Ceramic Teaching Artist Assistant Urban Artisans, ArtMix

Deadline: 11/01/2026

Art Mix is currently accepting proposals for your services in ceramic education for our Urban Artisans program. The Urban Artisans Program is a vocational arts training program for young adults (ages 16–22) of all abilities who are interested in building creative, professional, and social skills through art. While Art Mix serves individuals of all abilities, 98% of the students in the Urban Artisans program identify as a person with a disability.

Under the guidance of professional Teaching Artists, interns work as a collaborative creative team to produce high-quality, marketable artwork in clay, fiber, painting, mosaics, and more. These pieces are sold in the Art Mix Gallery and local shops throughout Indianapolis, giving interns real-world experience in art production, packaging, and sales. The Teaching Artist Assistant in Urban Artisans works collaboratively with the Teaching Artist to prep materials for class, assist with facilitating instruction, aid students, and clean materials and the studio after class.

• -Prep materials and studio:
  Assist the Teaching Artist with setting up the work area, organizing tasks for participants, and ensuring all needed tools and supplies are ready.
• -Assist with facilitating instruction:
  The Teaching Artist is the teaching lead and directs all instruction. The Teaching Assistant models listening and helps participants focus and work. The Assistant can also help the Teaching Artist to make changes to the plan as needed, such as collecting additional or different supplies for students who need an adaptation.
• -Aid students:
  The Teaching Assistant is available to offer more individualized assistance and troubleshooting as needed. The Teaching Artist may assign the Assistant to work with specific participants or float between students to help as needed.
• -Clean and complete end of day tasks:
  The Teaching Artist and Assistant work together to facilitate clean up with the participants. This means assigning clean up tasks and helping participants complete those tasks. Once the learning time ends, the Teaching Artist and Assistant work together to prep work for bisque/glaze fire carts, wrap up materials, put clean tools away, finish projects that need attention, review goal progress for the day, and make notes for the next session.

The desired start date for the project is January 2027 with a duration of 8 weeks. This program has a fixed schedule of 9am- 12pm Monday through Thursday. This Teaching Assistant position will either occur on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the chosen candidate’s availability. There will be an orientation and training day(s) prior to the start of the program.

Art Mix Teaching Assistants are paid $25/hour during teaching hours. Additional prep time outside of teaching hours are compensated at $15/hr.