Arts Jobs in Toronto, ON

Description

Posted on : April 9, 2025

Closing on : April 15, 2025

Location : Toronto, ON

Employment Type : part-time, casual

Remote / Onsite : Onsite

Level : Educator

Report to : Candice Cavanagh, Curator of Public Programmes

Salary : $25.00 per hour

Benefits : Attractions Ontario Benefits and Toronto Attractions Council Benefits

Arts Educators are key in supporting, facilitating and interpreting hands-on experiences for MOCA’s programme and workshop participants. While many of the associated activities will be conducted in-person at the Museum, there may also be the opportunity to run virtual workshop experiences. Learning Programmes include school visits, drop-in all-ages workshops, registered all-ages workshops, and peak period programmes. It is ideal for an energetic, outgoing individual who has a passion for contemporary art.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a host — greet and welcome all participants to the MOCA workshop and / or programme
• Facilitate check-in process for all participants; this process is dependent on the type of programme eg. a programme and / or workshop may be drop-in or require pre-registration
• Become familiar with MOCA’s additional public programmes, the museum building and its place in the Junction Triangle neighbourhood and cultural community
• Aid with and / or instruct comprehensive school and sessional arts programme(s) as developed by the Public Programmes and Learning team to meet the needs of all participants in the programme(s)
• Deliver the lesson plan(s) as developed by the Public Programmes and Learning team in a friendly and comprehensive manner
• Prepare programme materials
• Complete the set up, preparation, clean up, and tear down of the programme space
• Work with groups of up to 30 participants
• Facilitate school and group tours as needed and as related to the workshop(s) and / or programme(s)
• Maintain accurate visitor counts and records using best practices for data entry
• Complete all required ongoing training
• Advise the Public Programmes team of any difficulties with participants or the public programme as a whole
• Participate in and support additional organizational projects as requested

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

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Benefits

Attractions Ontario Benefits and Toronto Attractions Council Benefits

Vision

The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto is at the heart of the art ecosystem. MOCA will be ambitiously inclusive, interdisciplinary, and internationally renowned through our work with artists. A place for everyone to explore that provokes ideas and discussion and challenges the current cultural moment.

Mission

Artists, relationships, and experimentation are at the centre of everything we do. MOCA Toronto presents rotating exhibitions and programmes that prioritize twenty-first-century artistic production, primarily through commissioning new work. We foster active dialogue, participation and celebrate complexity; in order to serve as an inclusive cultural hub in this hyper-diverse city and world.

Values

Brief History

MOCA is a twenty-year-old institution that has experienced numerous iterations over the years. However, two main aspects have remained constant :

In September 2018, MOCA moved into the Auto BLDG, a purpose-designed home in a former industrial space at the heart of a new neighbourhood in the Lower Junction.