Professional Expert - Art Model: Portrait and Models, Short-Term

Description

Mendocino-Lake Community College District is currently accepting applications for Life Models. By applying, you’ll be added to our pool of candidates and considered for upcoming openings as well as on-call shifts as they come up. This is a temporary, non-continuing position under the general direction of the Art Department Faculty. Life Models support the delivery of curricula by providing students with an opportunity to develop their craft in a professional, controlled environment, helping them increase perceptual and hand skills, deepen their understanding of anatomy and proportion, and connect to artistic histories.

We seek an equity-minded person committed to supporting our diverse student population and faculty. The District values diversity, promotes cultural awareness, mutual understanding, and respect, and supports a positive learning environment for all students, including first-generation and underrepresented students. Mendocino College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This is a temporary hourly position. Hours vary per week and the rate is $21.00 per hour. Hours are authorized up to 180 days under Ed Code 88003. The College offers a Bronze level benefit plan at the employee’s cost. Paid Time Off: 3 days of sick leave per year. Retirement:
The position may be eligible for CalPERS Retirement depending on hours worked within the fiscal year.

• Pose for art studio classes: figure drawing, portrait painting.
• Provide a full range of traditional life drawing poses, from gestures to sustained poses, as required by the instructor.
• Demonstrate the flexibility and animation of the human form.
• Provide traditional gestures and poses, as well as anatomical studies.
• Model poses include nude, costume, and street clothing.
• Maintain punctuality and flexibility in meeting scheduling demands.

Classroom environment; subject to flexible hours; working with the public. Physical demands include posing, sitting, standing, reaching, bending, and walking. Clothing attire is based on class type:
Portrait or Life.

• Must meet Human Resources guidelines for qualified hiring, including a Live Scan background check and completion of TB test.
• Previous experience as a model in a classroom environment, dance, movement, or theater, is helpful.
• Knowledge of how the model demonstrates anatomy, gesture, and content in a visual composition.
• Awareness of classic and traditional poses in the art tradition.

• Physically able to provide a full range of body gestures and poses, from quick gestures to long, sustained poses.
• Able to re-establish posed positions for long-term modeling sessions.

• Provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
• Fingerprint through DOJ and FBI and have background clearance.
• Take a TB test once hired and every four years thereafter.
• Within 6 months of employment, complete required District trainings such as Sexual Harassment Prevention.

Mendocino College is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks a diverse pool of qualified applicants. The policy of the College is to encourage applications from all persons. Mendocino College does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity or race, color, sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, medical conditions, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), military or veteran status.

Mendocino College also prohibits harassment on any of these bases, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Persons with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to complete the employment process must notify Human Resources no later than 72 hours prior to the closing date. Human Resources can be contacted at  or via email at HR Recruiting.