LUX is committed to paying artists for their time. LUX provides two monthly stipends: $400 for housing and $120 for materials. These are unrestricted funds open to discretion of the resident and provided regardless of any other paid hours.
Residents earn an hourly wage of $20 per hour for any work, including: teaching classes for the LUX, working in the gallery, and selling their work in our gallery shop. The only exception to this is teaching out after school outreach classes, which are paid at $25 per hour.
Residents are considered employees. Paid time off will be accrued and available for residents according to Nebraska state law as an additional benefit.
Residents are responsible for their own living expenses. LUX Center for the Arts offers no housing for residents, but there are many affordable housing options in our University Place/East Campus neighborhood.
LUX is unable to provide medical insurance. Residents do not accrue time off, holiday pay or other employment benefits.
Income Range - Below is an explanation of expected income based on the number of hours per week worked. Actual compensation may vary depending on desired workload and needs of each individual resident.
All residents are expected to teach between 1 and 3 classes or workshops per week. We are committed to filling and running any class that is scheduled, but not all classes run as scheduled. Residents can decide if they would like to take additional hours beyond teaching. Opportunities to work in the gallery, shop or any other area in support of LUX will be taken into consideration and paid for at the same rate. Special events taking place seasonally, as well as hours in required meetings and supporting gallery shows for First Friday are also paid hours.
Residents are responsible for requesting work hours and tracking hours worked, and LUX will provide at least 15 paid hours each week upon request.
Here is an example of how hours worked and the monthly stipends might look. For illustration only. Actual hours will depend on submitted hours and current policy. All numbers listed below are gross pay and do not account for taxes. Historically AIRs work between 10 and 30 hours each week.
Example:
Assuming a resident completes the full residency period with paid hours averaging 15 hours a week, their annual gross pre-tax pay would be:
$4,800 (housing stipend, $400 x 12 months)
$1,440 (materials stipend, $120 x 12 moths)
$15,000 (hourly pay, $20/hour x 15 hours, x 50 weeks)
Total: $21,240
LUX residents and employees are paid bi-weekly.