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Panelists detail hiring steps, pay benchmarks and paperwork for teaching-artist residencies
Summary
Speakers answered attendee questions about using grant funds to hire teaching artists, recommended timelines for outreach, advised on budgeting travel and supplies, and noted a lack of standardized contract templates.
Panelists from the South Carolina Arts Commission, Teaching Artist Guild and local arts councils answered practical questions about hiring teaching artists, grant timelines, pay calculations and contracting.
Kimberly Mott of the South Carolina Arts Commission described the School Art Support grant — typically open in July with a March deadline in the cycle described — as a short application that can supply up to $2,500 to a school to hire a teaching artist; funds are awarded to the school district, which pays the artist. She emphasized the grant’s low-lift design to make it…
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