Job Description
Visual and Studio Arts - Printmaking Guest Faculty
Rank: Guest Faculty
Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track
Job Description
The Visual and Studio Arts program at Sarah Lawrence College announces a half-time Guest Faculty appointment for a one-year position in printmaking, with possible renewal for an additional two years, beginning Fall 2025. A Guest Faculty would teach one five hour studio class with a maximum of fifteen students per semester. In this five hour course, in addition to regular coursework, each of the fifteen students will work on an independent project (aka Conference Work) supervised by the instructor, a hallmark of the Sarah Lawrence educational system. Guest Faculty will also teach one two hour studio seminar per year. The Guest Faculty is required to spend two days on campus each semester.
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.
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 descriptions of three ideas for beginning and intermediate level courses. 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 printmaking at a liberal arts institution
- Portfolio PDF or online link containing ten to twenty examples of recent 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 QualificationsCandidates should have at least two years of teaching experience with undergraduates, and should be proficient in a variety of printmaking media including silkscreen, relief, artists books, intaglio and experimental printmaking, in an environment that practices newly developed nontoxic printmaking methodologies.
Further requirements include a strong exhibition record and ability to teach students who are liberal arts candidates and may have varying experience in art studio.
Further requirements include a strong exhibition record and ability to teach students who are liberal arts candidates and may have varying experience in art studio.
Preferred Qualifications
Posting Number: F00180P
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/2313
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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