Creativity Lab Facilitator - Temporary

Overview

The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for the position of Creativity Lab Facilitator (CLF) to work at the new Art Museum building, scheduled to open in Fall 2025. This visitor-focused position offers the opportunity to welcome visitors to the Museum's Creativity Labs, where they can engage in a variety of participatory art-making, writing, and reflection activities that foster inquiry, empathy, wellness, and imagination, and connect directly with the Museum's expansive collections. As part of the Creativity Lab team within the Education Department, Facilitators are responsible for providing encouraging and engaging experiences for all Creativity Lab participants.

About the Museum:

With a collecting history that extends back to 1755, the Princeton University Art Museum is one of the leading university art museums in the country, with collections that have grown to include more than 117,000 works of art ranging from ancient to contemporary art and spanning the globe. Committed to advancing Princeton's teaching and research missions, the Art Museum also serves as a gateway to the University for visitors worldwide. As the Museum prepares for a dramatically reconceived new building scheduled to open in Fall 2025, the Art Museum presents three exhibitions in its downtown venue Art@Bainbridge. When the new building opens, the Art Museum will open with 32 galleries and initiate its new exhibitions program with seven annual exhibitions onsite and on tour.

To learn more about the Princeton University Art Museum, visit artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors into the Creativity Labs, introduce hands-on art-making, writing, and reflection activities, and provide tailored support.
• Provide information about the Art Museum, with particular focus on works in the collections and special exhibitions that directly relate to the Creativity Lab activities.
• Open and close the Creativity Labs, ensuring the studios are properly set up and ready to accommodate visitors. Continuously monitor the Creativity Labs, cleaning up after activities and restocking materials as needed.
• Track the inventory of supplies and communicate with the Creativity Lab Team as needed.
• Support groups and programs are scheduled throughout the day. This may include teaching K-12, adult, and PU course visits; facilitating art-making activities and demonstrating art-making techniques; and supporting workshops led by guest artists.
• Participate in ideation sessions to develop new activities and programs in the Creativity Labs, working closely with the Creativity Lab Supervisor and Manager of Visitor Experience.
• Conduct visitor evaluations of Creativity Lab activities and programs.
• Track and record daily attendance in Creativity Labs.
• Participate in mandatory team training and continuing education sessions.
• Uphold and enforce Art Museum policies, procedures, and safety guidelines.
• Complete other tasks as needed.
• Responsible for finding substitutes for assigned shifts and a willingness to substitute for other team members as needed.
• A flexible work schedule is required, which includes hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and some evenings. Approximately 10-15 hours per week, with the possibility of additional hours as needed.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Experienced art practitioner, familiar with a variety of art-making techniques, materials, tools, and equipment.
• Teaching experience in a classroom, studio, art space, or comparable environment.
• Experience working with the public, serving as front-line staff, and/or a penchant for connecting with visitors in a public forum.
• Strong communication skills and comfort engaging with diverse audiences are required.
• Emotional intelligence, including the ability to recognize and respect cultural context, read situations and people, and interact with all levels of professionals and volunteers.
• Must be punctual and reliable.
• A willingness to engage in continuous learning about the Art Museum and art-making activities.
• Proactive approach and solution-oriented attitude.
• Flexible work schedule, including weekends and evenings.

Preferred Requirements:

• Proficiency in MS Office, including Teams, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, OneDrive, and Zoom is preferred.
• Experience working with EMS or other calendaring systems.
• Fluency in more than one language is a plus.

A Cover Letter Required.

Salary Range $20.00 Minimum Hourly Rate

Standard Weekly Hours 0.00

Eligible for Overtime Yes

Benefits Eligible No