Job Posting: Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics

Position Announcement

Title:                                    Variable-time Visiting
Assistant Professor (Ceramics), School of Art and Design, SIU   Carbondale.
Rank:                                   Visiting Assistant
Professor (non-tenure track).
Start Date:            January 1, 2013.
This is a 4.5 month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on
performance and curricular need.
Qualifications:            MFA degree in
ceramics required at time of application. Applicants must demonstrate a strong
commitment to teaching. University teaching experience beyond graduate teaching
assistantship level is preferred. Applicants must have good communication and
organizational skills and have the ability to work closely and productively
with another faculty member as well as undergraduate and graduate students in a
successful BFA/MFA program. Knowledge and skill of traditional and contemporary
ceramic techniques and methodologies is required. Applicants must also be able
to teach courses in one or more of the School’s program areas in addition to teaching
ceramics, such as  2-D, 3-D
foundations, and or drawing.  Applicants
must have an ongoing program of creative activity that promises continued
professional achievement and recognition. 
Computer skills are desirable.
Duties                                      The
assignment will include teaching courses in ceramics at various levels and/or
teaching a course in another area within the School of Art and Design.  The assignment will include
coordination and maintenance of the ceramics studio, including ordering of shop
supplies and supervision of student workers and graduate assistants. This
position requires the faculty member to have a regular and accessible presence
in the ceramics studio.  A work
space will be provided. 
Application Deadline            November
15, 2012 or until filled.
Application
Procedure:           
Send letter of
application, resume, three current (within the past 12 months) letters of
recommendation, 20 slides of own work, 20 slides of students’ work, if
available, and official
transcript.  Further portfolio or
dossier material may be requested. 
Submit to:  Pattie Chalmers,
School of Art and Design, Mail Code 4301, 1100 S. Normal Ave., SIU Carbondale,
Carbondale, IL 62901.
The School:            The School offers a BFA degree with
specializations in Art Education, Industrial Design, Communication Design,
Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Metals/Blacksmithing;
a BA degree in Art with specializations in General Studio, Art
Education, and Art History, a BA in Design with specializations in General
Design and Industrial Design; an MFA degree with specializations in Painting,
Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Metals/Blacksmithing; and a
graduate certificate in Art History. 
The ceramics program at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale is part of the School of Art and Design. The
program has seven full time graduate students with individual studio spaces and
offers BFA and MFA degrees. Facilities include a soda kiln and wood firing
kiln.
Southern Illinois
University Carbondale has an enrollment of over 16,000 students and is a
Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive institution.  The School of Art and Design, which is housed in the College
of Liberal Arts, has 25 full-time faculty members, 450 undergraduate majors,
and 50 graduate students and is accredited by the National Association of
Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston,
VA  20190; (703) 437-0700.
SIU Carbondale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer that
strives to enhance its
ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to
serve a
diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and
will receive consideration.

movie day – TateShots: Grayson Perry studio visit

“Grayson Perry afforded us the rare opportunity of a visit to his studio
in Walthamstow, north-east London. Describing pottery as his gimmick,
Perry goes on to show us his process before explaining why he wants
people to be able to just enjoy art, rather than having to interpret it.”

call for entries Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined

March 3 – May 19, 2013

Deadline: January 9, 2013


Peaceable Kingdom invites artists to investigate our
storied and rich relationship with the animal world. The exhibition
will explore the ways in which animals have been a presence in the
visual arts as metaphors, totems, objects of fear, and sources of
emotional attachment and affection. The history of human and animal
interaction is filled with tales of love, unusual friendships,
failed domestication, and fearsome predators. From Kipling’s
ferocious Shere Khan to the early imperial menageries, human fascination

with the animal kingdom has run the gamut from emotional connection,
to economic exploitation, and even scientific curiosity. Throughout
all of these interactions, however, the sense of wonder we feel when
we encounter animal life has been an enduring theme that has
informed their continual and abiding presence in the visual arts. Peaceable Kingdom
encourages artists to meditate on
these complex and diverse relationships, addressing such issues as
antagonism, admiration, attachment, and even the politically
charged issue of animal rights.

jurors

Stephanie Cannizzo, Assistant Curator, Berkeley Art Museum

Ms. Cannizzo has organized numerous BAM/PFA exhibitions including Andy Warhol: Polaroids/MATRIX 240 (co-curated with
Fabian Leyva-Barragan in 2012); Ari Marcopoulos: Within Arms Reach (2009–10); Yoko Ono: Grapefruit (2007); and
Black Panthers 1968: Photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones (2003). She overseas the museum’s Conceptual Art Study
Center, making accessible the museum’s conceptual art archives to artists, writers, scholars, and the public.

Cathy Kimball, Executive Director and Chief Curator, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

During her tenure at the ICA, Cathy Kimball has implemented a number
of new programs including an annual NextNew presentation, focusing
on emerging Bay Area artists, as well as the ICA’s Night Moves
program, which includes multi-media installations in the front window.
She has curated several dozen exhibitions at the ICA, and has
authored numerous exhibition catalogues. Ms. Kimball came to the ICA
from the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA) where she served as curator
for four years.

awards

$5,000 in cash awards, plus prizes to be selected by jurors.

Bedford Gallery would like to recognize Diablo Regional Arts
Association, the Bedford Gallery Guild, and the Bedford Gallery Docent
Council
for their generous contributions to this exhibition.

entry information

Printable version of entry information and guidelines (PDF)

Find the full details here: http://www.bedfordgallery.org/artopportunities/juried.shtml