Assistant Professor in Printmaking in the Expanded Field

University of Florida • Gainesville, FL

41d • Onsite

About The Position

The School of Art + Art History in the College of the Arts seeks an Assistant Professor of Studio Art with expertise in printmaking in the expanded field to join our forward-looking interdisciplinary program at a top-ranked public university. We seek an innovative artist-educator to lead the development of printmaking curricula in the expanded field. The ideal candidate has an active studio practice that engages the complex materiality, history, and theories of printmaking, as well as emerging technologies and methods, and their creative research is informed by contemporary art theories and practice. They will have a strong knowledge of historical and contemporary reproductive and fabrication media that they present as a vibrant and relevant technology. The successful candidate will demonstrate a clear commitment to interdisciplinary artistic practices with an emphasis on printmaking, including DIY strategies, ‘maker tools,’ and historical and future-focused print methods and ideas. The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels. This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract.

Requirements

• MFA or PhD in Studio Art Practice with an emphasis in printmaking
• Relevant teaching or instructional experience beyond graduate teaching assistantships
• Active studio practice and record of creative research with evidence of emerging or established recognition in the field, commensurate with experience
• Understanding of and an ability to respond to the legacies, histories and theories of printmaking
• Evidence of capacity to collaborate with faculty, students, and staff
• Understanding of the materials and processes of printmaking
• Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, respect, open intellectual discourse, and the welcome incorporation and well-being of all in an environment of complex differences.

Nice To Haves

• Full-time college and/or graduate-level teaching experience beyond graduate assistantship
• Evidence of success in teaching at the undergraduate level, including foundations courses
• Evidence of success in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students
• Broad and detailed understanding of the materials and processes of printmaking and related reproductive and fabrication media, including technologies such as digital fabrication
• Evidence of innovative pedagogy
• Capacity to advance interdisciplinary collaborations in teaching and research

Responsibilities

• Teach a 2/2 course load at the undergraduate and graduate levels in printmaking in the expanded field in an interdisciplinary studio art curriculum.
• Course assignments may also include Studio Art foundations and non-majors courses, including courses in the university’s General Education curriculum.
• Course assignments may also include interdisciplinary graduate courses, such as a seminar for first-year MFA in Art students or a team-taught critique seminar.
• Mentor and advise graduate students and supervise graduate committees.
• Maintain an active profile of creative research, consistent with the expectation of tenure and promotion
• Collaborate with staff in shared supervision of the printmaking facilities.
• Actively participate in our learning community and in shared governance through service to the school, college, university, and profession.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package
• Low cost State Health plans
• Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs
• Vision
• Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare
• Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance
• Variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays, personal leave days, and family medical leave
• Nine-month faculty employees accrue approximately 13 sick days annually, and 4 personal leave days, typically used during the holiday closing period (accruals based on full-time employment).
• Paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period.
• Competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans.
• GatorPerks discount program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level