A nice teaching opportunity that may be of interest for some of you to spread the textile vibe?
The
Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University seeks to
make an appointment of a new emerging practices/designer working at the
intersection of contemporary art and design at the tenure track level of
Assistant Professor. Prospective candidates might create works of
art/design in areas such as social structures, community collaborations,
interventionist strategies, architecture, interaction design, future
technologies, relational aesthetics, environmental remediation,
alternative economies, or other emerging areas of contemporary art and
design practice.
Candidates should hold an MFA degree, and also
should have exceptional credentials as an artist, designer and
experience as a teacher at a college level, demonstrating an extensive
familiarity with contemporary emerging media in art and design. The
successful candidate will have a distinguished body of work and an
accomplished public interaction/exhibition record. He or she will have a
genuine commitment to teaching design at both the graduate and
undergraduate level and will have a global perspective on the role of
design and contemporary art. He or she will be prepared to build a
curriculum that will reflect that perspective.
The successful
candidate will be expected to participate fully in Stanford's art
practice program, working with both undergraduate and graduate students,
and to provide leadership as the Department of Art & Art History's
representative in the Stanford Joint Program in Design, a collaborative
graduate program with Stanford's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Application deadline: October 15, 2012.
Please send a letter of introduction and curriculum vitae to Chair,
Emerging Practices Design Search Committee, Department of Art & Art
History, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2018. No electronic
submissions will be accepted. For further information, please click Apply Online below.
Stanford
University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to
increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of and
applications from women and members of minority groups, as well as
others who would bring additional dimensions to the university's
research and teaching missions.
Source: www.jobs.ac.uk
