Meow Wolf brings big boost to Denver arts employment
Still, for the Denver creative community, Meow Wolf is the unicorn of arts employment. Most of its jobs are full-time, come with benefits and represent that often unattainable grail: permanent, stable, ongoing employment for creative people. In numbers that are boggling.
“We are hiring more than 300 staff members to manage the building and the guest experience,” said Meow Wolf General Manager Alex Bennett. Of those, about 210 are full-time hourly positions, and about 120 are salaried jobs.
Outside of the Denver Center, there might not be 120 salaried jobs in the entire Colorado theatre community combined.
Meow Wolf is hiring creative workers to build, maintain, support and operate the massive gallery exhibition space that will span four floors and 90,000 square feet. Docents, most with performance backgrounds, will serve as interactive guides who play spontaneous characters while navigating guests through the narrative. Others are being hired to work in the box office, restaurant, guest services, security and janitorial divisions.
Additionally, Meow Wolf commissioned 110 Colorado artists whose 79 interactive installations will make up the immersive world of the Denver experience, Meow Wolf’s third and largest to date.
...Bennett says Meow Wolf’s investment in local artists is just part of the company’s larger commitment to the artistic community and to the low-income, high-poverty Sun Valley neighborhood it has just joined. Meow Wolf, he says, will lead ongoing conversations about public art projects, neighborhood improvements and cleanup. And it will partner with the Denver Housing Authority to create affordable access for low-income families and Denver Public Schools students. It’s all part of the radical progressive spirit that Meow Wolf was founded on, Bennett said. ...
“Meow Wolf is the only entertainment corporation in the country that is legally registered as a B-Corp (or public-benefit corporation),” he said. “That means we are committed to a lot of different things like inclusivity, equity, social responsibility, giving back to our community, doing our part to better the environment and offering a living wage to our staff.” ...
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