Drawing & Painting Instructor

About our Workshops:

We offer professionally instructed, beautifully curated workshops to promote learning, creativity, and community building.

About our Instructors: 

We maintain a standard of excellence in our workshops. Our instructors all work professionally in their field of expertise and draw from their own knowledge, training, and personal practice to develop high-quality workshops specifically for our community. Our instructor team also collaboratively builds the Drawing Room Cohort program, a social and educational program designed for students to build community through multimedia learning and Drawing Room Intensives, deep dive programs that explore a specific medium.

Technical requirements: 

We are looking for a multidisciplinary artist who can teach and develop 2D workshops for adults. Our ideal applicant has a strong practice and background in drawing and painting techniques.

• You are a working artist with a portfolio of current and recent work that demonstrates professionalism, strong technique, and a unique approach to your medium
• Either a BFA (or equivalent arts degree) or professional-level training and work experience in your field 
• Your practice is primarily analog, not digital
• You have strong technical training in drawing techniques and have the ability to break down concepts including line, shading, gesture, composition, negative and positive space, and beginner-level perspective
• You have a strong background in painting practices and can teach and develop beginner and intermediate-level painting workshops with skills including: observational painting, watercolor, and acrylic
• You are also comfortable teaching both of the following: off-site workshops, figure drawing 

Additional requirements:

• A strong passion for community building and a willingness/interest to engage with all facets of Drawing Room’s community, in person and online (via our Discord channels) 
• A love of collaboration and a desire to be a part of a team of creative people who are working together to grow Drawing Room
• A genuine sense of joy for sharing what you love with others
• Kind, encouraging, empathetic
• Ability to build friendly relationships with students and act as a creative mentor during Cohort and Intensive programs
• An excitement for developing programming inspired by your own unique approach to art-making. At Drawing Room, we are at our best when we teach what we love and encourage instructors to develop their ideas based on what excites them!
• Openness to critique, suggestions, and a willingness to evolve. Drawing Room is a young company that is constantly growing. We are looking for someone open to a mentality of “let’s try it, and we’ll change it if we need to, until we get it right for our community.”
• Very comfortable with public speaking, socializing, and able to lead a room as both an instructor and a social host
• A roll-up-your-sleeves DIY attitude. Instructors will be expected to set up and clean up the space, supplies, and sometimes furniture before and after workshops. Ability to do minimal furniture lifting/rearranging.
• A good sense of humor
• Ability to cater teaching exercises to a variety of different levels, from complete beginner to intermediate
• A sensitivity to the varying needs of a class and the ability to think quickly on your feet and improvise if needed
• Eye for detail and an appreciation and care for “the little things” that make a workshop experience special (examples: table settings, signage, handmade class materials, space layout)

Compensation & role details:

• This opening is for a part-time position, set to begin training in June. Teaching opportunities will begin to open up incrementally, beginning in July and August. In the future, this position is set to teach up to five workshops a month across two locations, with room for more as Drawing Room expands. You must also be able to commit additional time (approximately 5-10 hours) per month for team meetings, training, workshop development, and a few Open Hours in-studio days* 

*In-studio days: It’s important for our community to maintain a sense of connection between all the facets of our programming. Instructors will be asked to spend a shift on-site visiting Open Hours at least once a month, where they will be available to chat with and offer ideas/guidance to any current or former students who want to stop by.

• $46 an hour for instruction, $31 an hour for instructor-adjunct work (set-up, clean-up time, workshop prep, meetings, on-site time requirements).

• Please note that in our application process, we will also prioritize artists who are comfortable committing to teaching at Drawing Room exclusively and interested in developing unique Drawing Room-specific workshops. We have an amazing, tight-knit team of instructors who work collaboratively to build our programming together. While you will be developing and teaching your own workshops, we are looking for applicants interested in being part of a team. We are also looking for applicants who are invested in being active members in our larger community. 

Please fill out our application here.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Absolutely no calls or walk-ins please.