Artist (Painting) - Spiral Garden

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The Spiral Garden is an integrated art/garden/play program for children and youth with physical disabilities and developmental delays.

Participants will interact and play through music, visual art, movement, drama, gardening and other arts activities.

Key Responsibilities

• To lead the activity area Painting for the duration of the Spiral Garden summer program 2024
• To develop and deliver activities around painting to accommodate diverse needs of participants
• Demonstrated ability with a variety of painting techniques, materials and tools
• Demonstrated ability to enable creativity of others
• To maintain materials, tools and other related equipment in good repair
• To supervise and train volunteers in painting
• To contribute to planning meetings and daily staff meetings during program
• To assist the safe participation of children and youth in program
• To supervise lunch/break times of participants
• To collaborate with program staff, volunteers and families
• To work as a team member with the Program Coordinator, Artists, volunteers and other staff, in order to ensure programming goals are met, including participation in group activities
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, supports the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment and advances a culture of client/patient safety through work and daily practices
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• BFA or college diploma/certificate in the arts or equivalent
• Preferred education & experience in painting techniques and training/skills related to children and youth with developmental and acquired disabilities
• Minimum of one-year experience in the practice of painting; 1:1 and group facilitation
• Demonstrated ability to encourage full participation in activity area
• Must be flexible, have the ability to assess the needs of individuals and quickly respond to those needs
• Talent/skills in other areas such as music, art an asset
• Demonstrated ability to work in collaboration with staff/clients/families
• Sound judgment and ability to work independently at times
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to efficiently manage working hours
• Excellent communication skills