Assistant Professor in Painting & Drawing 2023/24  

Rank: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track

Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Teaching Load: Two courses per semester   

Position Title: Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing 

Position Description: The School of Art & Art History invites applications for a tenure track position in Painting and Drawing at the Assistant Professor level beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. The successful candidate will teach undergraduates and graduates in B.A., B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A programs. Salary will be commensurate with experience. 

The School of Art & Art History seeks an artist with a deep knowledge of painting and drawing media processes to teach undergraduate and graduate level courses. This individual will teach within the Painting and Drawing Program in the School of Art & Art History. The candidate must have an MFA or equivalent in Painting and Drawing, an extensive knowledge of painting and drawing media, painting art history, theory, and critical issues in contemporary painting and drawing practice. The candidate will demonstrate an innovative program of creative work using painting and drawing as a mode of creative expression. 

While the successful candidate should be comfortable working between the related areas of painting and drawing, the position is open to a wide range of technical and pedagogical approaches. Applicants must have two years of university level teaching experience beyond graduate assistantships.

Education Requirement: MFA in painting and drawing or equivalent by the start date. 

Required Qualifications: Two or more years of university-level teaching experience beyond the graduate assistant level; demonstration of a national exhibition record and a strong potential for research and exhibition of creative work; understanding of a variety of conceptual approaches in the teaching of painting and drawing; proficiency in critical theory; ability to teach all levels of painting and drawing.

Desirable Qualifications:   Interest/experience in contributing service to the development and success of the painting /drawing program; demonstrated effectiveness as a colleague; versed in outreach and engagement practice; knowledge of experimental painting and drawing history; success in competitive grant applications. 

Submission:

Candidates should submit applications online at http://jobs.uiowa.edu/. Search requisition #74580. Screening of applications will begin on January 25^th 2023 and will continue until the position is filled.

Candidates should include a cover letter (with a URL for the portfolio), a current curriculum vitae, and teaching and research statements. Statements should speak clearly to years of experience and philosophy of diversity, equity and inclusion in teaching, and research accomplishments and goals. Candidates should also submit the names and contact information for 3 references. Letters of recommendation will only be requested for those candidates invited to interview for the position.

Questions should be directed to Melia Pieper; melia-pieper@uiowa.edu

 

Grant Wood Fellow in Painting & Drawing 2023/24

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History seeks applications from emerging to mid-career artists in painting/drawing for the Grant Wood Fellowship Program for the 2023-24 academic year.

Fellowship recipient responsibilities:

• Teach one class per semester in the University of Iowa School of Art & Art History, Painting & Drawing Area.  The candidate may teach either an introductory course or an advanced course depending on their strengths and the needs of the program.

• Present a public lecture about their work

• Participate in limited public outreach activities (e.g.: workshops, discussion of your work with a local arts organization)

• Shared exhibition at end of year with the Grant Wood Fellow in Printmaking.

Fellows receive:

• An appointment as a Grant Wood Visiting Assistant Professor in Painting & Drawing.
• $40,000 salary and benefits
• private studio
• furnished housing (in off- campus residences—one and two bedroom apartments depending on needs)

Required Qualifications:

The applicant will have received an MFA in painting/drawing at the time of application or have an equivalent combination of education and experience, evidence of a national exhibition record, university level teaching experience outside of graduate career, demonstration of a promising program of creative research that contributes to the current needs of the undergraduate and graduate painting and drawing population.

Desirable Qualifications:

Demonstrates an understanding of a variety of conceptual and material approaches in the teaching of painting/drawing and proficiency in critical theory.

Submission:

Candidates should submit applications online at:  http://jobs.uiowa.edu .  Search requisition #74695.  Review of applications will begin on February 1^st, 2023.

 

Grant Wood Fellow in Printmaking 2023/24

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History seeks applications from emerging to established artists in printmaking for the Grant Wood Fellowship Program for the 2023-24 academic year.

Fellowship recipient responsibilities:

• Teach one class per semester in the University of Iowa School of Art & Art History, Printmaking Area.  The candidate may teach either an introductory course or an advanced course depending on their strengths and the needs of the program.

• Present a public lecture about their work

• Participate in limited public outreach activities (e.g.: workshops, discussion of your work with a local arts organization)

• Shared exhibition at end of year with the Grant Wood Fellow in Painting & Drawing.

Fellows receive:

• An appointment as a Grant Wood Visiting Assistant Professor in Printmaking.
• $40,000 salary and benefits
• private studio
• furnished housing (in off- campus residences—one and two bedroom apartments depending on needs)

Required Qualifications:

The applicant will have received an MFA in printmaking at the time of appointment or have an equivalent combination of education and experience, evidence of a national exhibition record, university level teaching experience, demonstration of a promising program of creative research that contributes to the current needs of the undergraduate and graduate printmaking population.

Desirable Qualifications:

Demonstrates an understanding of a variety of conceptual and technical approaches to the practice and teaching of printmaking.

Proficiency in critical/theoretical frameworks of contemporary art.

Submission:

Candidates should submit applications online at:  http://jobs.uiowa.edu .  Search requisition #74701.  Review of applications will begin on February 1^st, 2023.

 

Lecturer in Art History 2023/24

The University of Iowa’s School of Art and Art History seeks applications for a lecturer in Art History. The appointment is for three years with the possibility of renewal and the position receives full benefits. We seek candidates capable of teaching courses to undergraduate and graduate students in African art as well as modern/contemporary art. The search committee is especially interested in candidates who, through their teaching, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the School of Art and Art History as well as the larger campus community. The successful candidate will teach four courses each semester. These may include a large survey course in African art as well as one in modern/contemporary art, both supported by teaching assistants, and smaller introductory and upper-division courses. The successful candidate will have the option of creating courses that utilize the objects in the University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art which has one of the country's finest and most well-respected collections of African art, a significant collection of prints from the Renaissance to the current day, and an impressive collection of modern art that includes Mural, one of Jackson Pollock’s most famous paintings.

Required qualifications: Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Art History or have degree in hand by start date and be able to teach sub-Saharan African art as well as modern and contemporaryart. Successful university-level teaching experience is also required.

Desirable Qualifications: The ability to teach broadly in the field of African art as well as modern and contemporary art.

Submission: Candidates should submit applications online at http://jobs.uiowa.edu . Search requisition #74736. Review of applications will begin on April 10, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled.

 

 

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