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SkyART is looking for an Art Therapist

Location: Chicago, USA

About SkyART:

SkyART is a permanent fixture in the vibrant cultural landscape of Chicago’s South Side. Founded in 2001 with a mission to provide youth with an accessible, safe place to participate in quality visual arts programs at no cost, SkyART continues to fulfil its mission in South Chicago and surrounding neighbourhoods, reaching young people through a rich variety of programs. Driving its mission, is a deep understanding of the transformative power of art and its capacity to enhance intellectual, emotional, and social development. SkyART is a foundation from which creativity grows and individuals flourish. Participants are invited into a world of imaginative possibilities and connections that go beyond the individual, to positively impact all the communities where we work and the city.

Job Type: Part-Time & Contractual

Job Summary:

The SkyART Art Therapist will work effectively with the realities of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)have knowledge of its effects on low income communities and how to work virtually to help young people address issues of isolation and trauma. Art therapists will refer to public health psychosocial guidelines during a pandemic, promoting self-care, artistic expression, and inspiration, challenging stigma, securing family connections, monitoring secondary traumatic stress, developing coping and resilience, maintaining relationships, and amplifying hope.

Duties:

• Provide and customize virtual art therapy individual and group sessions to meet organizational goals and/or objectives for specific populations, such as those in detention facilities, shelters, or home environments.
• Assess participants’ needs, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.
• Conduct art therapy sessions providing guided self-expression experiences to help participants recover from or cope with emotional impairments due the current Shelter in Place order
• Use SkyART wellness rubric to analyse or synthesize data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for future art therapy sessions.
• Document sessions using SkyART forms
• Establish goals or objectives for art therapy sessions in consultation with Executive Director and Programs team
• Recommend or purchase needed art supplies or equipment for sessions.
• Possibly conduct workshops on art therapy techniques and/or processes to Teaching Artists, interns, volunteers, and staff.

Requirements:

• MA in Art Therapy or social service degree with a visual art background required
• Cultural competency working with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Detailed-oriented with excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal, and writing skills
• Practicing artists encouraged

Interested candidates, please submit a cover letter with resume with” Art Therapist” in the subject line