Summer Camp Teaching Artists

River Arts seeks Teaching Artists for our Summer Arts camps! Are you a passionate teaching artist looking to share your love of the arts with families? We’re inviting experienced artist educators to apply to be a part of our Summer Arts faculty. Each summer we offer an array of artistic programming spanning painting, collage, weaving, mosaic, movement, dance, music, storytelling, comic illustration, and more!

If you have a great class idea and are interested in running a week-long day camp this August, we’d love to hear from you.

Reporting to the Summer Arts Camp Director, Summer Arts faculty members are responsible for running a week-long (Mon-Fri) camp program in an artistic discipline in August 2026. This is an exciting position that helps to successfully serve 120 students a year through our prized day camp, Summer Arts, which provides hands‑on, artist‑led learning in a variety of media and disciplines to children grades 3‑9.

Faculty devise and share their own curriculum for a weeklong camp serving 10‑12 students in 4 daily sessions for 5 days between 8:30‑3:30 pm. Curriculum should be adaptable to accommodate for grades 3‑5, and 6‑9, taking into account the typical ages and abilities for those grade levels.

• River Arts believes in supporting the practice of experienced teaching artists and invites faculty to design their own age‑appropriate curriculum in a media and artistic discipline suited to the faculty member’s area of interest

• Work with Camp Director to plan supply order within budget
• Communicate to parents and families via email during camp weeks as needed
• Assist Summer Arts Camp Director in taking attendance of students at the start of each class
• Submitting class description, artist bio, and other materials as needed to Summer Arts Camp Director

• Set up and clean up on time for each day and week’s sessions

• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred
• 3+ years of teaching experience in your artistic discipline
• Strong attention to detail;
  Excellent organizational and classroom management skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Sharepoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to work onsite from 8:30‑3:30 pm during the camp weeks (Aug 3‑21)
• Familiarity with lower Westchester County events and programs
• Professional and responsible demeanor
• Clear and effective writer, communicator, and program developer (without the use of AI technology)
• This is a contracted position with compensation at $1,000 per 5‑day camp

Send resume and 1 page class proposal to jobs with the subject line:
Summer Arts Faculty Application. Class proposal should include:
Name of class, learning objective, general materials, expectations for how the project will evolve/complete over 5 days.

Please, no direct messages, or applications via indeed/linkedin/etc.
Only materials emailed as specified above will be considered.

River Arts proudly presents intriguing, multi‑disciplinary arts experiences and educational opportunities in lower Westchester County. For more than 60 years it has served as the catalyst connecting artists, performers, musicians, and educators with audiences in the villages of Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow, New York. River Arts believes in the power of art to enrich, transform, and delight those in the Rivertowns and beyond.

Each year River Arts develops an array of engaging public programs including two free signature, multi‑village festivals: the fall Studio Tour and spring Music Tour; performing arts events in music, dance, and theater; visual art exhibitions; artist‑led education programs; merit scholarship awards to students; professional development opportunities for visual and performing artists; and more.