Beginning August 2015
Application deadline: February 1, 2015
Mills College
Department of Art and Art History
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613
Mills College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Studio Art Sculpture/3D Practices position in the Department of Art and Art History beginning August 2015. We seek candidates with experience teaching sculpture/3D media. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop and situate artistic practices conceptually and to employ traditional fabrication techniques as well as new tools and technology. Interdisciplinary collaboration, sociopolitical dialogue, and critique will be among the issues to be addressed in studio classes, lectures, and critiques. The successful candidate will be required to teach undergraduate and graduate level courses and mentor students within the context of an interdisciplinary art program at Mills. The successful candidate will also be responsible for maintaining an active professional practice nationally and internationally. Because teaching will include undergraduate studio courses, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in the technical as well as theoretical and historical aspects of their field(s). Demonstrable skills and techniques will be thoroughly integrated into the conceptual frameworks of professional practice.
Applicants must hold terminal degrees in their respective fields, and must demonstrate a strong record of excellence in teaching and scholarship/creative work. The successful candidate will be expected to play an important role in undergraduate academic programs, both within the Department of Art and Art History and in cooperation with the college at large.
Applications should include 20 slides of work by creating an account at Imgur.com and create an album with images scaled to 1280 pixels wide. Please include a link to your album in your cover letter. Also submit a curriculum vitae, a statement outlining current and future creative interests, and materials relevant to teaching experience. Applicants should also provide the names, addresses, and email contacts for three professional references.
Deadline for applications is February 1, 2015.
Mills College is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on 135 beautiful acres in the foothills of Oakland, California. Additional information about Mills College and the Art and Art History Department can be obtained on our website. Women and other traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Mills College seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to diversity and our desire to maintain the excellence of our faculty. In so doing, we offer our students not only the opportunity to learn about varied disciplines, but to engage diverse perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Mills College does not permit discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religious creed, color, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. For more information on Mills’ non-discrimination policy, pleased click here.
