Continuing Education, Pre-College Online Painting Instructor
About The Position
RISD CE seeks a Painting instructor for summer of 2026. We welcome teaching artists of all backgrounds with ongoing studio practices and demonstrated achievements of high caliber results in their students’ work. Pre-College Online instructors are passionate about art and design and can nurture the interest of their students. They are approachable but maintain high expectations and are invested in their students’ success. They vary their approach using lectures, demonstrations, and more. Our instructors are plugged into the needs and interests of today’s youth, and connect the course content to the students’ lived experience and current events. They are culturally responsive and lead an inclusive learning environment. We are particularly interested in candidates whose pedagogical approach and personal studio practice can resonate with our diverse student body. RISD Pre-College Online courses meet once per week for three-hour live sessions over five weeks. Students also have online access to their course during orientation week, for a total program duration of six weeks. Online sessions will include demonstrations, presentations, and group discussions. Instructors will prepare their courses in time for orientation week, and will facilitate the five-week course live and asynchronously.The successful candidate should be prepared to teach asynchronous online to a diverse group of students from a range of disciplines, through online content development, including recorded video demonstrations and/or lectures. For this position, we seek a candidate that can instruct the principles of painting, using acrylic paint and teaching a variety of subject matter ranging from still lifes to landscapes. Knowledge of a variety of painting techniques and color theory is a must. Our ideal candidate will be able to inspire student’s conceptual development and individual voice in addition to teaching technical skills.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Teaching experience in a collegiate and/or high school setting
- Ability to meet RISD’s technology requirements
- Experience developing courses that challenge students creatively and intellectually while maintaining age-appropriate pedagogy
- Demonstrated ability to generate high caliber student work
- Experience leading classes and critiques that model constructive, inclusive discussions in an environment of diverse learners
- Demonstrated expertise in painting
- Ongoing professional creative practice
- Proficiency with online collaborative tools such as Google Suite
- Proficiency with learning management systems such as Canvas
Nice To Haves
- Ability to contribute to RISD’s strategic priorities of just societies, sustainability, and creating new knowledge
- Ability to tailor instruction to meet the needs students with a wide range of pre-existing skills
- Experience developing inclusive curriculum that centers artists of historically underrepresented backgrounds
- Interest in collaborative curriculum planning
- Ability to keep students engaged in 3-hour online class meetings and online learning portal
- Master of Fine Arts or equivalent in established professional practice in area of study
