Visiting Assistant Professor - Sculpture (Finance)
Department: Art
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Description:
The School of Art at the University of Houston invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture position for the academic year 2025-26. We seek outstanding candidates with a dedicated commitment to sculpture and an active engagement with contemporary practice and theory. The Visiting Assistant will teach a 3/3 load with courses at varying levels including graduate and undergraduate.
We are particularly interested in candidates who can teach Fundamentals and Intermediate Sculpture classes, as well as work intensively one-on-one with advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Our program includes group critiques at all levels, so a successful candidate will be comfortable facilitating and participating in this kind of conversation.
We seek candidates with an active exhibition record with attendant critical attention, and a developing record as a teacher and professional in the field of contemporary art. The successful candidate must possess the ability to share extensive knowledge of art history and contemporary practices, approaches, and movements in art. Specialization in a cross-cultural approach to curriculum development is encouraged.
About the University of Houston School of Art:
Situated in one of the largest and most diverse cities in the nation, the School of Art at the University of Houston prepares students for success in research, making, and scholarship. We celebrate the centrality of art and design in culture and recognize its importanceto the vitality of a civil society. We train artists, designers and art historians who will delight, surprise, inform, engage, and move us towards a better understanding of each other and our extended communities. We do this by making a commitment to connect thecreativityof art to the practice of citizenship-equipment for living that values diverse human expression, ethics, and social engagement.
Qualifications
Candidates must have an MFA and at least two years of college-level teaching experience beyond graduate school.
Required Documents
1) letter of interest, 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) digital portfolio with 20 images and/or video of recent work, 4) contact information for three professional references, 5) supporting documentation of exhibition and publication record may be provided at the candidate's discretion
Application Deadline
To receive full consideration, application should be received by February 18, 2025. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt.
Official transcripts are required for a faculty appointment and will be requested upon selection of the final candidates. All positions at the University of Houston are security sensitive and will require a criminal background check.
The policy of the University of Houston-System and its universities is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities, and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, military status, genetic information, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or status, or gender expression, except where such a distinction is required by law.
