Assistant Professor in Painting, Tenure-Track

Rutgers University

United States, New Jersey, New Brunswick

Nov 13, 2024

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Assistant Professor in Painting, Tenure-Track
Department	MGSA - Art & Design
Salary	Commensurate With Experience
Posting Summary	The Department of Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Painting at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin July 1, 2025. The Painting curriculum nurtures technical fluency with conceptual and discursive literacy in an environment that nurtures experimentation and critical thinking. We seek a faculty member who will bring enthusiasm, expertise, vision, and critical engagement to our Painting area and department at large. The Department of Art & Design offers undergraduate and graduate programs that encompass drawing, design, media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, with strong threads of performance and hybrid practices. Facilities include a 4,000+-square-foot gallery and studios for undergrad and grad students. Candidates should be professionally active with a nationally significant record of achievement and at least three years of college-level or equivalent teaching experience. Primary teaching responsibilities include painting courses on all levels, as well as one annual seminar in our interdisciplinary graduate program. All faculty are expected to assist in student recruitment, curriculum development, mentoring, overseeing graduate assistants, and serving on departmental and university committees. The successful candidate is able to thrive in an interdisciplinary arts environment with curiosity and collegiality, bring experience and a deep commitment to supporting the needs of a diverse student body, and show potential for academic leadership. The candidate is professionally active, with a significant record of achievement and the capacity to make meaningful contributions to their field. They have a broad understanding of art practice and theory as applied to a variety of disciplines in addition to painting, and, as befits the history of our Art & Design Department, welcome the opportunity to develop cross- and interdisciplinary curricula within a large, diverse, public research university. We strongly encourage applications from artists whose creative practice or research focuses on historically marginalized forms of knowledge or focuses on underrepresented groups, and who is able to effectively teach a diverse student body. Art & Design is committed to engendering and supporting inclusivity, difference, equity, and excellence in a vibrant pedagogical and artistic community situated in one of the country's most diverse research universities. Art & Design encourages applications from underrepresented groups in academia and the arts, including but not limited to artists of color, individuals of diverse gender identities and expressions, first generation college and higher education students, artists with disabilities, and those with nontraditional and exceptional pathways to teaching and the arts. Like the state of New Jersey, students in Art & Design and across the University vibrantly reflect this diversity of backgrounds and identities. The successful candidate will demonstrate the cultural and critical competencies to support and engage this rich multiplicity of artistic research and student life, and will have interests that align with a commitment to public education and the arts.
Position Status	Full Time
Posting Number	24FA1219
Posting Open Date	11/11/2024
Posting Close Date

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	MFA in Art or equivalent National and/or international profile as a practicing artist Minimum of three years experience in teaching Painting and related art practices at the university level Knowledge of contemporary art theory, criticism and art history
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Overview	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a nationally ranked leading public research university with an enrollment of more than 49,000 students on its New Brunswick flagship campus. The Mason Gross School of the Arts is dedicated to professional programs in the arts at graduate and undergraduate levels, and to fulfilling the liberal arts missions of its constituent departments: Art & Design, Dance, Filmmaking, Music and Theater, including Arts Online and Extension Divisions. Mason Gross provides the disciplinary focus and interdisciplinary opportunities of an art school as well as access to the rich intellectual resources of a major research institution. The school's core pillars are inclusive excellence, collaboration, and community. The NASAD-accredited Department of Art & Design seeks to cultivate a diverse community that values visual literacy, critical dialogue, experimentation and the skills necessary for sustaining a creative life that can extend well beyond the studio. The vision of the Department is to integrate the material, the digital, and the critical in creative practices that speak to the future of society, culture, and the environment. Central to this is engaging in interdisciplinary research and embarking on collaborations within Rutgers and beyond, leaving an imprint on the global arenas of contemporary art and design. The Department of Art & Design offers: BFA in Design, BA in Visual Arts; BFA in Visual Arts with concentrations in Media, Painting, Photography, Print, Drawing and Sculpture; MFA in Visual Arts; and MFA in Design. The Department's well-equipped studios, workshops, labs and galleries are located an hour from New York City. Rutgers is an affirmative-action equal-opportunity employer. Rutgers AAUP- AFT represents full-time faculty, graduate workers, postdoctoral associates, and EOF counselors.
Statement	Mason Gross School of the Arts is deeply committed to the pursuit of equity, diversity, inclusion, and access and especially encourages applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and other individuals who belong to groups that have been historically underrepresented or marginalized within higher education and the arts. Also see the Rutgers Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement.

Posting Details

Special Instructions to Applicants	Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications by January 10, 2025. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Questions regarding this search can be emailed to: painting.search@mgsa.rutgers.edu Applicants must submit the following: Resume/CV Cover letter Teaching Philosophy Contact info for three references 20 examples of professional work 20 examples of student work 3 course syllabi
Quick Link to Posting	https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/239698
Campus	Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus	Downtown New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
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