Job Call 2025
Art Bikers Community Art Facilitator
(Visual Arts Artist)
Application Deadline: May 14, 2025
Terms: Full-time term position (*please see below for eligibility requirements)
May 29th - Aug 29th, 2025 (35 hours/week @ $24.00/hr).
This position is for a mobile community art facilitator through Wonder’neath Art Society. The successful candidate will work as a member of the Art Biker team, delivering art programming to the public by bicycle and other sustainable transportation in outdoor spaces around greater Kjipuktuk/ Halifax. Wonder'neath Art Society is a visual arts organization and studio facility that encourages and promotes art as a tool for expression, connection and social transformation through community programming and partnerships.
Are you curious about exploring creative art programming outdoors this summer?
Entering its 19th season, Art Bikers, seeks several dynamic artist facilitators for its Summer 2025 program. Art Bikers is a training program for artists interested in socially engaged arts and working directly with community members of all ages. Modelling sustainable transportation through bicycle and trailer travel to green spaces throughout Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Art Bikers works in collaboration with community programs, non-profits, and citizens to bring engaging art activities to neighbourhoods in Kjipuktuk (Halifax).
Wonder’neath is a charitable artist-run organization and studio facility that encourages and promotes art as a tool for expression, connection and social transformation by bringing professional artists and local residents together in dynamic, creative explorations.
Art Biker Qualifications:
Highly creative, innovative and flexible with strong visual arts and craft skills
Has facilitation experience with children/youth/folks across cultures and enjoys engaging with people
Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills as part of a team
Confident and experienced urban cyclist in good physical condition
Available for the entire season
Able to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings, within a 5-day work week
Punctual and reliable
Comfortable working in multiple settings: outdoors in all weather conditions and a mixed-use studio
Art Bikers are responsible:
To participate as an active and collaborative team member and contribute to the healthy functioning of the team,
To maintain safe practices, with awareness of community protocols for land stewardship
To become familiar with Wonder’neath, its policies, programming, and community partners
To use the studio facility respectfully and cooperatively, maintain its cleanliness, security and organization, and
To maintain and use the program's bike trailers, tools, and materials responsibly
To honour the time commitment of the job for the duration of the program
The Art Bikers duties are:
To initiate and facilitate creative community art activities in public parks and other outdoor public locations within Halifax Regional Municipality
To design and animate collaborative art projects that encourage creativity and self-expression
To travel to neighbourhoods and transport art materials by bicycle and trailer, and other means of sustainable transportation
To share art knowledge and skills with participants by offering hands-on examples, skill-building directions, and working collaboratively
To reflect on and record activities in daily and weekly debriefs, and incorporate these reflections into how the work is carried out
This position requires riding a bicycle daily in an urban setting with an appropriate level of physical fitness and comfort on the road for safety.
The Ideal Art Biker Candidate:
Has an interest in community-engaged art practices
Has their own bicycle in excellent working order and has knowledge of bicycle repair/maintenance
Bilingualism is an asset
How to Apply:
Please send your current resume and a cover letter that highlights why you are interested in this position and how your qualifications and experiences are a fit. Please include contact information for three references, and send all documents in PDF format to hiring@wonderneath.com with the subject line: ‘2025 Art Bikers Community Art Facilitator’ by the end of the day on May 14, 2025. We regret that late applications will not be considered. Interviews will be conducted in person on May 21-22th, 2025. The start date for this position is May 29, 2025.
Wonder’neath Art Society is an inclusive employer committed to employment equity and contributing to a diverse workforce. Applicants are welcomed (and encouraged) to self-identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+, disabled, or any other community that is important to their identity. We are in an ongoing process of making our workplace and programs as welcoming and available to all as possible. Please reach out before the deadline if you would like to submit your resume and cover letter in an alternative format such as audio/video/or other visual formats. If you have a website/Instagram art account, please include the link. Send questions by email to general@wonderneath.com or call us at 902-454-6860. Information about Wonder’neath can be found on our website: www.wonderneath.com
Eligibility Requirements:
These positions are supported through the Canada Summer Jobs program and NS Student SKILLS:
* 2 positions are funded by Canada Summer Jobs and requires the applicant to be between 15 - 30 years of age at the start of employment; be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment; and have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial legislation and regulations.
* 1 position is NS Skills requires the applicant who is either: entering full-time post-secondary studies in the fall following the summer work term or continuing full-time post-secondary studies following the summer work term SKILL recognizes post-secondary programs designated by Employment and Social Development Canada. A list of these can be found at the following website. The student must be a permanent resident of the province or live in Nova Scotia for at least six months prior to the work term.