Assistant Professor Of Art

Description:

Duties will include:

• Teaching two courses per semester (Fall and Spring) in Studio Art and/or Foundations.
• Maintaining an active program of research.
• Performing graduate and undergraduate student mentoring and advising, including participation in BFA and MFA reviews, MFA thesis committees, and studio visits.
• Collaborative oversight and operation of the Sculpture area including but not limited to assistance in maintaining facilities, overseeing a safe working environment, curriculum development, departmental reviews, executing a budget, managing supplies and equipment, and supervising graduate assistants.
• Assisting in planning and implementing of new undergraduate and graduate courses.
• Participating in program-level advising, committee work, and other program, school, college and university service.
• Actively contributing to program and school recruitment efforts.
• Being a present and active member of the program, School of Art, and university community.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

About the UA Sculpture Area:
To foster independent studio practices in Sculpture, we believe in meeting our students and fellow artists on a broad playing field, which offers manifold approaches to making in the 21st century. From traditional sculptural processes to contemporary methodologies incorporating advanced technologies, Sculpture’s mission is to cultivate creative thinking and inventive problem solving by challenging categorical presets to consider Sculpture well beyond the expanded field. Sculpture is committed to providing our students with the tools necessary for synthesis while emphasizing research as the driving force motivating material and formal decisions, process, and context as they relate to historical and contemporary sculpture, critical theory, and collaborative practices.