Marwen's Design to Print course is a 10-week commissioned program that happens annually in Spring. The course gives up to 15 young people (ages 16-18) the opportunity to apply for and be hired as commissioned artists to create and design greeting cards. Each young artist receives a $300 stipend for their greeting card design. Mediums change year to year and have included painting, gouache, digital art, water color, and more.
Applications for Spring 2024 will open in Fall 2023. If you're interested in learning more about this annual program, please contact Maricela Ramírez, Manager of Youth Pathway Programs, at mramirez@marwen.org or 312.374.2949.
Marwen's Design to Print course is a 10-week commissioned program that happens annually in Spring. The course gives up to 15 young people (ages 16-18) the opportunity to apply for and be hired as commissioned artists to create and design greeting cards. Each young artist receives a $300 stipend for their greeting card design. Mediums change year to year and have included painting, gouache, digital art, water color, and more.
Applications for Spring 2024 will open in Fall 2023. If you're interested in learning more about this annual program, please contact Maricela Ramírez, Manager of Youth Pathway Programs, at mramirez@marwen.org or 312.374.2949.
Art@Work is a creative career internship program where Chicago young people are hired for a 5-week summer creative internship in Chicago. Students are placed in an arts-related organization or business that matches the student’s interests, strengths, and creative skills. Marwen partners with sites across the city to offer various creative internships in order for young people to explore their next steps, learn about different creative career pathways, and envision their futures.
Applications for Summer 2023 are now closed. To learn more about the program and submit an interest form for 2024, CLICK HERE.
Art@Work is a creative career internship program where Chicago young people are hired for a 5-week summer creative internship in Chicago. Students are placed in an arts-related organization or business that matches the student’s interests, strengths, and creative skills. Marwen partners with sites across the city to offer various creative internships in order for young people to explore their next steps, learn about different creative career pathways, and envision their futures.
Applications for Summer 2023 are now closed. To learn more about the program and submit an interest form for 2024, CLICK HERE.
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 $22 per hour.
Hours per Term: Spring 2024 Term (65 hrs), Summer 2024 Term (58 hrs), & Spring 2024 Term (65 hrs)
Click "Download Requirements" for full description and application. Deadline is October 29, 2023.
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 $22 per hour.
Hours per Term: Spring 2024 Term (65 hrs), Summer 2024 Term (58 hrs), & Spring 2024 Term (65 hrs)
Click "Download Requirements" for full description and application. Deadline is October 29, 2023.
Application instructions are included within each role description.
For other inquires about full and part time roles, contact careers@marwen.org.