Visiting Associate Professor

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Type of Position:Faculty - Non-Tenure

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Job Type:Regular

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Institution Name: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation’s strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life.

As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

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Department:ARCH | Architecture

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https://fayjones.uark.edu

Summary of Job Duties:The University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announce a new two-year, non-tenure track, joint appointment position to serve as Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas and Curatorial Fellow, Architecture at Crystal Bridges. This shared position will help chart new intellectual and creative territory for the study, curating and teaching of American architecture and design through the lens of architecture at Crystal Bridges and the curricula and design activities at the University of Arkansas. This renewable term position, to be spent 55% time at the University of Arkansas and 45% time at Crystal Bridges, is a key link and collaborative facilitator in a growing partnership between the two institutions.
At the University of Arkansas
The Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture and Design will teach two courses per semester in their area of interest and expertise within a multidisciplinary context that includes undergraduate programs in the Department of Architecture, Department of Interior Design, and Department of Landscape Architecture or in the new interdisciplinary Master of Design program. Course offering could include design studios, professional elective, or seminars at any level of the undergraduate or graduate curricula.

The Fay Jones School’s emphasis on collaborative design education is aimed at preparing students to address contemporary challenges and issues of imperative value to the state, nation and world. The school has diverse resources available in the award- winning building and state-of-the-art fabrication facilities. The U of A Community Design Center, the U of A Resiliency Center, Garvan Woodland Gardens, and the Anthony Center for Design and Materials Innovation by the Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Grafton Architects, provide for a range of teaching and scholarship activities. The school has initiated a Master of Design Studies program with concentrations in Resiliency Design, Retail and Hospitality Design, and Integrated Wood Design. Additional concentrations in Preservation Design, and Wellness Design are in the approval stage.

At Crystal Bridges
The Curatorial Fellow, Architecture will evolve and expand the Crystal Bridges narrative of American architecture. At the museum, the Curatorial Fellow, Architecture will collaborate on broadening and diversifying the museum’s architecture collection and the stories that can be told about iconic American architecture as represented at Crystal Bridges and the University of Arkansas. Building upon these cornerstones, the Curatorial Fellow, Architecture must engage with new and innovative directions in contemporary architecture and design as well as with curatorial and pedagogical practice in an effort to advance diversity and inclusion, housing, and sustainability efforts in architecture, museums, and society at large.

The Curatorial Fellow, Architecture will be a key contributor to the Crystal Bridges curatorial team, fostering broad scholarly and public engagement with American architecture--past, present and future. The Curatorial Fellow, Architecture will help assess and develop Crystal Bridges’s strategic plan and vision for American architecture and for the teaching and practice of American architecture and design at FJAD, playing a critical role in strengthening the partnership between the museum and the university through mutually and collaboratively developed approaches to the study and interpretation of architecture and the built environment.

The Crystal Bridges campus comprises the museum buildings designed by Moshe Safdie; the museum store designed by Marlon Blackwell and the forthcoming Whole Health Institute designed by Blackwell; a structure by El Dorado Inc; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House (and archives); Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome; Ziggurat, a work by Marshall Brown; and now The Momentary, a former cheese factory adapted by Wheeler Kearns Architects. The legacies of Arkansas architects Fay Jones and Edward Durrell Stone at the University of Arkansas and in the region extend the architectural frameworks and contexts for the museum and university campuses. Assuming a range of curatorial responsibilities for this architecture collection as well as acquisitions and exhibitions, the Curatorial Fellow, Architecture will be charged with collaboratively exploring and experimenting with new ways for architecture to live within and without museum walls.
Opportunity and Access
The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and Crystal Bridges actively seek and invite underrepresented individuals to apply for this position.
Diversity and Inclusion at University of Arkansas and the Fay Jones School
The University of Arkansas envisions a world committed to inclusivity, where diversity, equity, access and civility are valued as a part of our culture, climate and everyday lives. We strive to make this vision a reality by reinforcing inclusive excellence in everything we say and do. We have a responsibility as engaged citizens to consistently incorporate behaviors and practices that support an inclusive environment on campus, in Arkansas and everywhere. For more information: https://diversity.uark.edu/

The faculty and staff of the Fay Jones School are committed to having faculty, staff, and a student body that reflects the diversity of the state and nation. We understand we can only fulfill our mission in education to the state and nation by working towards this goal. The Fay Jones School and Crystal Bridges are currently engaged in the short to long term planning and immediate implementation of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative, across multiple fronts. For more information: https://fayjones.uark.edu/about/diversity.php.

