Dates: April 9 – July 5

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The Community Engagement Manager (CEM) oversees the day-to-day operations of The Clay Studio’s (TCS) Claymobile program and studio. They work closely with the Deputy Director to balance timelines, schedules, and budgets. The Claymobile program works with schools, community organizations, and social service agencies around the Philadelphia region to provide under-resourced communities with high-quality arts programming. The program offers an innovative, hands-on approach to learning that strengthens and enhances existing cultural programming, supplements educational curricula, and catalyzes community engagement.

The Clay Studio will review applications immediately.

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The Fellowships are two-year paid positions that develop the leadership skills of recent college graduates interested in pursuing careers related to social change (open to students graduating in fall 2023-May 2024.)

The FAO Schwarz Fellow at The Clay Studio will split their time between direct service, working with our Claymobile Community Program, and strategic project work. In addition, the Fellow will spend about 10 percent of their time on professional development, cohort gatherings, and their Fellowship role.

Successful candidates will have a solid academic record, leadership potential, and a commitment to social impact. Applicants must be college seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities at the time of application and be eligible to work in the United States for the duration of the two-year Fellowship.

The application deadline for the 2024-2026 cohort is February 5, 2024 (11:59 pm EST). The Fellowships are paid two-year full-time positions and include benefits.

Questions? Contact Josie Bockelman at josie@theclaystudio.org.

Service Year
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022-JULY 28, 2023 1700 HR SERVICE TERM

THE ROLE

• Support The Clay Studio’s community outreach program, Claymobile, by directly working with students and teaching artists in schools, community centers, older adult centers, and social service agencies.
• Assist with the development and implementation of The Clay Studio’s new arts based after school program.
• Assist with community events such as the Claymobile Creations student gallery show, the Philadelphia teacher open house, and free family art making days by spreading the word to the community and engaging guests on event days.
• Collaborate with the Claymobile and after school team on processing student artwork and completing studio tasks.

THE BENEFITS :
Living Stipend: $16,502 (pre-tax) Segal Education Award: $6,495 Eligible Student Loan Forbearance Health Care
Child Care
Professional Development Community Support
Orientation & Mid-Year Conference

TO APPLY CONTACT:

Erin Donley
3637 CHESTNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
570-954-3483
PHILADELPHIA@NDMVA.ORG WWW.NDMVA.ORG/APPLY

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The FAO Schwarz Fellowships are two-year paid positions that develop the leadership skills of recent college graduates interested in pursuing careers related to social change.

The FAO Schwarz Fellow at The Clay Studio will split their time between direct service: working with our Claymobile Community Program and our After School Program and strategic project work. In addition, the Fellow will spend about 10 percent of their time on professional development, cohort gatherings, and their Fellowship role.

The FAO Schwarz Fellow at The Clay Studio will engage directly with students served through programs offered by The Clay Studio and will work on curriculum development.

The Fellow will:

• Serve as a Teaching Assistant in the Claymobile program.
• Assist the Teaching Artist throughout the lesson by working one-on-one with students.
• Serve as the After-School Coordinator and directly support the after-school program’s homework help piece.
• Liaise between partner sites, schools, and neighborhood families for the after-school program.

The Fellow will split their time between direct service and strategic project work. In addition, the Fellow will spend about 10 percent of their time on professional development, cohort gatherings, and their Fellowship role.

The FAO Schwarz Fellow will focus on creating new and enhancing existing curriculum resources for the Claymobile program and other youth-focused programming.

The Fellow will:

• Formalize current lessons into a lesson plan format, including background resources, vocabulary, curriculum standards, image references, project templates, and more.
• Design and build program resources.
• Assist in the planning and delivery of our annual Teacher Open House and training for Claymobile and youth programming staff.

Successful candidates will have strong academic records, leadership potential, and a commitment to social impact. Applicants must be college seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities at the time of application and be eligible to work in the United States for the duration of the two-year Fellowship. The application deadline for the 2022-2024 cohort is February 10, 2022 (11:59 pm EST). The Fellowships are paid two-year full-time positions and include benefits.

To apply please visit the FAO Schwarz website here.

The Clay Studio seeks proposals for two public ceramic installations to be developed through community workshops at the Kensington and Cecil B. Moore branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia that build on our informal learning workshops Clay, Play, Read. These workshops, which began in a virtual format in the fall 2020, are supported by the William Penn Foundation, and feature a reading and discussion and a hands-on clay activity where the youth and caretaker collaborate on a piece in response to the story. Artists with a focus on working in community to develop mural designs and installation are encouraged to apply. The murals/installations created for both libraries are meant to serve as an interactive art installation that will continually engage the community about literacy through the lens of play and with the goal of creating equitable playspaces. The mural artist will work with the project team to facilitate community making days in the neighborhoods around each library to help inform the development of the installations. The making days will take place in the spring of 2021 with the installation of the murals to be completed by October 2021. Working primarily with the Community Engagement Manager and a literacy specialist, the general contours of the project and making days will be developed.

Application deadline: December 16, 2020

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