County Arts Lab Paid Programming Artist Instructor Call

 

We are seeking course proposals for paid programming at the County Arts Lab for Fall 2026 and beyond! The County Arts Lab hosts multi-week courses for adults, children, and youth, as well as one-off workshops for youth and adults. Courses in all artistic mediums are welcomed, including but not limited to visual arts, dance, music, writing, and more. We especially encourage applications from non-visual artists!

We encourage you to consider your own artistic practice and find ways to structure your course based on that. We have a committed audience at the Arts Lab and the students are most excited and engaged when the instructor is teaching something that excites them! We are also looking for skills-based and intermediate level visual arts proposals. 

Before completing your application, please take a moment to review the full Call for Proposals here.

If you have any questions about this application or require assistance, please contact Programs Manager Sarah Burtscher at sarah@countyarts.ca. Zoom applications can be taken on request, contact Sarah to schedule.

Application deadline is June 15th and application packages will be kept on file for 1 year. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

We welcome applications from non-members. If your proposal is accepted, you’ll be required to become a County Arts member in order to teach at the Lab, as this is required under our liability insurance. Learn more about our membership program here. 

Please note this call will be mostly for courses for the Early and Late Fall sessions.

The Prince Edward County Arts Council is committed to facilitating inclusion, representation, and participation by everyone who contributes to the diversity and plurality of our community. The Self-Identification Survey content is based on current self-identification survey best practices and developed in collaboration with our Artist Advisory Committee. The questions focus on several equity-denied groups who, because of systemic discrimination, face barriers that prevent them from having the same access to the resources and opportunities that are available to other members of society, and that are necessary for them to attain just outcomes (Reference - Government of Canada). Respondents may identify with more than one of these groups.

A reminder that participation is voluntary; in addition, we have also included a “Prefer not to respond” option for each question.

HOW WE USE THIS INFORMATION

For the purposes of this application, if there are multiple well-assessed applications of equal merit and insufficient space to accept all course proposals, applications from PEC residents, and then Bay of Quinte residents, will be prioritized. Following that process, self-identification information will be reviewed, and the applications of artists who self-identify as belonging to one or more of the Equity Priority groups in the Application Form will be prioritized. 

County Arts acknowledges the varying degree of equity-related challenges or barriers that equity-deserving individuals experience, and will ensure each application receives appropriate contextual consideration. 

For more info on our Self-Identification Framework and Equity Priority Policy see here.

For the purposes of this survey, a person with a disability is someone who has a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric and/or learning disability and considers themselves to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that disability, or believes that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider them to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that disability. A person with a disability may also be someone whose functional limitations owing to their disability have been accommodated in their current job or workplace. (Reference - Employment Equity Act / CAUT Toolkit).

Do you identify as an Indigenous person? For the purposes of this Survey, “Indigenous” refers to people who self-define as a First Nations (Status or Non-status), Inuit, or Métis person. (Reference - Toronto Arts Council). We invite all Indigenous artists to learn more about our recently launched Indigenous Voices Fund on our website here.

Do you identify as a racialized person? For the purposes of this survey, a racialized person is a person, other than an Indigenous person, who is non-white in colour and/or non-Caucasian in race, regardless of place of birth or citizenship (sometimes referred to as “racially visible” or “visible minority”). (Reference - Employment Equity Act / CAUT Toolkit).

Do you identify with a non-cis gender identity (e.g. Trans*, Two-Spirit, Genderqueer**/Non-binary) and/or a sexual orientation other than Heterosexual/Straight (e.g. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, etc.)?
 
* Trans is an umbrella term that describes people with diverse gender identities and gender expressions that do not conform to stereotypical norms. It includes but is not limited to people who identify as transgender, transsexual, or gender non-conforming (gender variant, genderqueer), or an analogous term.   

** Genderqueer/Non-binary refers to individuals who do not follow gender stereotypes based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Non-binary is an umbrella term for gender identities that fall outside of the man-woman binary. People who are non-binary may or may not identify as trans. 

Reference: CAUT Toolkit

Thank you for applying to teach at the County Arts Lab! Only successful candidates will be contacted. We appreciate your interest and the time you’ve taken to share your proposal.