Diversity and Inclusion at Crystal Bridges
Crystal Bridges is committed to creating an institution that reflects the diversity of our region and nation. We are especially mindful of those in our community impacted by inequity due to ability, language, class, age, gender, religion, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and are working diligently to address perceived and real barriers that keep anyone from fully experiencing the museum as a guest, volunteer, or employee. To achieve true reform, we must have a diverse, highly qualified team. Crystal Bridges is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to creating a diverse environment. 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. We actively encourage minority candidates to apply. Please refer to the following websites for more information: https://crystalbridges.org/careers/

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Expertise in twentieth and twenty-first century American architecture
  
  
• Terminal degree in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture or closely related field from an accredited institution of higher education conferred by the start of employment
  
  
• Applied knowledge of professional museum principles, practices and procedures
  
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of research tools and methodology
  
  
• Demonstrated curatorial experience
  
  
• Demonstrated public engagement experience
  
  
• Demonstrated excellent writing and interpersonal communication skills to include public speaking
  
  
• Demonstrated success working collaboratively
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to communicate knowledge in a manner which is relevant to the general public
  
  
• Strong research and writing skills, and demonstrated ability to perform and oversee scholarly work in the field
  
  
• Demonstrated project management skills
  
  
• Experience meeting deadlines and handling multiple tasks simultaneously
  
  
• Proficiency with standard office equipment including computer and digital literacy--design software, word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, document sharing and video conferencing
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to interact respectfully, collegially, and professionally with all employees and volunteers at all levels of responsibility
  
  
• Ability and willingness to be a team player both within the departments, and throughout both organizations
  
  
• Ability to interact respectfully, collegially, and professionally with all employees and volunteers at all levels of responsibility
  
  
• Ability to maintain the highest ethics as they relate to all aspects of curatorial and teaching endeavor, and to understand and maintain the highest levels of confidentiality
  
  

Physical Demands and Work Environment at University of Arkansas and Crystal Bridges

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: The position requires verbal and written conversation with others. Vision abilities required by the job include close vision and color perception.
  
  
• Work Environment: Work will be performed in an office environment, school environment, museum spaces, outdoor forests and landscapes of varied terrain and in communities served. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Position requires some independent overnight travel for research, professional meetings, student field trips, couriering art works to venues nationally and internationally and other travel as necessary to fulfill responsibilities of the position.
  
  

Salary Information:

Commensurate with education and experience

Required Documents to Apply:

Cover Letter/Letter of Application, Curriculum Vitae, List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Other (see special instructions for details)

Optional Documents:

Proof of Veteran Status

Recruitment Contact Information:

University of Arkansas Human Resources ADMN 222 (479) 575-5351 hr@uark.edu

All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS

Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.

Additional Information:

About the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design includes accredited Departments of Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Science programs in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and an award-winning Community Design Center. A broad range of course offerings at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design equips graduates with the knowledge and critical agility required to meet the challenges of designing for a changing world; and provides students with critical frameworks for design thinking that also help them assume leadership roles in the profession and in their communities. A design-centered curriculum is led by internationally and nationally recognized faculty, with accomplishments in professional practice, design research, scholarship and publication, and public service and advocacy roles.

Fay Jones School students and faculty have excellent opportunities for teaching and research collaboration
. Established programs in Rome and Mexico City and a rigorous Honors program within the School complement all departments. Housed in a world-class building designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, the three departments promote and engage in interdisciplinary collaboration and shared resources including state-of-the-art fabrication labs, wood shop, and materials lab. Collaboration among disciplines is further encouraged through a growing variety of upper level interdisciplinary studios and seminars. As part of the growth of this interdisciplinary culture, the school currently is overseeing the design and construction of the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Material Innovation, a new 50,000SF building, designed by 2020 Pritzker Prize Winners Grafton Architects, which will include studios, seminar and conference rooms, faculty offices, and housing for visiting faculty. The new building will be a center of excellence for innovation in wood design and product development intended to expand the use of wood in architectural design, construction techniques, and product design. Additionally, the school is in the midst of designing and building the Whipple Family Forest Education Center at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas . The school’s namesake, internationally renowned architect and AIA Gold Medal recipient Fay Jones, designed multiple homes and sacred spaces in Arkansas including Thorncrown Chapel in nearby Eureka Springs, ranked the fourth best building by an American architect in the 20th century. For more information visit fayjones.uark.edu .

About the University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.

About Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

The mission of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is to welcome all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature. We explore the unfolding story of America by actively collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, and preserving outstanding American art. Crystal Bridges was founded in 2005 as a non-profit charitable organization by arts patron and chair of the museum’s board of directors, Alice Walton. Since opening to the public on 11-11-11, the museum has welcomed more than 5 million visitors and garnered 15,000 membership households. Some 280,000 school children have participated in the Willard and Pat Walker School Visit program, which provides educational experiences for school groups at no cost.

Crystal Bridges takes its name from a nearby natural spring and the bridge construction incorporated in the building, designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. A series of pavilions nestled around two spring-fed ponds house the galleries and amenities such as a restaurant, museum store designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, and a library featuring more than 50,000 volumes of art reference material. In addition to the museum’s architecture, a Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was preserved, acquired, and moved to the museum grounds in 2015, and a rare Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome was installed in 2017, both providing access to American architectural masterworks in a natural setting.

Sculpture and walking trails link the museum's 120-acre park to downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. A new entrance, elevator tower, and pedestrian bridge was added to the north side of the building in 2017, increasing access to the museum’s north lawn and newly enhanced North Forest Trail. More than 600,000 visitors a year utilize the museum’s five miles of walking trails.

