Marwen Opportunities

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Marwen welcomes staff and teaching artists from all backgrounds, industries, and skillsets. We believe it's critical for our inclusive community to reflect the youth participating in our no-cost programming.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Teach at Marwen!

Marwen is seeking exceptional practicing artists to design and teach visual arts courses for 6-12 graders from all across Chicago. We are looking for experienced Teaching Artists (TAs) with active practices aligned with the core values of creative youth development: youth voice, collective action, and social justice. We welcome proposals in all mediums, particularly ceramics, digital media, video, photography, fashion, painting, and comics.

As independent contractors, Teaching Artists have complete autonomy over their course design. They select the mediums and themes that align with their expertise and interests. Within our term schedule, they choose the times that best suit them for their courses taught in Marwen studios.
 
Things to keep in mind as you complete your course proposal:
  • Marwen has a high volume of middle school registrations each term
  • Marwen's top three most requested middle school courses are animation, darkroom photography, and digital photography
Summer and Fall 2025 proposal deadline: extended to February 28, 2025
 
Summer Term 2025
Session 1: July 7 - 18
Session 2: July 28 - Aug 8
 
Fall Term 2025
September 17-November 22
 
RSVP HERE for a virtual Course Proposal Info session:
May 13, 5-7 PM (Fall Term 2025)
August 12, 5-7 PM (Spring Term 2026)
Teaching Artists | Request for Course Proposals [ROLLING]
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Teach at Marwen!

Marwen is seeking exceptional practicing artists to design and teach visual arts courses for 6-12 graders from all across Chicago. We are looking for experienced Teaching Artists (TAs) with active practices aligned with the core values of creative youth development: youth voice, collective action, and social justice. We welcome proposals in all mediums, particularly ceramics, digital media, video, photography, fashion, painting, and comics.

As independent contractors, Teaching Artists have complete autonomy over their course design. They select the mediums and themes that align with their expertise and interests. Within our term schedule, they choose the times that best suit them for their courses taught in Marwen studios.
 
Things to keep in mind as you complete your course proposal:
  • Marwen has a high volume of middle school registrations each term
  • Marwen's top three most requested middle school courses are animation, darkroom photography, and digital photography
Summer and Fall 2025 proposal deadline: extended to February 28, 2025
 
Summer Term 2025
Session 1: July 7 - 18
Session 2: July 28 - Aug 8
 
Fall Term 2025
September 17-November 22
 
RSVP HERE for a virtual Course Proposal Info session:
May 13, 5-7 PM (Fall Term 2025)
August 12, 5-7 PM (Spring Term 2026)
Design to Print | Commissioned Artist
 

Marwen's Design to Print course is a 10-week commissioned program that occurs annually in Spring. The course gives 15 young people (ages 16-18) the opportunity to apply for and be hired as commissioned artists to learn new artmaking techniques to create and design greeting cards. Each young artist receives a stipend for their greeting card design.

Applications are closed for Spring 2025. Applications for Spring 2026 will open in Fall 2025. For more information, contact Maricela Ramírez at mramirez@marwen.org.
Design to Print
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Design to Print | Commissioned Artist
 

Marwen's Design to Print course is a 10-week commissioned program that occurs annually in Spring. The course gives 15 young people (ages 16-18) the opportunity to apply for and be hired as commissioned artists to learn new artmaking techniques to create and design greeting cards. Each young artist receives a stipend for their greeting card design.

Applications are closed for Spring 2025. Applications for Spring 2026 will open in Fall 2025. For more information, contact Maricela Ramírez at mramirez@marwen.org.

The Marwen Emerging Teaching Artist (META) Program is a year-long, arts professional and development pathway position for emerging artists to develop their teaching artist practice, and aims to amplify voices from often marginalized communities, particularly lifting up emerging artists and educators of color not represented in traditional arts and education spaces.

Emerging teaching artists provide studio support to Teaching Artists and are mentored by Marwen staff to further their teaching artist skills. Rooted in the core values of creative youth development (youth voice, racial and social justice, collective action) this program aims to cultivate youth centered, supportive, and collaborative teaching artist environments and communities to facilitate relevant visual arts programming with Chicago’s young people who are in 6th-12th grades.

The compensation for this position is $23.10 per hour.

2024-25 Cohort Job Description

Applications are now closed for this year's cohort. Please email metajobs@marwen.org with any questions.

LEARN MORE about this one-of-a-kind program in our blog. 

Marwen Emerging Teaching Artist (META)
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The Marwen Emerging Teaching Artist (META) Program is a year-long, arts professional and development pathway position for emerging artists to develop their teaching artist practice, and aims to amplify voices from often marginalized communities, particularly lifting up emerging artists and educators of color not represented in traditional arts and education spaces.

Emerging teaching artists provide studio support to Teaching Artists and are mentored by Marwen staff to further their teaching artist skills. Rooted in the core values of creative youth development (youth voice, racial and social justice, collective action) this program aims to cultivate youth centered, supportive, and collaborative teaching artist environments and communities to facilitate relevant visual arts programming with Chicago’s young people who are in 6th-12th grades.

The compensation for this position is $23.10 per hour.

2024-25 Cohort Job Description

Applications are now closed for this year's cohort. Please email metajobs@marwen.org with any questions.

LEARN MORE about this one-of-a-kind program in our blog. 

Marwen is seeking a relationship-driven fundraiser to grow our mid-level and major giving portfolio of individual donors. The Senior Manager of Individual Giving will solicit, cultivate and steward donors giving between $2,500 - $10,000, deepening their engagement with Marwen and building a strong pipeline for future major gifts. To download a full job description, click "Download Requirements."

Salary Range: $75,000 - $80,000 (commensurate with experience)

Marwen is dedicated to offering comprehensive, cost-effective benefits to eligible employees.

Senior Manager of Individual Giving
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Marwen is seeking a relationship-driven fundraiser to grow our mid-level and major giving portfolio of individual donors. The Senior Manager of Individual Giving will solicit, cultivate and steward donors giving between $2,500 - $10,000, deepening their engagement with Marwen and building a strong pipeline for future major gifts. To download a full job description, click "Download Requirements."

Salary Range: $75,000 - $80,000 (commensurate with experience)

Marwen is dedicated to offering comprehensive, cost-effective benefits to eligible employees.

Dedicated to Art, Education, and Community

Application instructions are included within each role description.

For other inquires about full and part time roles, contact careers@marwen.org.

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