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InterAccess
Studio Assistant
Details
RECIPIENT
We're excited to announce Sar Wagman as the recipient of the InterAccess Studio Assistant Career Launcher.
Sar is a Toronto-based artist and community arts worker who works in cross-disciplinary media and is driven by a passion for art, sustainability, and inclusion. Sar holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University in Life Studies where Sar focused on nature, anatomy, technology, biology, ecology and sustainability. Largely inspired by their disabled, lesbian, and Jewish-Indian Trinidadian identity, Sar challenges viewers to consider how life intertwines with nature, and how socio-political disability intersects with their daily existence. Sar's works seek to bring light to the experiences of those whose narratives remain unacknowledged in the mainstream.
Website: www.sart.format.com
Instagram: @sarwagman
OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers and InterAccess are excited to announce a Studio Assistant role through the Career Launcher Program. One (1) candidate will be selected to join the InterAccess team from February to June, 2024.
An ideal candidate is a student or recent graduate interested in creative studio management, specifically within new media, digital/manual fabrication, 3D printing, bio-art, AR/VR, or any combination of those streams. The work will be focused on studio organization with a combination of on-site manual work and online/computer based administrative work.
InterAccess manages an 800 sq ft production studio that provides artists working in new media practices access to specialized equipment, tools, and space to work on their independent creative projects. The production studio also hosts technician led equipment training sessions, workshops, and social events for the wider community. The production studio is organized into six workstations – bio-art, electronics, digital fabrication, manual fabrication, computation, extended reality – and InterAccess regularly upgrades its equipment and material holdings based on requests and feedback from artists and community members who use the studio.
This opportunity is a great fit for a current student or recent graduate looking to gain experience in supporting the technical and community facets of an artist-run-centre.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
InterAccess seeks administrative and organizational support with its production studio, which includes:
- Accessibility:
- Upgrade signage to facilitate easier access to manuals, troubleshooting, and health and safety information related to specific workstations for studio users; create usage and troubleshooting resources for specific equipment
- Equipment/material organization: Improve user access – organize and label bins and shelves; inventory; upgrade storage; create accessible organizational guides
- Equipment/material assessment: Assess maintenance, repair, replacement, and equipment needs for members; assess available materials in need of replenishment, new holdings, and member needs; set up administrative system for tracking assessments; facilitate studio donations and recycling of retired equipment
- Administrative: Update member and inventory records and streamline member onboarding and renewal processes
- Community:
- Assess success of previous community events; solicit interest in community events through surveys/interviews; if applicant is interested – leading/organizing a community event
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Full contact information (Name, phone,and email)
- Current creative resume
- Cover letter addressed to InterAccess outlining your interest in this specific opportunity (500 words max)
- Website and/or Social Media handle if available
APPLICATION SUPPORT
The OCAD U RBC CEAD is committed to promoting substantive equality for equity-seeking groups that are under-represented in the creative sector. We encourage applications from first-time applicants to the program and graduates of equity-seeking communities including racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities / expressions. Applicants are welcome to advise the CEAD of any accommodations needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process.
Applicants who need assistance with their submissions are invited to connect with the RBC CEAD for Advising support. Click here to learn more about how to book an advising appointment.
PARTNER
InterAccess
www.interaccess.org
950 Dupont St.
Unit 1, Toronto, ON
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current OCAD U Undergraduate/Masters student or recent OCAD U graduate (2022, 2023). Integrated Media and Digital Futures students/graduates are encouraged to apply
- A valid SIN number/legally allowed to work in Canada
- Familiarity with or interest in electronic and media art
- Familiarity with manual and digital fabrication equipment (3D printers, laser cutters, power tools, etc.)
- Interest and/or experience with community engagement and service
- Experience with database management related to communications, inventory, and/or membership records
- Strong organizational and problem-solving mindset
- Comfort with MS Word, Excel, basic Adobe CS or CC, and HTML
- Priority will be given to applicants to 2023 grads and those who have not previously received a Career Launcher opportunity
RATE
$21.50/hour, salaried
TERM
February 12 – June 30, 2024. 35 hours per week. Schedule is flexible, mutually determined.
DEADLINE
Monday, January 8, 2024, 8:00 AM
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION
