? If you already have ideas about how you'd connect with the 2024-25 year theme of "Confluence," that is appreciated but not required. *
Describe how much experience do you have teaching art to the following ages: *
No experience
Some experience, but not in art
Some experience, but not as the lead educator
One or two experiences teaching as the sole, lead educator
More than three experiences teaching as the lead educator
Early childhood
Elementary school age (6-10 years old)
Middle school (11-14 years old)
High School (14-18 years old)
Describe how confident you are in your ability to teach the following: *
Not confident / I have no experience
A little confident / I don't have any/much experience but could figure it out with some help
A good deal of confidence / I have some experience
Very confident to teach alone / I have a lot of experience
Painting
Drawing
Printmaking
Sculpture
Photography (film or digital)
Video and Editing (ie. Final Cut or Premiere)
Graphic Design (i.e. Photoshop, Procreate, or Illustrator)
Installation art
Mural and/or large scale painting
Fashion design and/or sewing
Social practice and/or community engaged art
Other (please elaborate below)
Would you like to elaborate on any of your answers or add any other areas of contemporary art practice and/or design that you have knowledge of but are not listed?
Can you describe what would be an ideal teaching load for you if you are selected to be an RTA? *
Please select which days/times you are GENERALLY available to teach. If you really have no idea at this stage, please try your best and make a note of that in the question below. *
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
N/A
Mornings (8–11am)
Lunch hour (11am–1pm)
Early afternoon (1–3pm)
Late afternoon (3–6pm)
Evenings (6–8pm)
Please indicate which months you might be available to teach (exact dates to be agreed at a later date): *
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Any notes about your schedule? *
Demographic Information
We are committed to advancing equity and inclusion within our staffing. We want to be explicit about our intention to have a diverse teaching pool and give you an opportunity to self-identify in the questions below, if you choose to do so. Providing this information is completely optional.
What is your racial and/or ethnic identity?
What is your gender identity?
Thank you!
Questions can be directed to programs@camstl.org.
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