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The Children’s Art Factory team is made up of people with diverse backgrounds, experience and specializations in art making, children’s programming, and facilitation.
We are a tight-knit team of collaborators working to make the Art Factory an immersive experience for children.
explore openings on our team
Studio Assistant
Summary: As a studio assistant, your role is not to interact with children but to clean and maintain the studio for our visitors. Our studio is a hands-on and child-led facility, therefore it can be a very loud and chaotic space at times. Being comfortable around children in a messy and noisy environment is essential to this role.
The Studio Assistant is responsible for general upkeep of all our art stations and other areas in our studio. This position will require some heavy lifting (full buckets of water); flexibility (being on your hands and knees) and endurance (potential long days with lots of cleaning).
What you'll be doing (essential duties):
- cleaning and maintaining art stations in our studio
- deep cleaning tools/stations
- overseeing visitors in our studio
- closing studio
Rate of pay is dependent upon experience.
To apply, please email us your interest and resume at art@thechildrensartfactory.com. We will reach out should your experience and qualifications be a fit for a position on our team.
Program Facilitator (Play Lab)
Our program facilitators help to plan and implement 4-week programs focusing on sensory based experiences for young children. This part-time role is responsible for our popular Play Lab program, with opportunities to assist in planning and implementing other programs at Children’s Art Factory.
Play Lab is a 4-week drop-off program for children aged 4-6 years. This program offers children a variety of rich, unexpected and open-ended art materials to be explored, and includes weekly experiences such as potions, playdough bakery, mix & mess kitchen, and colour mixing. It includes inside and outside play when weather permits. Learn more about Play Lab here.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Planning and implementing 4-week programs focusing on sensory based experiences/programs for children aged 3-8.
- Getting hands on in the development of process-based art, focusing on the creation of the work rather than the outcome.
- Customizing provocations each week, documenting, and changing program plans based on children's inquiries and interests.
Qualifications
- An interest in or previous studies in art
- Accredited ECE, or working toward an ECE diploma an asset
Rate of pay is dependent upon experience.
To apply, please email us your interest and resume at art@thechildrensartfactory.com. We will reach out should your experience and qualifications be a fit for a position on our team.