Artist Access.
Keep going.

Renewal for the October through December term.

Your six months wrap up September 30. If you want to keep going, there is a spot for you. This is a renewal, not a reapplication, so there is no scoring and no interview.

Terms run three months at a time, October 1 through December 31, renewable in December. You earn two months of Cinemaker access for every month you work, plus $1,000 toward classes at the three-month mark.

Due by
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01 / 06

For the record

★ You

Full name
Email
Phone

02 / 06

For the decision

★ Renewal

Do you want to continue with AAP for October through December?
Confirm you understand the terms

03 / 06

For the calendar

★ Pick your schedule

Tell us what actually works for you. We would rather have you on shifts that are meaningful and useful to your own practice than have you filling a slot that does not fit.

Everyone starts from a blank schedule. Your current days and windows do not carry over. Pick what works for you now, not what you have been doing. If your old schedule still fits, check those same boxes again and we will keep you there where we can.

Cinemaker studio hours

Daytime shift window

Evening shift window

★ Studio support

The Cinemaker floor at the Canopy. You open or close the space, check members in, keep the gear cage straight, and help people find what they need. Between bookings you work on special projects with Sharon. Weekends add classes on top of studios, so the floor is busier and you are helping students find rooms as well as members.

★ Teaching assistant

You sit in on a class as extra hands for the educator on site. Setting up the room and the gear, helping students who get stuck, resetting between sessions. You are not teaching and you are not expected to know the material. It is the closest thing we have to taking a class by working it, and it is how several people here ended up teaching one.

How do you want your week?

Same ten hours either way. This is about whether you would rather come in once and stay, or twice for shorter stretches.

Which are you most interested in doing?

Every shift has a bit of each. Tell us where you want the weight to fall and we will build your shift around it.

Anything we should know about your schedule? Classes, day job, travel, anything that shifts month to month.

04 / 06

For your practice

★ What you want to work on

What are you most interested in for the next three months? Check all that apply.
Is there a specific class, project, or skill you want to get into? Be specific, we will try to make it happen.
What did you not get enough of in your first six months?

05 / 06

For the next cohort

★ Senior role

Returning participants can take on a senior role, pairing with someone new in the incoming cohort. Everyone still gets full staff training. Your part is the informal side: where things live, how check-in actually goes, what the unwritten norms are, being the person they can text. This is optional and we confirm placements individually, so saying yes is not a guarantee and saying no does not affect your renewal.

Are you interested in the senior role?
What would you want a new person to learn from you?
Which shifts would you want to be paired on?
Confirm the escalation boundaries

06 / 06

For anything we missed

★ Anything else

Anything you want us to know?
What would make the next three months worth it for you?

07 / 07

For a clean close

★ Wrapping up

Totally fine, and thank you for six months. A few things to close out.

Last day you can work
Do you have keys, fobs, or access codes to return?
Any unspent education fund balance you are planning to use before September 30?
Keep your profile on The Roster?
Would you want to hear about future cohorts, teaching, or paid gigs?
Anything you would change about the program? Honest answers help.

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Staff only

★ The report

Availability coverage, senior role candidates, and offboarding.

Questions? Contact Sharon Ibarra, Operations & Programs Manager, Lead for the Artist Access Program, at Sharon@austinfilmschool.org
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