Carter Community Artist Application

Applications for 2026 Carter Community Artists are open through September 8, 2025.

Selected Carter Community Artists must be able to successfully pass a background check as this position includes working with students in classroom and community center settings. Please note that employees of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art are ineligible for this opportunity.

To complete this application you will need:

  • An artist bio (200 words or less)
  • An artist statement (500 words or less)
  • A statement of interest in becoming a Carter Community Artist (250 words or less)
  • Description of your teaching experience (250 words or less)
  • Description of your approach to teaching (250 words or less)
  • An example of using artwork to teach OR description of special skills or teaching opportunities (250 words or less)
  • Description of art forms (eg: visual, performing, literature) and mediums (eg: painting, writing, music, theater, dance, etc.) you are comfortable using to teach (200 words or less)
  • Description of other interests you might incorporate into your teaching (250 words or less)
  • Three samples of your work including, images (gif, jpg, jpeg, png), video (mov, mp4, wav), or audio (mp3, wav) less than 100MB each, titles, description (100 words or less)

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

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Form: Carter Community Artist application

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Contact information
* (Required)
About your art
For example: mixed media, video, photography, etc.
Provide a short summary of relevant education or experience and artistic experience in 200 words or less.
Artistic Statement should include a description of your artistic practice and its goals in 500 words or less.
Short explanation of your interest in becoming a Carter Community Artist in 250 words or less. What are you hoping to gain from this experience? What unique skills and insight can you bring to the Museum's programming?
Teaching experience
Select all audiences that you have experience or an interest in teaching. * (Required)
Learn more about our current programs by visiting the following pages: Adult Events, Family Events, Access Events, Educator Events and K-12 Tours, and our work with our Community Partners. In 2024, the majority of Carter programs and events will occur in-person.
 
Tours, lectures, art-making workshops, writing or speaking about artwork for guides and audio tours
Art-making workshops or tours
Art-making workshops, story time, tours
Developing tours, offsite art-making workshops
Art-making projects, story time
Tours, art-making workshops, developing sensory tools
Explain the teaching experience and/or interest you have with the audiences you indicated above in 250 words or less. 
Describe your approach to teaching a variety of audiences of all ages in an informal education setting in 250 words or less.
Describe a previous educational setting where you have used your artwork to teach. If you don’t have any experience, do you have any special skills or teaching opportunities that you could share?
What art mediums are you most comfortable teaching to a general audience (children or adults)? If you are a literature or performing artist, how might you integrate your instruction in a visual arts setting?
Are there any subjects outside of art (or related to your art) that you are passionate about that you would like to incorporate in teaching opportunities through the Carter? Examples are animals, diversity and inclusion, recycling, etc.
Artwork
We want to see your best work! Submit up to three examples and tell us a bit about each work. The files submitted with this form will only be used for the Carter Community Artist application review and archival purposes. The submissions will not be used for any other purposes unless express permission has been obtained from the artist.
 
Artwork sample 1 * (Required)
What kind of file are you going to share? * (Required)
Files must be no larger than 100MB.
(gif, jpg, png)
(mov, mp4, wav)
(mp3, wav)
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: mov mp4 wav.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: mp3 wav.
Provide context about this work of art in 100 words or less.
Artwork sample 2 * (Required)
What kind of file are you going to share? * (Required)
Files must be no larger than 100MB.
(gif, jpg, png)
(mov, mp4, wav)
(mp3, wav)
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: mov mp4 wav.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: mp3 wav.
Provide context about this work of art in 100 words or less.
Artwork sample 3 * (Required)
What kind of file are you going to share? * (Required)
Files must be no larger than 100MB.
(gif, jpg, png)
(mov, mp4, wav)
(mp3, wav)
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: mov mp4 wav.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: mp3 wav.
Provide context about this work of art in 100 words or less.
Education
What's the highest level of education you have achieved? * (Required)
Degree information
Degree type * (Required)
Do you have another college or university to add? * (Required)
Second degree type
Availability
This helps us understand which programming would be the best fit for you and your availability. The majority of Carter programming occurs Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday evenings between 5 and 8 p.m., and select Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
For example: vacations, holidays, work schedule, etc.