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We serve and partner with many types of communities: adult day centers, community centers, senior centers, affordable housing centers, assisted living communities, nursing homes, museums, and cultural institutions.

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Funding Partnership Opportunity: Arts for Seniors Program

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Interested in developing high-quality, participatory arts programs for older adults? Contact us about the ARTS FOR SENIORS PROGRAMS.

 

Are you available to fund teaching artists working with adults in a range of community settings including libraries, senior centers, arts organizations, and assisted- and independent-living centers? Teaching artists MUST be chosen from the Zola Monroe Art Group's team Multi- Disciplinary Art Teaching Artist Roster.

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Successful programs will:


• Engage older adults in meaningful, creative activity and sequential learning

• Incorporate creative aging principles of social engagement and mastery

• Recognize the contributions of older community members.  

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Interested in being apart of the roster?

 

Zola Monroe Art Group periodically offers a two-hour intensive training to teaching artists wishing to apply for the ART FOR SENIORS Teaching Artist Roster. This training is mandatory for applying to the ART FOR SENIORS Teaching Artist Roster, a prerequisite for applying to the ZMAG's art programs. 

 

To get on the list to learn more about the program, please email zolamonroeart@icloud.com.  

 

 

How to Apply:

Upon completion of the mandatory training you may apply through the ZMAG's Application form.

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Teaching Artist for K–12 

 

Zola Monroe Art Group provides an online application for teaching artist with professional artists living in the DMV who are qualified and have experience working with students in a range of ages, from PK to 12. The Teaching Artists are ready to lead top-notch educational programs for youngsters in academic settings and neighborhood organizations that promote the arts. We urge teachers and individuals in charge of arts education to use the roster and get in touch with the Teaching Artists. Check out the roster of teaching artists for grades PK–12 here. 

 

A teaching artist is what? 

Professional artists who have made lifelong learning and arts education a priority within their professional practices and who have developed teaching abilities in addition to their artistic abilities are known as teaching artists.

 

Successful applicants will demonstrate:

• Mastery of an artistic discipline

• Experience in sequential arts instruction

• Familiarity with the field of Creative Aging.

• Good communication skills

• Planning and organizational ability

• Patience, resourcefulness and compassion