Five Colleges, Incorporated (Amherst College, Hampshire College,\u00a0Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts\u00a0Amherst) seeks applications for a three-year, three-quarter time, Five\u00a0College Visiting Assistant Professor in Art and\u00a0Technology with duties\u00a0shared between Hampshire College and Smith College for 2015-2018.\u00a0Hampshire College will serve as the home institution.<\/p>\n
We seek a\u00a0practicing artist\/educator whose work bridges arts and technology to\u00a0become a part of the Studio Arts Program at Hampshire, which is based in\u00a0the School for Interdisciplinary Arts, and the Art Department at Smith.<\/p>\n
The successful candidate will bring an approach to exploration,\u00a0creation, scholarship and teaching that furthers collaboration among the\u00a0arts, applied technology and science programs\u2014one that frames the use\u00a0of advanced electronic and computer technology in the\u00a0service of\u00a0conceptual and formal concerns. We encourage applications from studio\u00a0artists working in sculpture, installation, and\/or new media, with\u00a0strong technical skills who can teach a broad range of courses including\u00a0interactive media and electronics, as well as\u00a0theme-based critique\u00a0seminars. We especially encourage applications from artist\/educators\u00a0whose practice is interdisciplinary and has both physical and\u00a0screen-based aspects.<\/p>\n
A Master of Fine Arts from a studio art or\u00a0interdisciplinary program, or a terminal degree in art and technology\u00a0or related field is required. Additionally, at least two years of\u00a0college level teaching experience beyond a teaching assistantship is\u00a0preferred.<\/p>\n
Teaching and service expectations for the Five\u00a0College Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Technology are: \u00a0at\u00a0Hampshire, teach one studio course each semester, serve on divisional\u00a0committees and exams and supervise student independent projects\u00a0commensurate with the expectations of a half-time faculty member; at\u00a0Smith, teach one studio course each academic year and supervise student\u00a0independent projects.<\/p>\n
This position begins\u00a0July 1, 2015, with\u00a0review of applications to begin\u00a0January 5, 2015, continuing until the\u00a0position is filled.\u00a0 Hampshire College offers a competitive salary and\u00a0excellent benefit program. Each applicant should submit a letter of\u00a0application, online\u00a0portfolio of work, current CV, statement of teaching\u00a0philosophy, and three letters of reference via\u00a0https:\/\/jobs.hampshire.edu<\/a> Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to\u00a0diversity in education and employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Five Colleges, Incorporated (Amherst College, Hampshire College,\u00a0Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts\u00a0Amherst) seeks applications for a three-year, three-quarter time, Five\u00a0College Visiting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}