Call for Artists - Summer & Fall Artist-in-Residence Program

Call for Artists - Summer & Fall Artist-in-Residence Program

Posted by DuPage Children's Museum

Posted: Oct, 24, 2016

Call for Artists

Website: https://dupagechildrens.org/job/artist-in-residence/

 630-637-8000 x2660

 301 N. Washington St., Naperville, IL, 60540

DuPage Children's Museum is searching for our next Artists-in-Residence for the summer and fall quarters! In collaboration with Museum visitors, the selected artists will help create tactile mosaics that will be installed in our Young Explorers exhibit.

The Artist-in-Residence program is open to professional artists:

  • Locally based in DuPage County, Chicagoland area, any Illinois resident.
  • Working in a variety of media including, but not limited to: painting, sculpture, clay, textiles, paint, mixed-media, printmaking, and illustration. Desired qualification: Eco-friendly focus, artist incorporates sustainability practices into process.
  • Who have experience working with the public and teaching or creating art with early childhood/elementary populations – specifically those age birth to ten years old.
  • Who enjoy working with young children; children with disabilities; and children from diverse cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Who have publicly displayed past artwork.

Learn More: https://dupagechildrens.org/job/artist-in-residence/