Art and Art History Lecturer Pool - Pictorial Art

Overview

The Department of Art and Art History, established in 1911, offers BA, BFA, MA, and MFA degrees and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The department provides award-winning faculty, a strong technical and administrative staff, and facilities for creating, exhibiting, and researching art across media. It emphasizes fostering creative and critical thinking and opportunities to innovate across different media in a friendly and supportive community.

The Department of Art and Art History at San José State University is seeking part-time Pictorial faculty to run rigorous skill-based courses, encourage critical thinking, and support iterative concept development for various levels of course offerings. The appointee will teach a broad range of courses in the Pictorial Art area, including but not limited to:

• Two-Dimensional Design, Color, Beginning and Representational Drawing, Expressive and Advanced Drawing, Beginning through Advanced Painting, and possibly Life Drawing and Figure Painting, as well as some aspects of printmaking.
• Familiarity with digital processes is desirable.
• May share curriculum development and graduate and undergraduate student review responsibilities in addition to regular teaching assignments.
• Show awareness and experience in meeting the needs of a diverse student population through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies, and advisement.
• Organize all classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
• Offer all classes as scheduled throughout the semester or term in the mode listed (asynchronous, synchronous, bi-chronous, in-person, or hybrid).

• Terminal Degree (MFA).
• Two years of university-level teaching experience in 2-D fundamentals, drawing, painting, or printmaking.
• A pictorial arts background with the ability to teach a wide variety of two-dimensional courses, including dry and wet drawing mediums and oil and watercolor painting.
• Demonstrated ability to teach all levels of 2-D classes with strong visual, analytical, and communication skills.
• Understanding of perceptually based drawing and painting, concerns of process-oriented abstraction, painting and drawing in the expanded field, and familiarity with digital pictorial processes.
• Aware of and sensitive to the educational goals of a multicultural population, as gained through cross-cultural study, training, teaching, or related experience.

• University-level teaching experience with two years of painting and drawing and/or printmaking at the university level.

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. Anticipated salary ranges are listed as follows: L-A Range 2 - $5,507 to $5,959; L-B Range 3 - $6,221 to $7,481; L-C Range 4 - $6,825 to $9,431; L-D Range 5 - $8,593 to $10,347. Range salaries above are the anticipated monthly salary rate for full-time AY faculty; part-time rates are prorated.

There are 6 monthly payments per semester. See the Faculty Salary Schedule for more information.

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:

• Letter of application indicating courses of interest and a description of relevant experience
• Curriculum Vitae
• Statement of teaching interests/philosophy
• Contact information for three references
• Images representing 20 examples of the candidate’s original work (or URL of portfolio site)
• Images representing 20 examples of student work

SJSU accepts applications on an ongoing basis for our pool of temporary lecturers.

Faculty employees must complete CSU-required training as assigned based on their role (e.g., preventing discrimination and harassment, gender equity and Title IX, health and safety). The position may be designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) for Clery Act reporting. CSA designation requires reporting Clery incidents and completing Clery Act training as determined by the University Clery Director. Questions regarding CSA designation and training can be directed to the Clery Director at clerycompliance.

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