Assistant Professor of Art

Posted: 16-Feb-24

Location: Clinton, New York

Salary: Open

Categories:

Academic/Faculty
Arts/Humanities

Internal Number: C95DC2C9-93FC-4849-98195F17C04900CA

The Art Department at Hamilton College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning July 1, 2024. We seek candidates to teach printmaking, painting and drawing at all levels, and who are conversant with new technology. We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate their experience in teaching or working with broadly diverse student populations. Your cover letter should address ways in which you raise issues of diversity and inclusion in your teaching, scholarship, and/or service and the ways in which this enhances the educational experiences of students. The position requires institutional service including academic advising of undergraduate students after the first year.

In the Hamilton Art Department, the faculty work closely with students in small classes to foster an environment that offers a world of ideas to challenge them intellectually and inform their work. Students benefit from an exciting, rigorous, interdisciplinary art-making department that includes an active visiting artist series, multiple full faculty critiques and multidisciplinary studio environment. Hamilton’s art program is concerned with the creation of visual incidents, and the dialogue surrounding the communication and placement of a visual object or experience in both a contemporary and historical context. We continue to teach traditional methods while also offering course work in new technologies in various electronic and digital media. https://academics.hamilton.edu/art

MFA and a minimum of two years teaching experience at the college level required. The teaching load for this position is four courses during the first year and five courses thereafter. The expected salary range for this position is $88,000 to $94,100. All application materials are to be submitted online to http://apply.interfolio.com/131089 . Each document must be submitted in PDF format: cover letter, CV, artist’s statement, teaching philosophy. Three letters of recommendation will be required of finalists. Place 20 images of your own work in a single PDF (not to exceed 5MB) including your name, title, medium, dimensions, and date. Please do the same with 20 student images as a single PDF. For time-based work, please link to a YouTube or Vimeo url in your PDF. Interfolio recommends saving each image at 3MB, placing images into powerpoint and saving the document as a PDF. Powerpoint will compress the file into the appropriate upload size of 5 MB or less. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or problems with your uploads. Interfolio is free for candidates. Questions regarding the search may be directed to William Salzillo, Search Committee Chair, at [email protected] . Our review of applications will begin on December 15, 2023.

Hamilton College is a residential liberal arts college located in central New York. The College has built its reputation on the teaching excellence and leading scholarship of its faculty, and on the academic distinction and intellectual curiosity of its approximately 2000 students who take advantage of Hamilton’s open curriculum  (https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/open-curriculum ). Accomplished faculty, highly capable and motivated students, and a student-faculty ratio of 9:1 provide an educational experience that emphasizes academic excellence, intellectual and cultural diversity, and respect for differences in the development of students as human beings. Hamilton’s commitment to diversity is embodied in its need-blind admission policy and meeting the full demonstrated financial need of every accepted student for their entire undergraduate program. Please visit the college website for more information (www.hamilton.edu ). 

Hamilton College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that is committed to building an inclusive and diverse learning community where members from all backgrounds can live, learn, and excel. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups in higher education to apply. Applicants with dual-career considerations can find other Hamilton and nearby academic job listings at https://www.hercjobs.org/regions/higher-ed-careers-upstate-new-york/ , as well as additional information at https://www.hamilton.edu/dof/faculty-development/resources-for-prospective-or-new-faculty/opportunities-for-spouses-or-partners (Opportunities for Spouses or Partners). Hamilton provides domestic partner benefits.

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United States. Founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy; chartered in 1812 as Hamilton College; third oldest college established in New York State. Our mission is to provide an educational experience that emphasizes academic excellence and the development of students as human beings, as we prepare them to make choices and accept the responsibilities of citizenship in a democratic world of intellect and diversity. Hamilton’s 1,350-acre campus is situated on a hilltop overlooking the picturesque village of Clinton, N.Y. The College is eight miles southwest of Utica, 45 minutes east of Syracuse, one hour from the Adirondack Park to the northeast and 90 minutes west of Albany.
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