Category: opportunities

JOB: Asst Prof, Art History @ Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts | Art History  
Location: Lakewood, CO 
Salary: $60,000 – $65, 000  
Application Deadline: Open until filled, review of complete application will begin March 15, 2025 
 
https://www.rmcad.edu/get-to-know-us/careers/

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design invites applications for the position of full-time Assistant Professor of Art History. Responsibilities include a full teaching load conducted over 8-week terms and active participation in college service. The curriculum in art history serves RMCAD’s BFA degrees across a range of art and design programs. RMCAD has a comprehensive and strong curriculum in both the Foundations Department as well as the Liberal Arts Department. Other responsibilities include supporting the student-centered paradigm, curriculum revision and development, and working collaboratively across the college in support of the institution’s mission and values. 

RMCAD requires a minimum of 15 credit hours or five courses in Art History for every BFA degree program. Courses include: Art History I – Methods and Theories in Art History, Art History II – Global Prehistory-c.1300, Art History III: Global c.1300-c.1980, Seminar on Contemporary Art, Topics in the History Art, and major-specific Art History surveys.  

RMCAD is committed to promoting academic excellence through rigorous and engaged pedagogical practices. Through our own professional development, as academics and educators, the Liberal Arts department provides the necessary skills for artists to develop as professionals, engaged citizens, and actualized human beings prepared to flourish in a complex global world. Students in Liberal Arts engage in a variety of academic disciplines that emphasize the skills necessary for informed, meaningful, and effective writing and the capacity to think critically about their lives, their work, and the larger world. 

Required Qualifications:

  • Graduate Degree in Art History or in a related field.
  • University level teaching experience. 
  • Must reside in the greater Denver area or be willing to relocate.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • PhD in Art History or in a related field (ABD will be considered) 
  • University-level online/hybrid teaching experience. 
  • Museum and/or art education experience 
  • Evidence of exemplary student engagement and advanced pedagogical strategies
  • Evidence of ongoing scholarship in the field (publications, conference presentations, exhibitions, etc.) 
  • Leadership experience of evidence of high-level university service.

How to Apply: 

 Please submit the following documents in your application by March 15, 2025. The applicant may be asked to provide additional materials during the interview process. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

  • CV
  • Cover Letter
  • 3 professional references or letters of recommendation
  • A Diversity Statement 
  • Unofficial Transcripts

About RMCAD: 

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) is an innovative, rigorous, and community-oriented global learning environment that inspires passion for critical thinking and prepares learners to be forces of change in the creative industries, our communities, and the world. RMCAD was established in 1963 by Philip J. Steele, who had a vision to provide students with a quality higher education in art and design. RMCAD continues to experience growth since its comparatively modest beginnings and now thrives on a lush, historic campus including more than 23 acres of land and 16 buildings. 

In 2013, RMCAD celebrated its 50th anniversary as a diverse community of people inspired by creative possibilities in higher education. Today, we offer a rich and diverse selection of regionally accredited degrees at the BFA level. We are also pioneers in the online learning environment for art and design. RMCAD currently has over 1,000 students enrolled. 

RMCAD is dedicated to living its mission and values, specifically that “Our students come first.” The college continuously works with faculty and staff towards developing an evolving student-ready paradigm. RMCAD is dedicated to diversity and inclusion and maintains a policy of inclusiveness that recognizes values, and reflects the diversity of the community it serves. The college fosters a dynamic learning and working environment that encourages multiple perspectives and the free exchange of ideas. Diversity encompasses multiple dimensions, including but not limited to: race, culture, nationality, ethnicity, religion, ideas, beliefs, geographic origin, class, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, disability, and age. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design continually strives to build an inclusive and welcoming community of individuals with diverse vision, talents, and skills. We welcome people from a multitude of backgrounds who are committed to creativity, academic excellence, societal and cultural evolution and betterment, civility, mutual respect, social justice, and the free and open exchange of ideas. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design commits itself to these tenants of change, growth, and action, which embrace diversity as an integral part of the academic and professional community. 

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and is an accredited institutional member of National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). RMCAD’s degree offerings in Art + Design are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The on-campus and online Interior Design Program leading to the BFA is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). The Art Education Program leading to the BFA is approved by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) and the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). 

