Job Description
Visual and Studio Arts - Painting Guest Faculty
Rank: Guest Faculty
Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track
Job Description
The Visual and Studio Arts program at Sarah Lawrence College announces a one year, half-time, guest appointment with possible renewal for an additional two years in Painting, beginning Fall 2025. This guest faculty will teach one 5-credit studio course each semester with a maximum of fifteen students, and one 2-credit “concept class” during the fall semester. The two credit course should be addressing Artistic Research (a class on how an artist collects information towards their work and prepares for larger projects through research; how to think/work through an artistic block by searching for personal areas of interest; how to generate ideas) or Drawing The Body, Drawing the Head (a class that focuses on close looking, drawing from observation, proportions, anatomy. Students are interested in incorporating the human figure/head into their paintings/drawings and need this knowledge.)
The courses will take place on Mondays and Thursdays.
In addition to regular coursework, students enrolled in the 5-credit course will complete a significant independent project referred to as a ‘Conference Project’, a hallmark of Sarah Lawrence’s educational system. Candidates should have at least three years of teaching experience with undergraduates and should be able to teach both beginning and intermediate painting classes in oil and acrylic through a broad range of approaches, from observational to conceptual. Students are liberal arts candidates and may have varying degrees of studio experience.
The committee welcomes artists who are passionate, inventive, and rigorous in the field of Painting.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Compensation listed for this position is for a half-time guest faculty position and will be contingent on teaching experience.
Your application should include:
- Cover letter – In your cover letter, please provide three ideas for an intermediate painting class, along with a brief description of each idea. In addition, address ways in which you encourage students to critically engage with issues of socially constructed identities, marginalization, privilege, power, and inclusion.
- CV
- Teaching philosophy specifically related to teaching painting
- PDF portfolio or online link pr pdf portfolio containing ten examples of your recent work and ten examples of student work.
- References – Additionally, include the names and contact information for three references. Letters of reference are not required at this time.
Review of applications will begin on March 13. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Required QualificationsRequirements include that the candidate is an active practicing artist with a strong exhibition record.
Preferred Qualifications
Posting Number: F00178P
Open Date:
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Salary: $21,000 - $28,000
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2314
Sarah Lawrence College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has as one of its goals the recruitment and retention of a racially and culturally diverse administration, staff and faculty. To that end, every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals.
The college is located in southern Westchester County, 25 minutes by train from midtown Manhattan, NYC. For further information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our website at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.
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Sarah Lawrence College is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive learning, working, and living community. This requires students, faculty, administration, and staff who reflect the diversity of our society; that people from different backgrounds and with different views be prepared to treat one another with mutual respect and honest curiosity so that they can engage and learn from one another; and that diversity infuse all aspects of the life and mission of the College. These conditions enable a genuine liberal arts education, in which the presence of people with different experiences and ideas, engaged in critical dialogue, overcomes ignorance and builds trust and knowledge.
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