Join the VSA AmeriCorps Team!
Are you a visual artist? A performer? A musician? A dance? A clown?
Do you love working with people of all ages?
Do you want to use your creative skills to make a real difference in someone’s life?
Then the VSA AmeriCorps Team* may be the place for you!
VSA New Mexico/North Fourth Art Center in Albuquerque is recruiting 13 full-time visual, performing and digital artists for the upcoming 2010-2011 AmeriCorps year to begin September 1. You will be sharing your creative skills with diverse populations including youth and adults with disabilities, mental illness, Native American youth, seniors and others.
You will be given a living stipend ($12,000/year), health insurance and at the end of your year of service, and an educational award that can be used either for future education or to pay down student loans.
Interested? Please contact Mike Callas, AmeriCorps Director at 505-345-2872 extension 19 or mcallas@vsartsnm.org
* As featured in Transforming Communities through Service: A Collection of 52 Innovative AmeriCorps State Programs (www.icicp.org)
AmeriCorps: Getting things done!
AmeriCorps
The AmeriCorps program at VSA North Fourth Art Center takes national service to the local level. AmeriCorps members come from various backgrounds in the arts, all with the goal to contribute their artistic, passion, abilities, and knowledge to society by teaching and mentoring those who are conventionally ignored. As well, the AmeriCorps members search for and create opportunities for their students to be heard—maybe through an exhibition, radio broadcast, or public performance.
Therefore, as it is AmeriCorps’ national plan to “get things done for America,” the VSA AmeriCorps members strive to make one-on-one connections every day, seeking change and accomplishment by generating hope and facilitating compassion.
For more information about joining please visit the AmeriCorps website for information on the available programs and how to find a position. You may also contact VSA at (505) 345-2872.