The School of Art & Design at Alfred University's New York State College of Ceramics invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Video Art to begin January 2025. 

Candidates should be motivated to join a faculty team working towards student success. They should demonstrate proficiency in the practice and instruction of print and screen-­based media design, a sophisticated understanding of the relationships between form, content, production, distribution, and technology, and a socio-historically informed approach to working with image and text. The candidate's work should demonstrate strong visual rhetorical abilities, conceptually rich perspectives, complex systems thinking, as well as high technical acumen. The candidate's work should display evidence of leveraging digital technology to practice more expansive, innovative, and critically engaged models of art and design. 

As the Division of Expanded Media encompasses Video/Sound Art, Printmaking, Design, and Photography, each with its own histories, practices, and facilities, we are seeking a candidate that embraces hybridity in their teaching and studio practice, as well as demonstrates a commitment to collaborative practices across our varied disciplines (as well as across other disciplines within the School of Art & Design) and as part of faculty rotation in the first year of the Foundations Program. 

The School of Art and Design has a distinguished history as a premier institution for education in the arts and fosters a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary environment for research and practice. Our design area is invested in pedagogy around the decisive role of media in shaping collective understandings of ourselves and others, as well as about the social, political, and technological systems that inform the crafting and dissemination of media. Finally, the division has a vested interest in fostering the next generations of independent, multidisciplinary, critically engaged media makers, and this position requires a dedication to social equity, diversity, and inclusion as fundamental components of the university's academic mission. The Visiting Assistant Professor will be committed to the collective work of fostering equitable teaching and learning environments and contributing to a vibrant, creative community of artists, designers, and citizens. 

Salary:$58,000-$62,000 Annually

Requirements:

• Minimum qualifications include an M.F.A. or its equivalent

• Active professional creative practice

• Demonstrated commitment to excellence and impact in teaching

• Three years of college-level teaching experience is preferred

  Responsibilities:

• A teaching load of twelve credit hours per semester

• Supports and assists in creating intersections for our students, faculty, staff, and visitors that will transform people's lives

• Supports and assists in creating an evolving mentoring culture and rich engagement opportunities for faculty, staff, and students

• Maintains a commitment to diversity, equity, and belonging and a high degree of cultural competency and respect for a wide range of identities and experiences, therefore welcoming and supporting all faculty, staff, and students and expanding access to the Alfred experience

• Participates in all required assigned training, including safety training, and will comply with safety rules, regulations, and protocols

• Effective written and oral communication skills

• Contributes to the University's overall success by performing other duties as assigned, including recruitment efforts

• Provided students with an inclusive and diverse approach to art making and research

• Work within the shared governance committees and other communities

  To Apply, Please submit the following materials:

• Letter of interest

• CV

• Teaching & learning impact statement

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement illustrating how you engage with diversity, equity, and inclusion as a mentor/educator (not to exceed 600 words)

• Artist statement (300 words max)

• 20 images of creative research with image information

• 20 images of student work with image information

• Contact information for three references ( email and phone)

  *Documents must be under 10 MD

  Applications will be given full consideration if received by November 1, 2024. 

  About Alfred University:

Located in rural Western NY, Alfred University is the second oldest co-educational college in the United States and one of the earliest to have enrolled African American and Native American students. Ideal candidates will demonstrate an appreciation of issues that matter to our university community, such as diversity and social justice. 

The School of Art and Design at Alfred University is an accredited member of NASAD, with 33 full-time faculty serving more than 400 students. The school is unique among higher education institutions with an open curriculum, allowing a robust and diverse experience in studio art, design, and art history courses. Students and faculty alike thrive in an intensive and supportive learning environment. School of Art and Design students are fully integrated into Alfred University's community of 2,000 students. The New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) includes the School of Art and Design, the lnamori School of Engineering, and the Scholes Library. The NYSCC was established in 1900 to advance art, design, and engineering research. That intellectual and creative legacy exists in all of the areas of study in the School of Art and Design. The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University has been a unique public/private partnership in higher education for more than 100 years. 

Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Protected veterans, minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

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