Our Benefits:

  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Basic Life & AD&D
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick
  • Paid Holidays (7 Most Observed, Birthday, & December Gift Holidays (determined by President annually)  
  • 401k employer match
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Other Voluntary Benefits Offered

JOB: Asst/Assoc Prof @ Appalachian State University

My department is seeking a new tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant or Associate level with a specialization in Art and Visual Culture from prehistory to 1400. Please see the job posting here, and get in touch with any questions:
https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/49548

Heather Waldroup, Search Chair

waldrouphl@appstate.edu

2025 Future Faculty Career Exploration Program at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT): Applications open through February 28, 2025

The Future Faculty Career Exploration Program at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a rigorous four-day program (Sept. 24-27, 2025) designed for individuals to experience a “behind the scenes” glimpse into life as a faculty member here at RIT. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with RIT’s diverse administration, faculty, and students while on campus. The program offers additional opportunities to enhance interview skills, practice job-talk presentations, and explore the research, teaching, and service expectations of RIT Faculty members.

Please go to: https://www.rit.edu/diversity/ffcep#highlights

The application deadline is February 28, 2025.

Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA) – Early-Career Research and Program Assistant

Please see the below links for an opportunity to work at the Clark (where there are several opportunities). 

The Early Career Research and Program Assistant position is designed for someone who has recently completed a Master’s degree and wants to step into a meaningful professional setting for a couple years before moving on to doctoral study.

https://theapplicantmanager.com/jobs?pos=L7290https://theapplicantmanager.com/jobs?pos=L7290

JOB: PostDoc, Reparative Art Histories @ University of Pittsburgh

The Department of the History of Art & Architecture (HAA) in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applications for a Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Associate position on “Reparative Art Histories.” We invite candidates who have completed or will complete a Ph.D. in the history of art, architecture, or visual culture to apply for this two-year appointment, running August 1, 2025, through July 30, 2027, that is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation on the theme of social justice and disciplinary knowledge. 

Review of applications begins March 1, 2025. More details about the position and the link to apply can be found here: https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.ftl?job=24009218

JOB: Prof., Architectural Design/Theory @ University of Chicago

Professor of Practice in the Arts (Associate or Full) – Architectural Design/Theory

Description
The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as Professor of Practice in the Arts (Associate or Full) in Architectural Design/Theory and related areas. The expected start date of the position is July 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate will teach four courses per year on the quarter system in areas related to their expertise, and they will pursue their own creative and scholarly agenda. The initial appointment is for five years, which is renewable upon successful review.
We seek to fill our PPA opening with a practicing architect who is committed to undergraduate education and can discuss the role of the built environment in society with colleagues across the university, particularly those involved with the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization, Chicago Studies, and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation.
This search is part of an initiative to continue to build the Department of Art History’s Architectural Studies program, which offers both scholarly and studio-style courses to undergraduates. The PPA will serve as the Architectural Studies Advisor, collaborating with the Coordinator of the Architectural Studies Program and other faculty and lecturers who specialize in architectural design, practice, and theory. Together, they will identify and implement best practices related to teaching and advising to shape the present and future of the program. The selected candidate is expected to maintain profiles both in university instruction and in architecture design and practice.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will be actively involved in architectural debates, practice, and theory; possess experience teaching at the university level; and the ability or potential to be an excellent teacher and mentor to undergraduate students. We especially seek candidates who are well positioned to shape the future of architectural studies within the greater context of the arts and humanities.
All requirements for receipt of an M.Arch or Ph.D. in architecture or a related field must be completed prior to the start of the appointment.

Application Instructions
Applicants must upload the following materials to the University of Chicago’s recruitment website at https://apply.interfolio.com/160767 by 10:59pm Central Time/11:59pm Eastern Time on January 26, 2025:

  • CV
  • Cover Letter
  • Research and Creative Statement
  • A sample portfolio (texts and/or images)
  • Contact information for three references who may be asked to write letters of recommendation

Candidates who advance will be asked to provide a teaching statement and other additional materials following the initial review of applications. Questions may be directed to arthistory@uchicago.edu.
The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University of Chicago and the Service Employees International Union. This position is contingent upon budgetary approval.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.
We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University’s Notice of Nondiscrimination.
Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-834-3988 or email equalopportunity@uchicago.edu with their request.

Call for Nominations: 2025 Charles C. Eldredge Prize

Call for Nominations: 2025 Charles C. Eldredge Prize
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Charles C. Eldredge Prize. The prize is awarded annually by the museum for outstanding scholarship in the field of American art. A cash award of $3,000 is made to the author of a recent book-length publication that provides new insight into works of art, the artists who made them, or aspects of history and theory that enrich our understanding of America’s artistic heritage. The Eldredge Prize seeks to recognize originality and thoroughness of research, excellence of writing, clarity of method, and significance for professional or public audiences. It is especially meant to honor those authors who deepen or focus debates in the field, or who broaden the discipline by reaching beyond traditional boundaries.
Single-author books devoted to any aspect of the visual arts of the United States and published in the three previous calendar years (2022, 2023, 2024) are eligible. To nominate a book, send a one-page letter explaining the work’s significance to the field of American art history and discussing the quality of the author’s scholarship and methodology. Nominations by authors or publishers for their own books will not be considered. The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2025. Please send to: Eldredge@si.edu. Further information about the prize may be found at americanart.si.edu/research/awards/eldredge.

