Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing October 3rd 2024
Tagged: Art

ROLE TITLE: Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing

POSITION REPORTS TO: Art Department

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Summary of Position

Allegheny College, a selective national liberal arts institution, seeks applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing, starting in Fall 2025. The successful candidate will teach six courses per year, focusing primarily on painting, with a secondary teaching area in drawing. Additionally, the candidate will be required to teach a non-media-specific junior seminar course. All Allegheny faculty teach in the college-wide speaking and writing seminars and will contribute to the holistic advising model, which can involve first-year advising all the way through to senior project advising.

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Experience and Qualifications

An MFA is required by the time of appointment, and applicants should have demonstrated success with ideally one-to-two years of experience in teaching painting and drawing at the college level. The ideal candidate will also have an active record of exhibitions.

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THE HIRING PROCESS

Please send the following materials to employment@allegheny.edu, letter of application that describes your experience and area scholarship/creative activity, CV, a one page statement of teaching philosophy, a one-to-two-page personal statement discussing your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, a portfolio of original work submitted as one PDF, a portfolio of student work, if available, submitted as a separate PDF, and names and contact information for three references. The portfolios should contain 20 images of the candidate's own work and 20 images of student work (if available). Please include in the PDF descriptions (title, media, year, size) and any contextual information that may be useful to understanding your work. Applicants who advance to the next stage may be asked for graduate school transcripts. Applications are due by December 1st, 2024.

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ALLEGHENY COLLEGE

Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation's oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold. It is one of the few colleges in the United States with a unique requirement to choose both a major and minor for graduation, to provide students with a cross-disciplinary path in the sciences and humanities for educational depth and intellectual growth. Located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Allegheny College is one of 44 colleges featured in Loren Pope's "Colleges That Change Lives." In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country's 100 top national liberal arts colleges - and including in the top 25 Undergraduate Teaching, Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects, First-Year Experience, and Senior Capstone.

Allegheny's undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students' intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny's faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world. Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see Allegheny College Statement of Community).

Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. The College does not discriminate, and will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, creed, national/ethnic origin, ancestry, veterans, handicap or disability as those terms are defined under applicable law, or members of other underrepresented groups.

Allegheny College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Director of Human Resources

Visit the Allegheny College Web Site at www.allegheny.edu

Visit the Art Department webpage at Art Department

posted 10/03/2024