Assistant or Associate Professor, Painting

Posting Details

Position Information

Title
Assistant or Associate Professor, Painting

Department
Painting

Division
Fine Arts

Employment Type
Full-Time

Critical Review Track (similar to tenure track)
Yes

Position Description

The Department of Painting in the Division of Fine Arts, at the Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD ), invites applications for full-time faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, to commence fall 2025. Rank will be dependent on professional status and teaching experience.

RISD recognizes principles of social equity, inclusion, and diversity as fundamental to its academic mission as an art and design school. We understand these principles to require ongoing attention to difference and expansion of the forms of knowledge from which our curricula originate. RISD is engaged in the collective work of institutional transformation and would value applicants whose pedagogical and professional experiences have prepared them to foster equitable teaching and learning environments. We encourage applicants whose teaching and professional work (creative practice and/or academic scholarship) centers on bodies of knowledge from historically underrepresented communities. We are eager to welcome applicants who can help advance the institution’s social equity, inclusion, and diversity goals and those from groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and long standing, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, veterans, people with disabilities, and first-generation college students.

The Painting Department seeks applicants demonstrating the potential to establish a significant track record of exhibitions and involvement in the field of contemporary visual art. Candidates must be capable of inspired criticism and dedicated teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates should have a broad understanding of art practice and theory as applicable to a variety of disciplines, in addition to painting. We especially welcome additional teaching experience and professional expertise in one or more of the following areas: installation, new technologies, video, printmaking, activist, or community engagement practices. Candidates whose creative practice and/or teaching centers on works and bodies of knowledge from historically underrepresented communities will be prioritized.

Required Qualifications

• Candidates are expected to hold an MFA or terminal degree in a related field. Candidates with a combination of Bachelor’s degree and substantial professional experience may also be considered.
• Evidence of at least two years post-graduate college teaching experience.
• A strong record of creative work and evidence of ongoing professional achievement.

Preferred Qualifications

RISD/ Department Description

Rhode Island School of Design ( RISD ) is an undergraduate and graduate college of art and design with approximately 2,500 graduate and undergraduate students. RISD has a critical review process, which is very similar to the tenure process. RISD supports faculty professional practice with sabbaticals, pre-critical review leave, conference funds, and professional development grants. For more information about RISD, please visit www.risd.edu .

The RISD Painting Department serves approximately 120 undergraduate painting majors and 20 graduate painting candidates. Painting at RISD prepares students to engage in an individual search for meaning and cultural representation through the development of strong visual skills, keen critical reasoning abilities, and an understanding of broad historical and social contexts.

Professors encourage both the freedom and discipline essential to this process by embracing a wide range of aesthetics and approaches, and offering flexible programs, making the department a place where ideas rooted in or challenging various traditions of painting are openly examined, exchanged, and refined.

Faculty Responsibilities

The full-time faculty teaching load is five teaching units a year. In addition to teaching, full-time faculty are expected to maintain a dynamic professional practice, serve on college committees, advise students, participate in curriculum development and other departmental and/or divisional activities and projects, and contribute to the vibrancy of the intellectual life of the college.

Union
Yes

Salary Information

For information about base pay for this position, please refer to Article XII “Salaries” (p. 19-22) in the Faculty Association Collective Bargaining Contract 2022-2025 . The contract indicates the minimum base salary for each rank.

Pre-employment Requirement

The successful candidate will be required to meet our pre-employment background screening requirements.

Special Instructions to Applicants

RISD Faculty Search Committees comprise colleagues from within and outside of the hiring Department.

Please attach the following to the appropriate links in the section labeled “Documents Needed to Apply”:

1.) Letter of intent that addresses the qualifications and responsibilities listed above
2.) Curriculum vitae
3.) A teaching philosophy that articulates your approach to inclusive pedagogy
4.) Syllabi for up to 3 courses previously taught, in one PDF
5.) Portfolio of recent professional work, 20 images maximum, captioned and with brief explanatory notes, in one PDF
6.) Examples of recent student work, 20 images maximum, captioned and with brief explanatory notes, in one PDF

Applications may not be edited once they are certified and submitted.

File size is limited to 10 MB per file.

Only materials that have been requested will be considered.

Names and contact information for three references are requested as part of the application process at the finalist stage.

Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. Candidates who submit their materials by December 1, 2024 are assured full consideration.

EEO Statement

RISD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
F00110P

Open Date

Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes
Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Documents Needed To Apply
Required Documents

1. Cover Letter
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Portfolio of Professional Work
4. Portfolio of Student Work
5. Teaching Philosophy
6. Sample Syllabi

Optional Documents