ArtsWork & ArtScope
COMPAS Launches ArtScope!
The deadline for ArtScope has been extended to Thursday, May 31!!!
This summer, COMPAS is launching a new arts experience for young people ages 13-18!
Through the ArtScope program, participants will have the opportunity to work alongside professional artists learning about careers in arts disciplines. In addition, youth will explore employment options, create (or refine) a resume, learn to write a cover letter, interview for a job, access community resources, learn to ride public transportation and participate in guest speaker visits and community placemaking training.
The new program will have two separate groups this year, theater with Mentor Artist Zaraawar Mistry at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul, and mosaic with Mentor Artist Lori Greene at Mosaic-on-a-Stick in St. Paul.
The program will run Monday-Thursdays from July 9 - August 2, 2012, 16 hours a week (four hours a day).
Youth are also expected to attend a madatory program orientation and community placemaking workshop in partnership with Springboard for the Arts at Dreamland Arts on Monday and Tuesday, July 2 and 3.
The theater program will run from 9:00-1:00 p.m.
The mosaic program will run from 10:00-2:00 p.m.
Upon successful completion of the program youth will receive a $200 stipend.
Deadline extended: to Thursday, May 31
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ArtScope Theater Application ArtScope Theater Application PDF
Please click here to read the Theater Program desciption - including audition dates and times!
ArtScope Mosaic Application ArtScope Mosaic Application PDF
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The deadline for ArtsWork has already passed. Please consider applying for our new ArtScope program!
For the summer of 2012 the only program we will be offering is mosaic and the location will be based in St. Paul. The Mentoring Artist will be Sharra Frank.
We will have 9 jobs available. The dates are Tuesday, June 19 through Friday, July 27, 2012. The hours will be Tuesday-Friday from 9:00-2:00 p.m. (20 hours a week). Pay is $7.25 per hour.
We will contact you to schedule an interview no later than May 11 if you are being considered.
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The ArtsWork program was launched in 2001 as an opportunity for youth to apprentice under professional artists in a work environment. Since then, ArtsWork has employed over 600 young people and reached thousands of community members through the arts. ArtsWork works in various arts disciplines, including writing, music, dance, photography, theater, mosaics, pottery, jewelry and painting.
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| Video of Eastside Food Co-op mosaic installation. Provided by iDream.tv. |  |
By pairing mentoring artists with apprentices, aged 14 to 21, the youth develop both workplace and artistic skills. Groups of youth learn art forms from professional artists and create original art for sale, hold performances or exhibitions, and produce public works of art. Apprentices also develop vital job abilities with an emphasis on 21st century skills, such as teamwork, communications, critical thinking, conflict resolution, self-direction and goal setting.
ArtsWork projects take place each summer in the visual, literary or performing arts. Youth applicants go through a competitive interview process in order to be hired. Up to twelve apprentices work under each artist for five to eight weeks.
Goals:
- Teach skills that will help young people succeed in the 21st century
- Offer meaningful employment
- Involve youth in a mentoring relationship with an adult
- Provide a professional arts experience with high quality outcomes
- Engage youth in working alongside peers from other neighborhoods and communities
2011 Program Highlights
- Time Lapse of Mosaic Installation at Eastside Food Cooperative
- Art Bikes featured on Wake Up With Fox 9
- Art Bikes in Art Car Parade
