Continuing Education Instructor, Handloom Weaving

RISD Continuing Education

Functions within the larger context of RISD, an institution with an unparalleled reputation for producing highly-skilled, successful, and internationally renowned creative practitioners.

About the role

The successful candidate should be prepared to teach in person on the RISD Campus to a diverse group of students from a range of disciplines. Interpersonal and leadership skills, clarity, generosity, and creativity in both personal work and teaching are essential. Candidates should be prepared to develop culturally diverse syllabi for studio and seminar courses and lead classes and critiques that model constructive, inclusive discussions that encourage students to grow creatively and intellectually.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, teach, and provide feedback to promote and direct student learning in keeping with the institutional learning-centered values and in a manner that meets the essential competencies of an artist and designer.
• Respond to students in a timely manner and communicate with the discipline and division via college-provided tools and resources.
• Teach a 12-week introduction course on the Dorset standing loom.
• Guide students through a series of experimental samples followed by a final project.
• Teach students to identify and exploit the properties of a variety of fibers and yarns.
• Teach students to develop and implement diverse teaching and learning for different learning styles and to respond to the needs of learners from a variety of educational backgrounds in a multicultural environment.
• Develop and implement syllabi and lesson plans, and how to tie those to learning outcomes.
• Lead classes and critiques that model constructive, inclusive discussions, and that encourage students to grow creatively and intellectually.
• Teach students to develop and implement diverse teaching and learning for different learning styles and to respond to the needs of learners from a variety of educational backgrounds in a multicultural environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required. MFA preferred or equivalent in established professional practice in area of study.
• A track record of paid professional experience at companies successfully doing related work, and/or a robust, creative, intellectually and critically engaged design or studio practice, as evidenced by recognition in publications, commissions, exhibitions, awards and/or collaborative projects.
• In person teaching experience, including the ability to create syllabi and lesson plans, and how to tie those to learning outcomes.
• An ability to meet RISD’s technology requirements.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• An in-depth knowledge of handloom weaving.

Preferred

• Teaching experience in a collegiate or adult education setting that addresses underrepresented communities.
• The ability to convey complex art engagement ideas in a clear and articulate manner for an art and design program and design concepts that serves adult students with varied skills (novice to advanced) in a condensed time frame.
• A commitment to excellence in teaching and mentoring students.
• A lifelong learning orientation with demonstrated interest in learning about new developments in their area of study.
• The ability to empathically relate to a wide range of student perspectives and maturely handle interpersonal issues that may arise.

Documents Needed to Apply

• Resume, including a URL link for your professional portfolio.
• Statement of interest preferred.

Work Schedule

Classes will be held Mondays 6PM to 9PM for 12 weeks, on the RISD campus in Providence, RI. Now hiring for the Fall, 2026 semester with classes beginning 9/14/2026 - 12/7/2026 makeup week 12/14/2026.

Union

No

Work Modality

In person

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified