PlayArts: After School Program Staff (Part-Time)

Must be able to reliably commute to the Fishtown area of Philadelphia!

Make a difference in the lives of children through arts-based learning! Join PlayArts in Northeast Philadelphia to provide engaging arts and enrichment programming to children after school, fostering creativity in a supportive and inclusive work environment!

Ritual4Return, Inc, a NJ-based arts nonprofit, seeks teaching artists to help prepare formerly incarcerated men to perform their stories for theatrical homecoming ritual in Camden, NJ on May 9, 2026. 

Afterschool Visual Art 

The winter/spring teaching artist afterschool position begins February 10th and runs to May 21st. Drawing and painting are the focus with the ability to incorporate other mediums. The classes run two times per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:30 pm. West Park Cultural Center operates afterschool programming in West Philadelphia. Program participants range in age from 10 to 13 witha  class size of 15.

ARTZ in the Making is a hands-on art-making program whose mission is to generate community, creativity, and connection. We are seeking trained artist-facilitators who will create opportunities for self-expression via art-making for residents living with dementia in care communities and people living with dementia in their own homes. There may also be opportunities for dementia care pairs (people living with dementia and their care partners) to participate together. Most programs occur monthly at a range of venues across Philadelphia and surrounding counties.

Mid-Year Appointment | 2025–2026 School Year

BalletX seeks a creative, reliable, and passionate Assistant Teaching Artist to join its in-school education program, Dance eXchange, for the remainder of the 2025–2026 school year.

This is a mid-year hire. The Assistant Teaching Artist will support an established program and work under the direction of a Lead Teaching Artist and Musician.

Ceramics Technician

Abington Art Center is seeking a Ceramics Technician to work 3-4 days a week for our busy ceramics program. The ideal candidate will have experience working as a ceramics technician in a community studio or school. Or 5+ years experience as a ceramic artist managing a studio. Preference will be given to candidates with strong ceramics technical skills, familiarity with kiln loading and unloading, as well as knowledge of glaze mixing and materials, firing processes, clay bodies, ceramic studio maintenance and practices.

We are excited to invite passionate educators, artists, creatives, historians, cultural practitioners, genealogists, and community activators and culture keepers of all kinds to lead 2-hour interactive workshops as part of our ongoing programming at DiasporaDNA!

DiasporaDNA is dedicated to culturally conscious exploration. Our work honors Black history, world cultures, and the continuum of diaspora experiences — preserving archives, sparking arts mindfulness, tracing roots, and igniting citywide creative action.

Love Philly? We need you in 2026! 

We don’t just need workers - we need ambassadors. If you know your way around a cheesesteak and can explain the significance of 1776 (or 1976!), we want to meet you. Visit with almost 30 companies looking to fill both paid and volunteer tour guide or docent positions. 

Seeking Summer Camp Manager (2 positions) - Now in our 17th summer, The Creative Living Room Summer Camp are weekly-themed creative camps immerses kids ages 5 -12 and youth ages 11-15 in imagination, fantasy, adventure and crafty skill-building. Our programs are designed and led by professional teaching artists and supported by teen assistants and volunteer counselors-in-training and a dedicated full-time Summer Camp Manager. We hope this will be YOU! There are two Camp Manager positions open, one at each of our summer camp locations in Media & Swarthmore.

Seeking Teaching Artists: The Creative Living Room (TCLR), established in 2008, recently merged with The Park Avenue Community Center (The PAC Center) to oversee all the children, youth and family programs, including their award-winning summer camp program for kids and youth.