Art and Art History Lecturer Pool - Pictorial Art

About the role

The Department of Art and Art History at San José State University is searching for part-time Pictorial faculty to run rigorous skill-based courses, encourage critical thinking and iterative concept development for various levels of our course offerings. We seek candidates with an active and contemporary art practice and a desire to have a voice in curriculum development.

Responsibilities

• Teach a broad range of courses in the Pictorial Art area including but not necessarily limited to: Two-Dimensional Design, Color, Beginning and Representational Drawing, Expressive and Advanced Drawing, Beginning through Advanced Painting and possibly Life Drawing and Figure Painting as well as some aspects of printmaking.
• Have some familiarity with digital processes.
• Share curriculum development and graduate and undergraduate student review responsibilities.
• Demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to teach all levels of 2-D classes through a solid foundation in visual, analytical, and communication skills. The candidate should have an understanding of, and abilities in perceptual based drawing and painting as well as the concerns of process-oriented abstraction, painting and drawing in the expanded field, and familiarity with digital pictorial processes.

Qualifications

• Terminal Degree (MFA)
• Two years teaching 2-D fundamentals, drawing, painting, or printmaking at the university level.
• A pictorial arts background with the ability to teach a wide variety of two-dimensional courses including, dry and wet drawing mediums and oil and water based painting mediums including watercolor.
• Desirable for the candidate to have some familiarity with digital processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience at the university level with two years of teaching in Painting and Drawing and/or Printmaking at the university level.

Pay

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2 . Anticipated Starting Salary L-A / Range 2 - $5507 - $5959 L-B / Range 3 - $6221 - $7481 L-C / Range 4 - $6825 - $9431 L-D / Range 5 - $8593 - $10347 Range salaries above are the anticipated monthly salary rate of full-time AY faculty--part-time rates are prorated. There are 6 monthly payments per semester (full-time AY annual salary = rate x 12).

Schedule

The work for this faculty position is located in the State of California and requires commuting to the campus.

Application Procedure

To apply, click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents: Letter of application indicating courses of interest along with an explanation of relevant experience, Curriculum vitae, Statement of teaching interests/philosophy, Contact information for three references, Images representing 20 examples of candidate’s original work (or URL of portfolio site), Images representing 20 examples of student work.