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title: Fitzsimons Innovation Community Teaching Artist for Public Mural
description: Teaching artist sought to guide a 12th grade Burrell Arts class through creating a mural on the Fitzsimons Innovation Community campus in Aurora, CO. $25,000 stipend.
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type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-09-06"
updatedAt: "2026-09-29"
programType: Public art
organization: Fitzsimons Innovation Community
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/fitzsimons-innovation-community
deadline: "2026-09-20"
location: Fitzsimons Innovation Community, Aurora, CO, United States
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compensationRange: $25,000 Partnership Program stipend, plus a separate $6,000 art installation fund administered by NINE dot ARTS
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# Fitzsimons Innovation Community Teaching Artist for Public Mural

**Hosted by:** Fitzsimons Innovation Community

**Type:** Public art | **Location:** Fitzsimons Innovation Community, Aurora, CO, United States | **Deadline:** September 20, 2026

## About This Program

> "Celebrating FIC's mission and values, connections to the local community, the state of Colorado, and/or life sciences"

Fitzsimons Innovation Community (FIC) and Aurora Public Schools are partnering to foster meaningful engagement between students, educators, and the community through public art. FIC is seeking a teaching artist to guide a 12th grade class at Charles Burrell Visual & Performing Arts Campus (Burrell Arts) through the collaborative creation of a mural on FIC's campus during the 2026/27 school year. The mural will celebrate FIC's mission and values while providing students with hands-on experience in the creative process, mentorship from a professional artist, and exposure to career pathways in the arts and creative industries.

Through this program, the teaching artist and students will develop a meaningful artwork that aligns with the program's guiding principles and criteria, creating a lasting contribution to the FIC campus and the broader community. Guiding principles: Creative; Visually Striking & Meaningful; Localized Impact; Educational; Community-focused; Collaborative. The artwork should reflect and celebrate connections to the local community, the state of Colorado, and/or life sciences.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** Regional
- **Note:** Participating teaching artists must live in Colorado. Teaching artist applicant must have prior teaching experience working with students in an education setting. The art may not include copyrighted materials or brands. The artwork should reflect and celebrate connections to the local community, the state of Colorado, and/or life sciences. The art should be easy to maintain and durable.

The teaching artist must provide meaningful mentorship and guidance to students in the creation of a public artwork. The teaching artist should agree with the terms and conditions in the contract agreement. Participating teaching artists must provide a summary of their work and, if applicable, ideas for how it could be utilized in creative, flexible ways in the future to support FIC's ongoing program goals.

Teaching artists must receive approval prior to using the FIC or Burrell Arts logos in any events or programs occurring outside the scope of the partnership program. Location Eligibility Type: Local. Eligible Applicant Types: Artist. Submission Limit: 1.

### Additional Requirements

Submit the following to be considered:

- full name
- biography
- artist resume (teaching artist applicant must have prior teaching experience working with students in an education setting)
- artist statement, if applicable
- website and social media handles
- work samples or 3-5 images of previous work
- proposed concept for teaching sessions and student engagement and how these fulfill the program's mission, vision and guiding principles

### Media requirements

- Images min 3 / max 5
- Audio min 0 / max 3
- Video min 0 / max 3
- Total min 3 / max 11

## Compensation & Benefits

$25,000 Partnership Program stipend, plus a separate $6,000 art installation fund administered by NINE dot ARTS

**Includes:** Stipend, Materials budget

A Partnership Program stipend of $25,000 to be awarded to a selected teaching artist and will include teaching artist fee, classroom presentations, mentorship, project execution, and all materials.

Separate art installation fund of $6,000 will include all prep, scaffolding and installation for one mural location to be administered by NINE dot ARTS in collaboration with teaching artist.

## What's Provided

- **Materials Support:** Available - The $25,000 stipend includes all materials; a separate $6,000 installation fund covers all prep, scaffolding and installation.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** August 31, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 20, 2026
- **Program Start:** October 5, 2026
- **Program End:** May 31, 2027

## Contact

**Email:** erin@ninedotarts.com

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://fitzsimonsinnovation.com/our-campus-fitzsimons/