Current open positions

 

Visiting Assistant Professor 2024-25
School of Art, Art History, and Design
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The University of Iowa

 

The University of Iowa School of Art, Art History, and Design seeks applications for a 50% Visiting Assistant Professor in the Sculpture & Intermedia Area for the 2024-25 academic year.  The position receives full benefits.  The successful candidate will teach two sculpture courses per semester in The University of Iowa School of Art, Art History, and Design, Studio Art Division.  In fall 2024, the successful candidate will teach Metal Fabrication and Sculpture 1 and in Spring 2025, Electronic Objects and Sculpture 1

 

Required Qualifications: 

  • MFA in Sculpture/Intermedia or equivalent combination of education and experience in hand by start date.
  • University teaching experience or experience in sculpture/electronics curriculum at primary and intermediate levels.
  • Proficient in teaching basic electronics and how-to-build kinetic objects, using Arduino, integrated circuits, power supplies, soldering, prototyping motors and sensors. 
  • Understanding various conceptual approaches in the teaching of sculpture/electronics.
  • Experience with metal fabrication, including hot and cold fabrication processes, including MIG, TIG, Spot welding, plasma cutting, rolling, and bending metal.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Ability to teach the aesthetic use of electronics to sequence and control motion, light, and sound. 
  • Having a dynamic contemporary art practice in the expanded field of Sculpture/Intermedia is a significant aspect of our ideal candidate, as we highly appreciate and value creativity.
  • Familiarity with artists, both contemporary and historical, working in the field.
  • Proficiency in contemporary global discourses in art.

Submission:

Candidates should submit applications online at:     http://jobs.uiowa.edu .  Search requisition 75263. Review of applications will begin on June 24th, 2024.

Applications must include:

  • Letter of interest
  • C.V. including phone number, email, mailing and website addresses, as well as courses taught.
  • One-page artist’s statement
  • Teaching Philosophy
  • Link to artist’s website providing digital documentation of recent work (at least 20 images with slides/description of work)
  • 3 professional references – names and contact information only.
  • Samples of relevant student work.

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.