Academic Year-long Teaching Opportunities:

During the academic year, CAP offers a variety of teaching opportunities at elementary, middle and high schools, as well as at community centers and libraries after school and on weekends, across LA County. 

CAP Summer Library Workshops

Creative Writing

In this six-session course, high-school-aged participants will conceptualize and produce individual creative writing projects under the guidance of Calarts creative writing students and alumni. topics will include fiction writing, poetry, zine-making, and spoken word performance. This course will be repeated at all three branches of the Santa Clarita public library, as well as at the Los Angeles Central Library. Detailed scheduling information can be found in the application. Please apply by Friday, April 3 at the latest.

If you would like to be considered for a lead instructor position, please apply here:

6 week position at various libraries in santa clarita (june 22 - july 29)

2 week position at lapl central library (July 13 - 24)

If you would like to be considered for an assistant instructor position, please apply here:

6 week session at various libraries in santa clarita (june 22 - july 29)

2 week session at lapl central library (July 13 - 24)

Costume Design

in this six-session course, high-school-aged participants will conceptualize and produce individual costume design projects under the guidance of calarts costume design students and alumni. topics will include wearable art, fashion design, found and recycled materials, and sewing and embroidery, both by hand and by machine. this course will be offered at the lapl central library and will include instruction in the octavia lab makerspace within the library. this class will meet from july 27 - august 7. detailed scheduling information can be found in the application. please apply by friday, april 3 at the latest.

If you would like to be considered for a lead instructor position, please apply here.

If you would like to be considered for an assistant instructor position, please apply here.

for more information, contact akumar@calarts.edu.

Sony Pictures Media Arts Program (SPMAP)

CalArts alumni and current students are invited to apply to teach animation to middle and high school students throughout LA County at one of our five SPMAP Partner Sites. Co-Lead Instructor and Student Instructor positions are available. Co-Lead Instructors are responsible for creating and implementing a syllabus and lesson plans for their 30-week class. Co-Leads also train Student Instructors in teaching their discipline to youth, while ensuring an exchange of knowledge between CalArts and the communities in which CAP has programs. 

These positions are tentatively filled. Email Program Coordinator Annapurna Kumar at akumar@calarts.edu to be notified about future opportunities or for more information.

School-Based Programs

CAP offers a variety of in-school arts programming at public schools across LA County.

CAP Elementary Programs
CAP partners with Saugus Union School District elementary schools West Creek Academy, Rosedell Elementary School, and Bridgeport Elementary School to provide six to eight weeks of in-school Visual, Digital, and Performing Arts classes for the 2019-2020 academic year. Classes will be led by one alumni Lead instructor, and selected classes will be assisted by a CalArts student instructor. 

Applications for lead instructors for our CAP Elementary Programs are now open. Apply here.

Applications for CalArts student instructors for our CAP Elementary Programs are also open. Apply here.

For more information about teaching with CAP in schools during the 2019-2020 school year please email Program Manager James Waterman at jwaterman@calarts.edu. 

CAP Photo Program at CalArts Photo Lab

Current CalArts students are invited to apply to assist in teaching traditional and digital photography techniques to high school students. The class meets on Saturdays from 1 - 5PM at the Photo Lab at CalArts, making use of professional-grade equipment and facilities. CSIs assist the Lead Instructors, Photo Faculty Andy Freeman & Alejandro Sanchez. There are 3-5 positions available.

The application for this position is now open. Apply here. Please apply by Monday, January 27th.

For more information, please email Program Coordinator Annapurna Kumar at akumar@calarts.edu or Program Manager Alma Catalan at acatalanmontiel@calarts.edu.

Self-Help Graphics

Current CalArts students are invited to apply to assist in teaching a visual arts survey class to high school students at CAP Partner Site, Self-Help Graphics. Two CalArts student instructor positions are available. Student instructors are responsible for supporting the lead instructor in the classroom for their 20-week course of lessons in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and filmmaking. The class includes a final Spring culmination event. The Self-Help Graphics class will meet on Mondays from 4:15-7:15 PM in Fall 2019 and Thursdays from 4PM-7PM in Spring 2020.

Fall and Spring positions are now filled. Please check back for future openings.

For more information, please email Program Manager Alma Catalan at acatalanmontiel@calarts.edu