Creative Catalyst Fellowship in Education + Community Development
Now in its second year, Elsewhere seeks dynamic candidates for its Creative Catalyst Fellowship, this year focusing on education and community development. This is a paid fellowship, is 6-7 Months from June 2021-January 2022 (20-25 hours/week), and comes with a $15,000 stipend.
Application Deadline Extended: May 28th, 2021
The 2021 Creative Catalyst Fellowship at Elsewhere invites a dynamic educator/organizer/artist to embed themselves in the museum as a community steward and public programmer. The Fellow will take an intergenerational, multidisciplinary, and equity-driven approach to cultivating programming that is driven by community-members. These efforts will increase awareness of and access to Elsewhere, adding to its vitality as a community hub.
The Fellow will collaborate with our staff, resident and alumni artists, volunteers, new youth employees, and community partners to further develop and implement long-standing and new programs, including Elsewhere’s Youth Workforce Development initiative, QueerLab teen-led media program, Playshops intergenerational maker workshops. There will also be time and space for the Fellow to play, experiment, and make their own magic.
The Fellow will have a flexible schedule, program budget, travel reimbursement, and access to the many resources connected to the museum, including our vegetarian food co-op with shared meals. On-site and off-site housing is available, if needed. Additional training, resources, and opportunities are offered in tandem through the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for Arts Creative Catalyst Program.
Responsibilities
Engage participants in our mission by coordinating and facilitating on and off-site group experiences and events, utilizing Elsewhere’s world of objects, spaces, artist installations, and connected histories and strategies.
Connect with local youth and other key community constituents, listening to needs and opportunities to inform Elsewhere’s community development and programmatic offerings.
Invest in Elsewhere’s youth employees (age 16-24), by providing guidance and support; develop training modules on visitor engagement, workshop facilitation, and fabrication skills.
Collaborate with Elsewhere’s team to assess and enhance all education programs: CoLab (youth-led platform of interactive media and civic experiments), Playshops, skill shares, internships, and creative retreats.
Engage and support resident artists and local/regional artists; re-engage alumni artists.
Contribute writing and other media for communications that contribute to the legibility and accessibility of the museum.
Support the sustainability of education and community development efforts by identifying and acquiring resources (grants, donations, expertise), providing excellent documentation, and making connections to regional, national, and international networks.
Preferred Attributes, Skills, and Experience
Strong diversity, equity, and inclusion lens with a firm commitment to anti-racism work and knowledge of accessibility issues.
Possesses an energizing and engaging personality, significant emotional intelligence, and cultural sensitivity; practices great empathy.
Passion for investing in youth and building with diverse stakeholders and participants.
Teaching, workshop facilitation, youth development, or other education experience.
Experience in facilitating conflict resolution, mediation, and/or restorative justice processes.
Organizing and project management skills; ability to guide initiatives from concept through to application, including attention to administrative duties.
Active in local/regional QTBIPOC arts, education, and/or organizing communities.
Ability to capture and share compelling stories through writing and other media; photography/film/design/fabrication skills are a big plus, but not required.
Interests and knowledge in art concepts and processes, collaborative and cooperative efforts, local/regional histories, and reuse are beneficial.
Elsewhere does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, gender identity, ability, sexual orientation, expression or parents/guardians with children, and will prioritize applicants who identify as QTBIPOC and/or disabled.
Elsewhere shares a radically expansive understanding of creative practice and identity. We strive for a diverse representation of voices, life experiences, views, and interests to reflect the collaborative community we have and wish to serve. To decolonize systemic structures of institutional oppression, we encourage queer creatives of color to apply.
Please be aware that currently only the first floor of Elsewhere is ADA accessible. If there are accessibility needs or questions, please contact museum@goelsewhere.org.
About Creative Catalyst Fellowships
Creative Catalyst Fellowships, in partnership with the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at UNC School of the Arts, are highly competitive, paid fellowships that advance artist leadership through skill-building, mentoring, and community of practice; strengthen creative community networks to better address regional gaps; foster systemic approaches to increase access, inclusion and equity; and embrace participation and exchange across the creative sector. Creative Catalyst Fellows will also gain access to educational and community-building opportunities. Additional support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation makes this opportunity possible.
