Printmaking: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

(posted 8/6/24)

Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Printmaking. Both entry-level and experienced candidates are encouraged to apply. This is a full-time position beginning July 1, 2025. Please visit this web page ( https://www.hollins.edu/about-hollins/jobs/ ) to learn more about Hollins; its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; faculty development; the university’s students; and the Roanoke Valley.

Position and Qualifications

The Studio Art program at Hollins educates and empowers students in the creative process through a breadth of experience in multiple media areas and a depth of experience in the media of their choice. Art Department faculty are dedicated to teaching, creative work, and experiential learning that further the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

We aim to hire an artist-educator with a broad technical background in printmaking and a strong understanding of the role of print media within contemporary art and culture. The successful candidate will have demonstrated expertise in inclusive and equity-minded teaching and be committed to working in an undergraduate, student-centered, liberal arts educational environment. A preference will be given to artists whose creative work engages with race, class, gender, accessibility, social justice, and/or environmental activism.

An MFA in studio art (i.e., printmaking, drawing, visual studies, or a related field) or a terminal degree in a relevant field of study is required. Applicants with college level (or equivalent) teaching experience of drawing and printmaking are preferred. Additionally, candidates should have a robust artistic practice that demonstrates a commitment to the broad use and interpretation of contemporary printmaking and related disciplines. They are expected to maintain an active professional practice including exhibitions, publications, and speaking engagements, and they must also have experience running/maintaining a printshop. The department boasts a dedicated non-toxic printmaking studio, and the artist in this position would be responsible for maintaining the equipment and materials.

This position carries a teaching load equivalent of six courses per year, teaching all levels of printmaking and drawing including Drawing I, rotating through the studio art senior seminars, and contributing to Hollins’ general education curriculum. Concepts of equitable, inclusive, and accessible artmaking are built into all Art Department courses, and the successful candidate will continue to enhance and develop this DEI focus in the curriculum through course design and new course proposals. Additional duties include service to the department and university such as student mentorship and advising, supervision of undergraduate internships, and faculty governance.

The successful candidate for this position will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in Art History and in the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, all of which are housed in the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center. They will also help shape the future of the Studio Art program which offers a B.A. major and minor.

About Hollins

Hollins University is dedicated to academic excellence, creativity, belonging, and preparing students for lives of purpose. Hollins provides an outstanding and academically rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education for women and entrepreneurial and innovative graduate programs for all in a gender-inclusive environment. The university promotes opportunities for research, study abroad, and leadership training, and offers real-world experience through global internships supported by an extensive alumnae/i network.

Application Process

Screening of candidates will begin September 30, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.

To apply, please submit in a single PDF:

• Curriculum vitae
• Cover letter which includes a brief statement of teaching philosophy; a discussion about how you plan to incorporate inclusive teaching practices into your courses and syllabi; and a description of how you contribute to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through your teaching, research, and service

Applicants should also submit:

• An artist statement with link to their website
• 20 clearly labeled examples of personal work
• 10 clearly labeled examples of student work

Candidates advanced to the second stage of review will be invited to submit the following materials:

• Evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., syllabus for an introductory drawing class)
• Contact information for three references
• Unofficial copy of graduate school transcripts

Applicants should submit materials to artsearch@hollins.edu . The selected candidate will be asked to submit official transcripts to the Office of the Provost, and once they accept a contingent employment offer, a criminal history background check will be conducted. For questions about the position, please contact search committee chair Genevieve Hendricks ( hendricksrs@hollins.edu ).

An equal opportunity employer, Hollins fosters diversity and inclusiveness at every level of the university.  Persons of all genders, gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation; persons with disabilities; persons of all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; and first-generation college graduates are encouraged to apply.

Visit www.hollins.edu for more information.