Member Spotlight:
Jen Oleniczak Founder, The Engaging Educator & Freelance Museum Educator
JEN OLENICZAK is the founder of The Engaging Educator, a NYC-based organization that specializes in theatre, improv, and movement workshops and professional developments for educators. With The Engaging Educator, she’s held workshops for institutions throughout NYC and the US such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, New York Botanical Gardens, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, NYU, MFA Houston and The Franklin Institute, and has also worked with educators from such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apollo Theatre, National Archives, School of Art Institute Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, History Colorado and the Indiana Art Museum, among others. She’s presented at the New York Museum Educator’s Roundtable Conference (2013) and the Imaginative Education Resource Group Conference (2013) in Vancouver. Jen has also presented on Isamu Noguchi at the Case Western Reserve Art History Symposium (2011). Jen is a trained museum educator, completing her Art History studies at the City College of New York, graduating summa cum laude. She has also participated in the Guggenheim for All, both assisting and leading the Autism initiative visits and participating as a Sackler Educator with the extended Learning Through Art Guggenheim for All program. Currently she freelances with the Guggenheim Museum, the Noguchi Museum and The Frick Collection. She is also a teaching artist with Sweet Readers, a program designed to reach people with Alzheimer’s through art making and looking.Aside from her museum and art career, she is a trained actor and improviser. Jen has performed in Milwaukee, Chicago and New York, as well as one national tour. Currently she can be found off-Broadway at the National Comedy Theatre.
Job Listing
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Education and Development Assistant-Wyckoff Museum
Position Summary: The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum seeks a part-time Education and Development Assistant to assist Director of Education with administrative aspects of our educational program as well...
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Audience Engagement Lead - Brooklyn Museum
Department: Exhibitions Requirements: The successful candidate for this position will have at least two years of professional art museum, gallery, or related experience and must demonstrate...
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Brucemobile Instructor
The Bruce Museum, located in Greenwich Connecticut, seeks Instructors for the Brucemobile, an educational outreach program that travels to classrooms to conduct science and art enrichment. Offered...
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Manager of Teaching and Learning at Brooklyn Historical Society
About Education at Brooklyn Historical Society: Brooklyn Historical Society's (BHS) school programs are designed to make the vibrant history of Brooklyn tangible, engaging and meaningful for K-12...
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Educator, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
OVERVIEW: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is one of the world’s most celebrated institutions, set amidst 11.5 acres of stunning and architecturally significant grounds. With its doors...
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Part-time Scheduler at the City Museum
The Frederick A.O. Schwarz Children’s Center at the Museum of the City of New York serves over 45,000 children and adults each school year. The majority of our audience visits us for field trips...
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High Line Educator (temporary)
Friends of the High Line (FHL) is the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation’s non-profit partner working to ensure the park on the High Line is maintained as a great public place for all New...
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Part-time Museum Educator at the CIty Museum
Founded in 1923 as a private, non-profit corporation, the Museum of the City of New York connects the past, present, and future of New York City. It celebrates and interprets the city, educating...
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Elementary Science Teacher, Harlem Village Academies
2014-2015 Elementary Science Teacher (Grades K-2), Harlem Village Academies Start date: August 1, 2014 Location: Harlem, New York What Makes Harlem Village Academies Different? Harlem...
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Per Diem Educator at the City Museum
Founded in 1923 as a private, non-profit corporation, the Museum of the City of New York connects the past, present, and future of New York City. It celebrates and interprets the city, educating...
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Museum Costumed Interpreter/Educator
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is seeking Part Time Costumed Interpreters/Educators to facilitate programs for visitors of all ages. As a Costumed Interpreter, the candidate will portray...
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Learning Through Art Volunteer Openings
Learning Through Art (LTA), a program of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, is a curriculum-based arts education program serving public elementary school students throughout New York City. The...
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2014 – 2015 Kress Interpretive Fellowship
The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce a one-year, non-renewable Kress Interpretive Fellowship. The Kress Fellow will assist the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography in the...
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Education Director
The Education Director is a highly visible position, and is essential to the Institute for American Indian Studies Museum and Research Center as the voice to help share and promote the spirit of...
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Manager, Visitor Services, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
LOCATION: New York City DEPARTMENT: Public Education and Visitor Services REPORTS TO: Director, Public Education and Visitor Services POSTING DATE: July 1, 2014 THE ORGANIZATION The...