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The Fleisher team consists of group of people committed to excellence. We all cherish our place as a vanguard arts education institution in Philadelphia that also serves as a model across the country. You will have the support of your colleagues, who are artists, educators, and administrators. Each is committed to Fleisher’s mission and participates honestly and openly to continually improve our programming, operations and image. Fleisher is a learning institution encouraging its staff members to develop professionally.

Fleisher employees receive a competitive compensation package, including options to enroll in health, dental, life insurance and pension plans; free admission to major museums nationwide; and access to the Philadelphia Museum of Art educational and professional development opportunities for staff.

Fleisher is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Fleisher is seeking a lead teaching artist for our Kindergarten-1st Grade Saturday Young Artist Program. The ideal candidate is an experienced arts educator with a solid artistic skill set, with a minimum of two years teaching experience instructing elementary-aged students. Fleisher’s teaching artists create a positive and thoughtful studio environment and are look for opportunities to work with a diverse population of families.

Driven by Fleisher’s mission of access to high-quality art experiences and our institutional values, Creative Labs at Fleisher aims to provide young people from grades kindergarten through 5th grade a safe, inclusive art program during after-school hours. The storytelling class, running Thursdays from 4:00-5:30 p.m., will focus on introducing students to the concepts of story structure and character development within the framework of illustration and graphic novels.

Fleisher Art Memorial is seeking a part-time Visitor Services Assistant to work approximately 14-21 hours a week to help students, faculty members, and visitors at our lobby entrance desks. The Visitor Services Assistant serves as a friendly and professional ambassador for Fleisher, exemplifying qualities of reliability, quality customer service, organization, and efficiency to ensure that visitor’s needs are met with promptness and grace.

The Special Event Internship will provide hands-on experiences, offering the chance to work with our special events and communications departments in all stages of planning two of Fleisher’s annual events, Handmade and Print Love-In, from targeting potential vendors, musicians, and performers to volunteer acquisition and event logistics. The special event intern will also gain insight into nonprofit community art organizations; as well as become familiar with fundraising, marketing and event set-up.

Since 1997, Fleisher has partnered with K-8 public schools and social service agencies in South Philadelphia to bring hands-on art-making directly to students. Through a co-teaching model, Fleisher’s Teaching Artist works closely with a classroom teacher to design a ten-week curriculum of creative projects that enhance students’ learning in core subjects, like math, science, social studies, and language arts, while developing studio and technical skills in the visual arts. Each year, 345 students are provided with 30 hours of free arts instruction in one of 15 arts-integrated residencies, and given a sketchbook and art-making supplies to keep.

Are you interested in teaching at Fleisher? We evaluate candidates for teaching positions on an ongoing basis. We are always looking for experienced artists and assistant artists to teach our adult and youth classes, as well as our off-site, in-school, and after-school residency programs. For guidelines and to apply, follow the links below.

Fleisher has a need for figure models of all types to pose for life drawing and painting classes, and accepts applications on a rolling basis. The environment is professional and welcoming, and the students have a range of experience.

Are you interested in an internship at Fleisher or joining our talented team of volunteers? Do you have a special skill or talent? Fleisher volunteers and interns contribute thousands of hours every year in support of our art education and exhibition programs.