Paid Mentorship Opportunity- Nov 2025~ Foolish Operations

Foolish Operations ~ Artistic Direction: Julie Lebel
Foolish Operations’ mandate is to create dance experiences that welcome babies, toddlers and their families in performances and workshops filled with irresistible invitations to participate. We collaborate with artists, educators, and specialists to spark inspiration between communities, disciplines, and fields of knowledge, using play in art-making as the glue.

Foundation: Foolish Operations Society was incorporated in 2016, as a not-for-profit society, on the ancestral and unceded Indigenous territories of the xʷməθkʷəjˀəm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Waututh) First Nations, also known as Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Foolish Operations is hosting six 45 minute Babytimes at different libraries around Surrey, mornings and afternoons on November 19th, 20th, and 21st, 2025.

Foolish Operations is seeking an artist resident of Surrey, BC with a curiosity in performance for, and making art with, children 0-8 years old to be a mentee in our Babytimes workshops and our new creation, Baby Space Opera. The mentee’s role will be to observe and support some of the facilitation of the workshops, engage in pedagogic conversations (what you noticed), and participate in an onboarding meeting before the workshops (60 minutes). The mentee is welcome, but not required, to attend planning meetings for these workshops.

Foolish Operations is offering:
$500 honorarium
Additional support for transportation

Seeking:

• Dance, theatre, and/or music artists that are teaching or are interested in teaching and developing artistic experiences for children 0-8yrs; and/or,
• Educators with a background in performing arts.
• Multilingual candidates preferred

The applicant must reside in Surrey, BC.

In case of equal qualifications, we will give preference to Indigenous, visible minority, and/or new Canadians.

Artists are invited to submit their resume and expression of interest letter to community@foolishoperations.org by September 8th, 2025.

Selection will be confirmed by September 18th, 2025.