Crystal Bridges’ permanent collection spans five centuries of American artworks from early American to the present, and is always free to view. Crystal Bridges is committed to telling broad and inclusive stories by acquiring and showcasing the highest quality works by artists underrepresented in art history and conventional museum frameworks. Works such as Asher B. Durand’s Kindred Spirits, Gilbert Stuart’s George Washington, and Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed are displayed alongside contemporary artists such as Kerry James Marshall, Maya Lin, Fritz Scholder, Jaune Quick-To-See-Smith, Felix Gonzales-Torres, and Amy Sherald, representing some of the finest achievements in American art. The collection continues to grow, while the museum also offers temporary exhibitions that complement the collection and can also reveal art’s connections to equality and justice.

Crystal Bridges provides year-round programming for all ages. In 2019, more than 800 public programs and events were offered, including lectures, performances, classes, and continuing education for K-12 teachers. Crystal Bridges stays connected online with the full collection available via eMuseum, an award-winning app, a podcast called Museum Way, all available for free, and many of the museum’s lectures such as the Distinguished Speaker Series are on Crystal Bridges’ YouTube channel. An online-learning initiative provides opportunities for students and teachers with arts-based courses, as well as SmartHistory with arts history videos and essays. Crystal Bridges also offers two research fellowship programs. The Tyson Scholars in American Art program encourages and supports full-time scholarship that seeks to expand boundaries and traditional categories of investigation into American art and visual culture. The Reese Teacher Fellowship provides for research into the development of interdisciplinary connections between American art and core curriculum subjects of language arts, history, social studies, and the sciences. In addition, Crystal Bridges administers the awarding of the Don Tyson Prize, an unprecedented award recognizing significant achievements in the field of American art. Additional information about Crystal Bridges is available online at CrystalBridges.org.

About Bentonville, Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas

The University’s historic hilltop campus overlooks one of the nation's top college towns and fastest-growing regions. With a popul ation nearing 100,00 0 and more than half a million regionally, Fayetteville has all the re source s and adv antage s of a larg e city, yet its unique quality of life sets it apar t. Hosting a myria d of events, from off-Broadwa y plays at the Walton Arts Center, to expansive award-winning farmer’s markets, Fayetteville continues to be ranked within the top ten of U.S. small cities by the Milken Institute for livability. Re cent ly, Fayette ville and its ne ighborin g towns were rank ed eighth out of ten of the best economically performing cities in the nation. Situated in a landscape of natural beauty, the region promotes sustainable, local living through its abundance of lakes, n ational rivers, spec t acula r bluff s, waterfalls, and more than 36 miles of bike and walking trails. Three Fortune 500 companies: Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport make the area their home creating an active business climate, providing investment in cultural programs, and support for the University community. A short drive from Fayetteville, the Northwest Arkansas airport has daily non-stop flights to many major US cities.

Quickly gaining recognition as a nationwide for its creative economy, Northwest Arkansas is home to the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary located 25 miles north of Fayetteville in Bentonville. Put on the map as the corporate headquarters for Walmart, this city of approximately 50,000 is now a major cultural and recreational destination, boasting visual, performing, and culinary arts, a vibrant small business retail and restaurant scene, and historic sites. Located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, Bentonville and surrounding communities comprise one of the top mountain biking destinations in North America with more than 140 miles of trails that can also be hiked. Bentonville, like Fayetteville, is easily accessible from most major cities by air and by car from Kansas City, Dallas, Oklahoma City, St. Louis and Little Rock .

Please visit www. acces s fayette ville.org and https://www.arkansas.com/bentonville for additional information.

Application

Completed applications received by
June 18, 2021 , will be assured full consideration . Later applications will be reviewed as necessary to fill the positions. Review of applications will commence upon receipt.

Please include the following:

Curriculum Vitae; Cover letter/letter of application (2-page maximum); Names, titles, and contact information for three references (include email, telephone, and nature of association); Portfolio of 20 pages is required for a candidate interested in teaching in design studios.

Application materials must be uploaded to the U of A’s employment system

at https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS R0003375

Do not send to listed recruitment contact or search committee chair.

Portfolios will be collected through uark.box.com. Once you complete your job application, you will receive an email in one to two business days with a link to upload your portfolio materials to uark.box.com. For questions or assistance with uploading your materials, or if you do not receive a link to upload your portfolio, please contact Human Resources at (479) 575-5351.

Note: Official transcripts will be required from finalists.

Search Committee Co-Chairs: Carl Matthews, Professor, Interior Design Department Head and Austen Barron Bailly, chief curator, Crystal Bridges

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statements The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The university welcomes applications without regard to race/color, sex, gender, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal or state law. Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Crystal Bridges is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to creating a diverse environment. 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. We actively encourage minority candidates to apply.

Pre-employment Screening Requirements:Criminal Background Check, Sex Offender Registry

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The University of Arkansas seeks to attract, develop and retain high quality faculty, staff and administrators that consistently display practices and behaviors to advance a culture and climate that embeds inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The university welcomes applications without regard to race/color, sex, gender, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal or state law.

Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Constant Physical Activity:Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding, Repetitive Motion, Talking

Frequent Physical Activity:N/A

Occasional Physical Activity:Walking

Benefits Eligible:Yes