JOB: Asst Prof, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

The UMBC Visual Arts Department seeks to recruit a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialty in art history and/or visual culture whose research and teaching interests encompass the modern and contemporary visual arts (20th and 21st centuries) of one or more of the following geographical areas: Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, or another academic field of artistic and cultural focus, historically marginalized by Eurocentric canons of art history. This position requires demonstration of a deep interest in and commitment to addressing diverse political, historical, social, and cultural perspectives on a global scale within the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Also of interest are applicants who demonstrate new and culturally diverse experimental methodological approaches and/or hold a specific interest in museum/curatorial studies as these relate to art structures and practices in a global modern and contemporary context.

Apply via Interfolio at:   https://apply.interfolio.com/158714

DAHS Job: Assistant Editor, Brown University Digital Publications

Brown University Library seeks to hire a creative, highly organized, and enthusiastic individual for the position of Assistant Editor, Brown University Digital Publications. Widely recognized as accessible, intentional, and inclusive, Brown University Digital Publications is helping to set the standards for the future of scholarship in the digital age. This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative, expanding program committed to integrating diversity, equity, and social justice into the practice and production of digital publications for both scholarly audiences and the wider public.

For full description and to apply:

https://brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-careers-brown/details/Assistant-Editor_REQ198485-1

JOB: Registrar, David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland

Position Number: 130060
Title: Program Manager
Functional Title: Art Registrar
Category Status: 35-Exempt Contingent Category 2
Applicant Search Category: Staff
University Authorized FTE: 1.000
Unit: ARHU-David C. Driskell Center

Campus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

Background Checks
Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify someone from employment. Prior to any adverse decision, finalists have an opportunity to provide information to the University regarding the background check.

The University reserves the right to rescind offers of employment or otherwise decline or terminate employment if the information reported by the background check is deemed incompatible with the position, regardless of when the background check is completed.

Offers are contingent on providing proof of employment eligibility in the United States no more than 3 days after the initial start date. If this proof is not provided within this timeframe, the offer may be rescinded or employment terminated.

Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
Serving as a member of the senior administrative team of the David C. Driskell Center, the Registrar supervises all aspects of registration activities pertaining to the permanent collections, loans, implementation of policies and procedures for acquisition, documentation, inventory, management, and disposition of the permanent collection and other objects in the Center’s custody. The Registrar also manages collections storage and will be the lead staff member on an upcoming migration to a new collections management database.

This is an in-person position. Telework may be available up to two (2) days per week, subject to approval.

Benefits Summary
Top Benefits and Perks: Exempt Benefits Summary

Minimum Qualifications:

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

EXPERIENCE: 3 years of relevant professional experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:
– Demonstrated knowledge of professional museum practices, including registration methods, safe object handling and art preservation, packing and shipping, storage of art, security measures, and object numbering techniques.
– Knowledge of and demonstrated skill in collection management databases, Microsoft Word and Excel, and Adobe Photoshop.
– Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.

Preferences:
-MA in Museum Studies or related field preferred.
– Experience in the field of Collections Management, including long-term department and museum planning, supervising staff, and writing and managing budgets.
– Experience with loans, both international and domestic, is a plus.
– Some knowledge in the areas of artwork and items in the Museum’s care is preferred.

Additional Information:
This is a grant-funded, term position for three years. Salary range is $58,656 – $70,000.

Candidates must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the USA. No visa sponsorship is offered for this position.

The University also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 22 Days Annual Leave; 15

Days Sick Leave; 3 Days Personal Leave; 15 Paid Holidays; Tuition Remission; Health, Dental, Vision and Prescription coverage.

This is an in-person position. Telework may be available up to two (2) days per week, subject to approval.

People who identify with historically marginalized groups based on gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality are especially encouraged to apply.
Job Risks: Not Applicable to This Position

Physical Demands:
Creating an object’s condition report may require prolonged standing and lifting of large/heavy art objects.

Posting Date: 10/31/2024
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled Yes
Best Consideration Date 12/06/2024

Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.