Do you have teaching experience? Do you wish to pass on the value of the arts to children and adults in our community? Tapestry Arts is looking for artists with creative ideas, a professional attitude, good communication skills and flexible schedules. Do you have the expertise to teach children, youth and adults about puppetry, theatre, dance, music, storytelling, poetry, visual arts, murals, crafts, quilting, ceramics or ?

Artists employed for Tapestry Arts education programs are competitively compensated for their training time, prep time, teaching time, site meetings, evaluations and performances or exhibitions.  Selection and placement are based on experience and a comprehensive interview process.  Artists are responsible for and compensated for procuring necessary supplies for their programs. Artists work on a contract basis with Tapestry Arts. Fingerprinting may be required.

Tapestry Arts teams with artists to design projects that integrate the artistic process with learning and creativity in a variety of settings and multicultural environments. The Education Manager is available to support your efforts to craft a positive arts experience for you, your students and the sponsoring organizations. As part of the artist in residency training, Tapestry will work with artists to schedule classes, create lesson plans, learn classroom management skills, acquire supplies, manage budgets and design outcome measurements for the program.

For information or to apply, please contact:
Molli Pasquinelli, Education Manager
Tapestry Arts
255 North  Market Street, Suite 124
San Jose, CA 95110
408 494 3590
408 294 3479 (fax)
molli@tapestryarts.org