Visiting Assistant Professor of Art (Foundations)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art (Foundations)

202200169F

Visiting Assistant Professor

Exempt

Commensurate with education and experience.

Full-Time Non-Tenure Track

College of Arts & Media

Dept of Art

12/01/2022

https://shsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/33264

Britney Ketkoski

Assistant to the Chair
Department of Art
PO Box 2089
Huntsville, Texas 77341

936-294-1315

[email protected]

The Department of Art at Sam Houston State University invites applications for a full-time, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art starting to begin August 2023.

We are seeking applicants with an MFA who have an interdisciplinary studio practice and the desire to teach collaboratively in a foundation program. The successful candidate will be part of a collaborative team, teaching in WASH (Workshop in Art Studio and History). WASH is a nine-credit hour program that includes 2 studio courses (Surface Studio & Space Studio) and a lecture course emphasizing contemporary art and theory.

The ideal candidates will be artists working in new media, installation, performance and video, hybrid forms, or who have innovative approaches that expand the boundaries of traditional mediums. Artists working in social practice and willing to incorporate community engagement into the curriculum are preferred.

Duties include teaching 3 courses per semester and service on departmental committees.

Candidates must possess an MFA in art or terminal degree in a related field.

Teaching experience at the undergraduate level is required. The successful candidate will have an ongoing, sustainable, and engaged art practice, and be prepared to be an active faculty member who is engaged with the department, college, university, local and professional communities.

The Department of Art and SHSU are committed to supporting a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. Applicants are encouraged to describe how they will contribute to and support a diverse and equitable program through their teaching, research or creative activity, and service.
SHSU is an R2, HSI, minority-majority University. Over 50% of the student body are first-generation college students. The Department of Art www.shsu.edu/art is experiencing sustained enrollment growth. About 650 undergraduates major in Graphic Design, Studio Art, Photography, and Animation, and we offer an MFA in Art and Social Practice.

The new Dana G. Hoyt Fine Arts Building includes state-of-the-art lecture halls and classrooms, studios, computer labs, and galleries. In addition to the University Art Gallery on campus, the Department exhibits student work at a Satellite Gallery in downtown Huntsville and has MFA studios in the Natural Science and Art Research Center a few blocks away. Sam Houston State University is located 70 miles north of Houston in Huntsville, TX, surrounded by the Sam Houston National Forest.

Applicants should submit the following documents as PDF:
• cover letter• a detailed CV
• artist’s statement or description of creative activity
• statement of teaching philosophy• statement of contribution to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• names and contact information of three references
• samples of personal work
• samples of student work- – for time-based media work examples, please provide URLs for each specific project within the PDF document.

Official college transcripts and letters of recommendation will be required for finalists for this position.

Please note: References provided in the References section of the application will receive an automated email reference request at the time the application is submitted.

Review of materials will begin immediately, and the search will remain open until the position is filled.

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