re: teaching jobs

SUNY Purchase
Location: Purchase, NY
Category:
Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Other Fine & Applied Arts
Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Art
Posted: 10/02/2009
Application Due: 12/01/2009
Type: Full Time
Salary: $51,000 USD Per Year
Notes: included on Affirmative Action email
Description: The School of Art+Design at Purchase College SUNY seeks candidates for the full-time, tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Art+Design beginning September 1, 2010 (subject to budgetary approval). Applicants to this position should have experience and expertise with sculpture (broadly defined) and digital technology as it pertains to fine art. We are seeking artist/educators receptive to teaching both BFA and BA students. Our ideal candidate will be comfortable working and thinking across disciplines, having interests and experience that extend beyond his or her visual specialty and encompass broader approaches to art practice and human knowledge.

Teaching assignments will include undergraduate courses specifically for students in their first and second years of Art+Design's foundation/core. In addition, the position will help provide academic support for a new BA in Visual Arts scheduled to begin the 2010-11 academic year. Other duties may include teaching advanced undergraduate courses in their areas of expertise, mentoring upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, and interacting with the Neuberger Museum of Art. Responsibilities will also include academic advising and community service (which encompasses committee work as well as College, School, and Board of Study governance).

Candidates should have a distinguished exhibition record and an interest in interdisciplinary approaches to art-making and teaching.

Qualifications: A terminal degree (MFA) in a studio discipline or commensurate experience and three years of college teaching experience are required.

Applicants must attach the following documents to the online employment application:
1) One-page cover letter expressing interest in the position and summarizing qualifications
2) CV, including exhibitions, reviews, published articles, panels/papers, courses taught, etc. (Do Not Submit Original Materials.)
3) Names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of three references
4) Two statements of teaching philosophy: the first is a one-page statement about teaching sculpture/digital fine art; the second is a one-page statement about teaching entry-level college students, both BA and BFA (foundation/core). BOTH statements must be submitted as one document.

In addition, all interested applicants are required to submit a CD-R and documentation by mail that contains the following:

1) 20 images of personal work
2) 20 images of student work
3) Corresponding hard-copy image lists (info about each image) with thumbnails (contact sheet) of all images.
4) Electronic copies of all uploaded documents (from the online employment application)

The CD-R (no DVDs) should be labeled with applicant's name and the position for which the applicant is applying. All images must be in JPEG format and should be no larger than 1000x1000 pixels. All documents should be submitted on the CD-R in RICH TEXT or PDF FORMAT, as well as in hard copy. Send this CD-R via postal mail to:

Chair, Search Committee for
Assistant Professor of Art+Design (3D)
School of Art+Design
Purchase College SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

No phone calls or e-mail submissions of application materials will be accepted.
Application Information

Contact: SUNY Purchase
Online App. Form: https://jobs.purchase.edu