Guest Artist

Westminster University
US - Utah - Salt Lake City
January 17, 2025

Westminster University

Guest Artist

PRN (as needed)

Position Summary

As a key arts and culture hub in Sugar House, the Westminster Performing Arts Center is dedicated to fostering outstanding performance opportunities for Westminster University students through collaborations with professional artists.

Westminster strives for inclusive excellence by consistently interweaving diversity and inclusion into our curricula and co-curricular activities, programs, policies, practices, and external engagement. As part of this statement, we define diversity as individual differences, life experiences, group/social differences (e.g., race/ethnicity, class, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, nationality, and disability), historically underrepresented groups, and groups with cultural, political, religious/spiritual, or other affiliations (Adapted from the AAC&U).

The Dance, Music, and Theatre programs at Westminster seek Guest Artists interested in working with us on future performances on a project-by-project basis:

Dance

Composers
Guest choreographers for mainstage productions.
Collaborative musicians.
Costume and lighting designers.
Masterclasses.
Dance Dramaturgs

Music

Collaborative pianists
Composers
Private lesson instruction
Conductors
Designers for Opera
Production managers and stage managers for music performances
Audio/Visual technicians
Masterclasses.
Summer music camp instructors

Theatre

Playwrights
Costume and Hair and Makeup designers
Scenic Designers
Lighting Designers
Intimacy and fight choreography
Costume, scenic, and props artisans
Musical theatre choreographers
Music directors
Practitioner in global performance
Stage managers
Directors
Masterclasses
Artisans in allied crafts such as mask making, puppetry, clowning

Preferred qualifications:

Past teaching experience and/or past artist residency experience.

If you are interested in working with our performing arts programs and students, please submit the following:

Required

A cover letter stating why you are interested in working with Westminster and our students and how you will create unique and meaningful learning opportunities for our students as a guest artist.
A resume or CV that lists your artistic and educational qualifications.
Contact information for three references who can speak to your artistic qualifications and/or abilities to work with university students.

Optional but highly recommended

A link to a website, online portfolio, or electronic portfolio, that includes samples of your work.

The Westminster Performing Arts Center strongly believes in fair and equitable compensation for artists. Compensation varies based on scope and duration of guest artists' roles but is generally based on Westminster University's adjunct payrate per credit.

All guest artists working with our students are required to pass a background check and adhere to our values of healthy creative and working environments.

This is an applicant pool for short term/temporary positions. If an artist in your area of expertise is needed, you'll be contacted by the respective program chair. Please visit Westminster's Employment page to for other faculty or staff openings.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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