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Program dates: Mondays (6:00 – 8:00 PM), October 20, 2014 to May 4, 2015 with a show opening on May 7, 2015.

Southern Exposure's One-On-One Mentorship Program offers youth ages 16–21 the opportunity to engage with an individual professional visual artist. One-on-one pairs of adult and youth artists work together weekly at SoEx for an entire school year. This program aims to develop artistic, educational and life skills by combining the benefits of mentoring relationships with art education. Mentors provide guidance and support for youth at this critical time in their artistic, intellectual and emotional development. This program not only seeks to provide individual support to foster growth in youth as artists and community members, but also to provide practical and meaningful work experience to professional artists and art educators. This is a volunteer position.

Mentors and their mentees meet weekly. Pairs work together and learn from each other, creating a final collaborative project decided on by each pair to be presented in May 2015 as a group show or project.

All mentors and mentees meet together as one group regularly at Southern Exposure with the AIE Program Director, bringing their work for and participating in critiques. Additionally mandatory meetings and a mentor training will be provided throughout the program.

Mentors will:

• Be open and willing to have a nurturing relationship with a youth artist.
• Share your skills and experiences and be willing to learn from your mentee.
• Meet with your mentee for two hours per week.
• Work together to produce a project for a group show at Southern Exposure.
• Attend any training and professional development workshops including pre-program training sessions and monthly check-in meetings

Process
1. Submit application
2. Personal pre-interview
3. Mentor training
4. Background check
5. Begin program on October 21, 2014

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