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Visual and Performing Arts, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences

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Who We Are

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a premier educational institution that prides itself on academic excellence, research, and community engagement and is actively seeking a Assistant Professor in Visual Arts to join our team! UCCS offers a diverse and inclusive learning environment that fosters innovation, growth, and the holistic development of its students. The work location for this position may be hybrid: candidates may be asked to teach in-person or online, if applicable. This position is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime provisions.

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Salary/Pay Range: $62,000 - $64,000. Compensation will be commensurate upon experience and qualifications.

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Summary

The Visual & Performing Arts Department (VAPA) at the University of Colorado

Colorado Springs (UCCS) invites applications for a tenure-track position of

Assistant Professor of Painting and Emerging Media to begin Fall 2025. VAPA seeks a dynamic artist-scholar-teacher whose practice is centered in both painting and hybrid tactics that bridge traditional processes with emerging digital technologies.

The successful candidate will teach courses across the Visual Art program, including but not limited to lower- and upper- division classes in painting and digital media as well as foundational courses in 2-D foundations, drawing, and digital art. In addition, the individual will have opportunities to develop innovative courses in the Visual Art area and VAPA Interdisciplinary Core Curriculum that reflect their creative and scholarly interests.

The Visual Art Program at UCCS emphasizes contemporary art practice (cross-media creative exploration) and exists within the larger interdisciplinary orientation of the department (art history and visual culture, music, theatre/dance, and museum studies). The successful candidate will join a faculty that spans the arts in a curriculum enriched by engaged scholarship, diversity, experiential learning, and methodological innovation.

We are interested in candidates who:

• Have a strong on-going artistic practice centered in painting and emerging media.

• Have a strong foundational understanding of traditional and contemporary painting techniques, materials, processes, and theory.

• Possess thorough knowledge of digital design software and tools.

• Employ hybrid tactics bridging traditional and digital media.

• Maintain an innovative research practice that challenges the edges of our discipline.

• Critically engages with emerging technologies with an awareness of the history and relevant theoretical concerns for new media.

• Have a growing national and/or international exhibition record.

• Have successfully engaged and supported a diverse range of students at the college/university level.

• Are excited about working collaboratively across the arts.

• Are engaged in evolving pedagogical and research practices that thoughtfully respond to and serve the diverse and changing artistic landscape of the 21st century.

Essential Functions

The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Teaching five studio art courses a year in our painting, drawing, digital art, and foundations curriculum

• Actively participating in service at the departmental, college, university, CU system, and community levels

• Maintaining a rigorous creative and/or scholarly practice at the regional, national, and/or international level

Qualifications

* MFA in Painting or a closely related, cross-disciplinary visual art practice.

* Two years of teaching experience at the college level.

Tentative Search Timeline

• Priority will be given to applications submitted by January 6, 2025.
• Potential first-round interview dates: Starting the week of February 3, 2025.
• Potential finalist interview dates: Starting the week of March 3, 2025.
• Potential start date: August 19, 2025.

UCCS is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, UCCS does not discriminate based on sex in our employment or compensation practices.

UCCS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify our office at hrhelp@uccs.edu.

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