Questions?
Please contact us at 941-365-2032 or info@artsarasota.org

Instructors for Adult Workshops and Classes

We are accepting resumes/CVs for instructors to teach workshops and classes in acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, printmaking (water-based only), pencil, charcoal, drawing, collage, alcohol inks, and small format sculpture (that does not create dust). We DO NOT have a facility for ceramics at this time.

Workshops are 1-3 consecutive days for 3 hours, or for 6 hours each day. Classes are scheduled for 3 hours each week for 4 to 6 weeks.

Click here for the application form.

• Please include a resume/CV, bio, and website link or images of work.

• Classes/workshops are scheduled up to a year in advance.

• Teachers must be able to promote their class/workshop using email, website listing, and social media to contact their previous students. The Art Center will also be promoting classes/workshops.

• All teachers will have a background check.

• Teachers will be paid up to 10 business days after their class/workshop ends.

Questions?
Please contact us at 941-365-2032 or info@artsarasota.org

Figure Models

Life Sessions, our open studio with live models is offered on select Tuesdays from 9:30 am–12:30 pm. There is no instructor for this class that has draped and undraped models that vary in age, sex, and body type each week.

Figure models perform/pose nude in an adult studio/classroom environment as a subject for student artists learning to make drawings, paintings and related artworks.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Pose nude or draped for fine art drawing, painting and mixed media.

• Provide a full range of traditional and creative poses, from gestures to sustained poses.

• Demonstrate the flexibility and animation of the human form.

• Maintain poses for a fixed period of time, as well as return to a body position after a break.

• Bring and wear appropriate attire (a long robe) for before and after sessions, and during breaks.

• Bring a timer to ensure variations of poses, and calculate break times.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum eighteen years old.

• Comfortable posing nude in small and large group sessions.

• Previous modeling, sports, yoga or dance experience helpful but not required.

Physical Requirements:

Model platform is raised and models must be able to get up and down from a 2’-3’ platform without assistance. Figure models will be required to hold expressive, animated, and sustained poses throughout the three-hour session.

Conditions of Employment:

• Adheres to established Art Center Sarasota policies, procedures and safety regulations.

• Must maintain current contact information and be able to be easily contacted via phone.

• Regular, prompt and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.

• Ability to take directions regarding a variety of modeling poses.

• Commitment to professionalism and confidentiality.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Click here to complete a model application form. You may be asked to submit full body image fully clothed.

For additional questions, email info@artsarasota.org or call 941-365-2032.