• Address: Chicago, IL 60606 (map)
• Date Posted: 10/21/09
• Job Type: Full-time

Institution Columbia College
Position Title Tenure Track Faculty in Book Arts/Artists' Books
Job Location Chicago, IL
Description

Tenure Track Faculty in Book Arts/Artists' Books

Department of Interdisciplinary Arts


Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution of over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students emphasizing arts, media, and communications in a liberal arts setting. The Interdisciplinary Arts Department, a graduate-only department that offers three degrees: an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, an MFA in Book and Paper Arts, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media, invites applications for a tenure-track graduate faculty appointment in Book Arts/Artists' Books.

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The Interdisciplinary Master of Fine Arts in Book and Paper enables students to participate in the contemporary art world by encouraging them to consider book and paper as a site for interdisciplinary practice. With access to some of the finest bindery, papermaking, and printing equipment and facilities in the country, students pursue their course work in collaboration with media, performance, and installation.


Responsibilities include teaching three classes each semester including book arts related subjects, studio classes such as artists' books, bookbinding, or printing, as well classes with a critical or historical focus, contributing to curriculum development, performing graduate student advising, overseeing a book binding studio, and working collaboratively and consultatively with the staff of the Center for Book and Paper Arts.

Qualifications include a terminal degree and/or a distinguished record of professional achievement, a strong exhibition record with national exposure, experience with curriculum development, a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, experience teaching graduate students, and a track record of thinking and working broadly within the book arts.



Columbia College Chicago encourages qualified female, LGBTQ, disabled, international, and minority classified individuals to apply for all positions. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. The position is contingent on funding. Application deadline: January 15, 2010.


No phone calls or hard-copy materials please. For consideration, please email a cover letter, CV, artist's statement, list of courses taught, a link to up to 20 digital images of personal artwork, and the names of three references to:


InterArts565@colum.edu

www.colum.edu