Education & Instruction

Summer Camp Art Instructors

Terms of Employment: Contract Independent Contractor

Compensation: Fee $10,000

Onsite Dates: June 29-July 30, 2026

Bristol Borough, PA

NLArts is seeking Lead Teaching Artists to join our creative community for the 2026 Summer Camp season in Northern Liberties. The 8-session program serves students entering Kindergarten through 8th Grade, as well as high school aged Junior Counselors. Teaching Artists develop and lead creative arts projects and support outdoor programming in groups separated by age band. Each session theme aligns with NLArts’ Curriculum, encouraging expressive, interdisciplinary, and exploratory experiences.

Support the President & CEO at PAFA in a high-level, creative environment where your organization, judgment, and discretion are essential to our daily operations and long-term priorities at America's first art school and museum! This role offers the opportunity to manage critical relationships, handle complex responsibilities independently, and play a key part in keeping leadership focused and effective.

POSITION: Executive Assistant

Community Engagement Teaching Artists are responsible for providing arts education during a Claymobile residency, workshop, or event. Duties include gathering and loading supplies for the class into the Claymobile van, organizing supplies while at the site, doing demonstrations, instructing and aiding students one-on-one, and cleaning up/loading supplies back into the van at the end of class. A qualified candidate will be comfortable working with students of all ages from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and will be interested in the arts and education. 

Overview

At Mural Arts Philadelphia, we believe art can be a powerful tool for healing, connection, and second chances. We’re looking for a highly organized and thoughtful professional to help coordinate programming within our Restorative Justice Department, supporting projects that engage people impacted by the justice system.

Job Summary

The Creators Studio is a music and media teaching, recording, and production space, at Drexel's Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The Creator's Studio Manager, reporting to the Executive Director of the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, will oversee all functions of the Creator's Studio including managing student employees, supporting educational programming within the studio, maintaining studio equipment, building relationships with local organizations and individual creators.

Position Overview

Full-Time Temporary/Seasonal: 8-week summer program + part-time spring planning
Allens Lane Art Center seeks an experienced and collaborative Camp Director to lead our arts-based
summer camp program. This role provides full leadership of camp operations, including staff supervision,
program implementation, camper safety, and family communication. The position begins part-time in spring
for hiring and planning and transitions to full-time during the 8-week summer camp season. This is an ideal
role for a strong youth-program leader who thrives in creative environments and is passionate about arts
education and community engagement.

The Abington Art Center seeks an energetic manager to oversee the operation of our summer art camps and handle the daily needs of camp instructors and students. The Manager will need to be organized and good with children ages 4-16. An art background with understanding of arts materials and syllabi/projects is preferred.

The Camp Manager will work 25 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-1:30 pm.  Camp dates are: June 22-August 28. In addition, the Camp Manager will be required to schedule a training week in June before camp begins. Pay $16-$18/hour.
 

Summer Camp Art Instructors