To apply for any of our Professional Artistic Staff roles, please email your resume and cover letter to the Camp Director, Ashley Klump, at ashleyk@grace-institute.org.

Studio Teaching Artist

Studio Artists are professional working artists who enjoy and are comfortable sharing their artistic and technical skills with children, ages 4-12. Studio Artists are flexible, energetic, enthusiastic, creative, and able to think on their feet while working with a large mixed aged group of kids at any one time. Artists have a keen ability and interest in global cultural awareness and share their own creative process with others, as well as provide mentoring for our younger developing leaders. Artists must be comfortable leading, be diplomatic, possess excellent communication skills, and present a welcoming presence to all campers, counselors, and fellow staff members.

Grace Art Camp Art Studios typically include Animation Arts, Ceramics & Sculpture, Collage, Culinary Arts, Drawing & Illustration, Fibre & Textile Arts, Fused & Mosaic Glass, Music & Dance, Paper & Book Arts, Photography, Printmaking, Theatre, T-Shirt Design, and more depending on what individual artists may bring from their own skills, culturally specific art processes, and areas of expertise.

At this time, we are specifically seeking Ceramics, Culinary Arts, Glass, Music & Dance, or Theater & Puppetry artists for Summer 2026: Stories of Cuba. Artists should be able to develop studio projects and performances based on the camp’s cultural focus and/or the weekly stories.

Studio Artists select the weeks they are available to teach. Artists should be available for the entirety of the weeks selected, though some studios are 5-day, running Monday through Friday, and some are 3-day, running Wednesday through Friday. Artist hours are 8:30am to 3:45pm. 

Guest Artist

Guest Artists, or “Culture Keepers” are an essential part of creating the camp community as they generously share their experiences and knowledge of the summer’s cultural focus during the camp’s planning process, with staff of all ages during cultural trainings, and with children during camp. For the Summer of 2026, we are seeking Guest Artists from Cuba or tied closely to Cuban culture. These positions are sponsored in part through community grants and are commensurate with experience and expertise.

Guest Artists are welcomed into the life of camp on a regular once-a-week basis by performing or giving a presentation for the entire camp and/or a particular studio. Often, Guest Artists lead 3- or 5-day studios in a Studio Teaching Artist role throughout the whole summer. 

Assembly Musician

Assembly Musicians are practicing musicians who perform each morning and afternoon during our full-camp assemblies. Musicians learn our camp songs, and bring their own music or cover songs to entertain the crowd during drop-off and pick-up time. Musicians may also work as a Studio Artist the rest of the day. During Summer 2026: Stories of Cuba, we would also like to hire musicians with experience playing music from Cuba.

Storyteller

Storytellers help set the tone each day during morning assemblies through the sharing of the week’s story–alongside the daily ritual of singing songs. Storytellers may have other artistic areas of interest and sometimes lead a studio during the week. “The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others.”   –Jack Zipes

For Professional Artistic Staff positions, please submit a cover letter, resume, and, if relevant, a portfolio of your work to Executive Director Ashley Klump at ashleyk@grace-institute.org.