Assistant Professor

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The Department of Art & Art History at UNC Chapel Hill is a vibrant hub for research, teaching, and creative exploration within the College of Arts & Sciences. Comprising both Art History and Studio Art, our department is home to 25 full-time faculty and 7 dedicated staff members. We offer a rich academic spectrum, including BA, BFA, and MFA degrees in Studio Art, as well as BA, MA, and joint MA/ MSLS and PhD programs in Art History. Guided by our mission make/frame/reveal we celebrate both the historical and creative sides of art. We embrace experiential learning, contextual understanding, diverse perspectives, and innovative approaches. As a uniquely interdisciplinary community of makers and interpreters, we investigate some of today's most pressing issues climate change, social justice, decolonial landscapes, and abolition fostering a creative environment dedicated to meaningful dialogue and change.

Art is our laboratory: a space for experimentation, reflection, analysis, and engagement. Our department's diverse expertise and methodology challenge students to think critically, be curious, inventive, thoughtful, and courageous. Here, we aim not only to reach new heights but to redefine what success means equipping students to remake the standards of art, scholarship, and society itself.

The Department of Art & Art History is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Studio Art, with a specialization in Printmedia. We seek an artist with a robust and dynamic practice, supported by an active record of exhibitions and publication that reflects a broad understanding of contemporary printmedia and its related disciplines. Candidates should possess technical expertise across a wide range of printmaking processes and an understanding of the conceptual and material possibilities that define the expanded field of printmedia. In addition to teaching core printmedia courses, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop new courses that draw on their creative practice and interdisciplinary interests. These may include, but are not limited to, socially engaged practices, book arts, painting, drawing, or performance. There are also opportunities to collaborate with faculty across campus to design interdisciplinary courses that extend the reach of printmedia into new contexts. The teaching load is two courses per semester, and all studio faculty serve on several MFA graduate committees per year. Studio faculty may also occasionally teach MFA seminars, First Year Seminars and special topics courses as part of this teaching load. In addition to teaching and creative research, all faculty contribute to the department's shared responsibilities, including committee service, academic advising, and participation in departmental governance. Candidates should demonstrate a record of, or strong potential for, effective service and collective decision-making.

MFA or equivalent terminal degree.

The ideal candidate is a practicing artist with an excellent record of exhibition, college-level teaching expertise, and comprehensive knowledge of the contemporary visual art landscape, encompassing its technical, theoretical, political, and historical dimensions. Preference will be given to experimental and interdisciplinary artists who use printmaking and / or emerging approaches and new technologies of the field as central to their practice.

List of References - Please provide names for 4 letters of references. Letters of reference will be asked of those who advance in the search.

Student evaluations are optional.

Sample Syllabus - Please submit a sample syllabus for an introductory course or special topic.

Other Document - Please submit a PDF portfolio of 20 digital work samples of your own work and an optional 8-10 image sample of student work if available. Please see details below for submitting the portfolio. Artist Portfolio Submission Guidelines Please submit 20 images of your own artwork in one PDF document. Please include links to watch time-based media if applicable. First, please make a PowerPoint presentation of your 20 images. Each image should be accompanied by the title, year, medium (e.g. installation), materials (e.g. acrylic on canvas, thread, wood), and a short accompanying text about the artwork. To save your presentation file to send: File > "Compress Pictures"> Presentation (150 ppi) Save the PowerPoint presentation as a PDF. This allows us to see your images in context. Save this PDF as e.g. Firstname_Lastname_Artwork.pdf. Student Portfolio is optional. If submitting a student portfolio, please submit 8-10 images of your student artworks in the same format as above. Please provide course title, year (e.g. 2020), student's year (e.g. junior) and a brief statement of pedagogical goals with each project example.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University's Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost office at (919)-962-1091 or send an email to facultyrecruitment@unc.edu.

Please note: The Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost office will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

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