Call for applications: Professor in site & situation specific arts at
the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Professor in site and situation specific arts
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
www.kuva.fi
Contact
jan.kaila@kuva.fi
Address
www.kuva.fi
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Kaikukatu 4
FI-00530 Helsinki
Finland
Info
The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts is an international fine arts
university and the only one of its kind in Finland. It provides high-
quality education in moving image, painting, photography,
printmaking, sculpture and site and situation specific arts. It is
also a pioneer in artistic research. The Academy has been training
artists since 1848.
POST
Professor in site and situation specific arts (including different
forms of environmental, performance and installation art)
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Artistic merits and competence: the professor is required to have
experience in teaching and in international co-operation as well as
extensive knowledge of the field of contemporary art.
• In principle, the post requires sufficient competence in Finnish
and English and the ability to understand Swedish. However, a foreign
national or a non-native Finnish citizen may be appointed to the post
without demonstrating the required proficiency in Finnish or Swedish.
PROFESSOR’S DUTIES
• The professor is responsible for the teaching and development of
site and situation specific arts in the degree programme of time and
space arts.
• The professor carries out and supervises scientific or artistic
work, gives education based on it and follows developments in science
or art and participates in societal interaction and international
cooperation in his/her field.
• The professor contributes to teaching in his/her field, supervises
students’ studies, gives the examinations under his/her
responsibility, submits to the university the necessary reports on
his/her teaching, publishing activities, scientific and artistic work
and examinations given, performs the duties attendant upon membership
in the administrative bodies of the university and other tasks that
have been assigned or given to him/her and participates in the
selection of new students.
• The professor is expected to actively engage in the development of
the degree programme and the university.
APPLICATION
The application, including the following documents, should be
delivered in three copies:
• written statement of the artistic and teaching merits relevant to
the post
• portfolio of artistic work
• curriculum vitae
• list of publications
• (proof of language proficiency)
The application and the appendices should be in English, Finnish or
Swedish.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact Chair of the Recruitment
Committee, Professor Jan Kaila at jan.kaila@kuva.fi or Secretary of
the Committee, Development Manager Katariina Kivistő-Rahnasto at
katariina.kivisto-rahnasto@kuva.fi, tel. +358 45 6578 264.
For more information see also the complete instructions for
appointment at
www.kuva.fi/portal/english/vacant_positions/
The application must reach the Academy no later than 5 March 2010 at
3.45pm.
Address: Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki,
Finland.
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