SCHOOLS OF VISUAL ARTS
ANNOUNCES:
PROFESSORSHIP – WALL AND SPACE
At the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ Schools of Visual Arts a position as professor of the School of Wall and Space is open for appointment from October 1, 2007, or at the earliest possible date thereafter. The School of Wall and Space sets the framework of instruction, artistic development and research within the domains: art in the public space, soziale Plastik, relational aesthetics, and political art. Through both the instruction and own artistic practice, the professor of the school is expected to heighten the profile of and innovate one or more of the said fields in order that the Schools of Visual Arts can continue its contribution to the development of the visual arts in the social and extended field. The position is a four fifth part-time professor, to be filled for a fixed term of up to 6 years.
As professor of one of the eight professor’s schools you are responsible for the herein enrolled students’ normal education during their third to sixth year of study, just as you are responsible for the annual budget for the realization of the practical and theoretical teaching. The professor’s daily work takes place in close co-operation with the non-academic staff, the group of lecturers, the group of professors, and the Schools of Visual Arts’ administration.
The appointee must be a visual artist with distinguished artistic accomplishments. It is a condition of appointment that the applicant is on a recognized high level within contemporary art and has a marked exhibition profile.
Documentation of theoretical knowledge of the subject field and/or practical experience with art education on a high level is a prerequisite of appointment.
The application must contain a satisfactory account of the applicant’s:
1-Views on art;
2-Artistic production;
3-Experience with communication and his/her pedagogical qualifications.
4-Further it is expected that the applicant gives an account of his/her ideas of the possible development of the professor’s school – for choice in connection with one or more of the other schools – during the time of employment, including an account of the organization of the education.
A CV and a list of enclosed documentation, if any, must be enclosed in the application. Documentation may take the form of photos/slides/CD-ROM of own works/projects, videos, articles, publications etc. It is stressed that the expert selection committee, who is to evaluate the applicants, shall only consider the written application and the enclosed documentation.
Being a professor, you attend to the administrative work of the school and participate in the work of both councils and committees as well as perform administrative duties.
Application deadline: April 30, 2007, at 12 o’clock.
The Schools of Visual Arts is an equal opportunities employer.
For further particulars, please contact Rector Mikkel Bogh, phone 0045 33744601 or e-mail: [email protected]
(This is a shortened version. Please see the full announcement: http://www.kunstakademiet.dk ).
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