About the Program

The Arts & Consciousness mentorship program at John F. Kennedy University provides a transdisciplinary model for self-directed students to investigate, research and develop specialized techniques, skills and capacities in conjunction with a creative practice or project. Mentorships may include experiential exercises, supervised research, assigned readings, studio visits, critiques and/or individualized training, as determined by the student's artistic and/or professional objectives.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Teaching Assistant Mentorship Oppurtunity at Berkeley City College -Summer 2011

Position Description for Teaching Assistant
Berkeley City College
Summer 2011
Instructor: Seth Eisen  seth@eyezen.org

Art 20 Beginning Drawing and Composition
Art 21 Continuing Drawing
Art 24 Special Projects in Drawing


This is a 2-unit class that meets 3 days a week for 4 hours over the 5-week summer semester at Berkeley City College. The class times are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from 6-10 pm. The class will be starting Monday, June 20th running through Thursday July 28th.

The class is comprised of 3 drawing levels: beginning, intermediate and advanced.
The T.A. will be present for all or most of the classes and assist the instructor in the following ways:
  1. Giving one on one support to the students for each lesson. The class has been very full in recent years. This part is crucial to be able to meet most of the student’s needs.
  2. Helping to plan and prepare some of the lessons.
  3. Support on weekly class critiques.
  4. Giving prepared lectures on a few specific topics related to drawing. We will decide together which topics you would like to present on.
  5. Helping with set up and break down of still life arrangements.
  6. Helping with set up and clean up of classroom.
  7. Helping maintain class website/wiki. (Optional)
  8. Going on class outings and trip and helping to organize those during class time.

Skills and qualifications

  1. T.A. must have a solid background in freehand drawing from life with experience with various media and techniques.
  2.  Must have good skills in composition and a basic knowledge of perspective.
  3. Must have basic skills in giving critiques- meaning that you have been through the process yourself and have an interest in facilitating this process.
  4. Must have a good knowledge of the creative process.
  5. Must be patient, direct and have excellent skills in communication.
  6. Must be able to work with the very diverse range of students at Berkeley City College. Their skill levels and learning styles vary widely. Students’ ages range from age17 to 75. They are from many diverse ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds.
  7. T.A. will be willing to collaborate with instructor creatively on the class and help strategize how to work with the challenges that come up during the semester with students and class cohesion.

I will interview interested students at JFK by appointment. Please submit a simple cover letter describing your interest and related skills and experience, and 5-10 examples of your drawing skills and current work on CD or a web site. seth@eyezen.org


For additional information visit link "About Teaching Mentorships"