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The Studio Art Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in Integrated Media Art. Appointment to this position will be for a term of 1 year [2 semesters], beginning fall 2024, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.

The Oberlin Studio Art department offers a creative platform for students who want intensive studio training combined with the intellectual rigor of a liberal arts curriculum. Oberlin artists are thinking artists, deeply engaged in their intellectual and creative pursuits. Our world-renowned faculty offer courses in painting, drawing, color theory, design, photography (wet and digital), sculpture, installation, performance, media arts (sound, video, interactive/networked art), performance, reproducible media (screenprint, lithography, intaglio, relief, monotype, digital), and all the hybrids in between. Drawing on their parallel liberal arts studies at Oberlin, our students produce work at the forefront of creative fields. Oberlin’s Studio Art curriculum is interdisciplinary in nature, and emphasizes ideas. Even skills-based courses use ideas as prompts, from the political histories of color to the concept of “nature” as it has been defined by landscape painting. Supporting our diverse mediums and the conceptual depth of our courses, our curriculum’s guiding structure is radically simple: physical dimensions. Our 2D courses focus on color, composition, design, and mediums on a flat plane; 3D courses emphasize tools and techniques to build in and re-envision in space; 4D courses address time-based media, and most digital mediums. By the time a student graduates from Oberlin’s Studio Art department—regardless of their primary medium—they will be fluent in visual languages across all (known) physical dimensions, preparing them to be critical thinkers and active participants in our 21st century visual world.

The incumbent will teach a total of five courses in the general area of integrated media art practice. This is a one-year sabbatical replacement position that is responsible for teaching within the 4D introductory and intermediate curriculum. The candidate should be able to teach an integrated range of electronic media-based art practices within the context of an interdisciplinary, conceptually based Studio Art Department. A combination of expertise in areas such as video, sound, net art, creative coding, digital imaging, interactive installation design, and/or utilizing digital media to intersect with social and public spheres is desirable.

Qualifications:

Among the qualifications required for appointment is a Master of Fine Arts degree in hand at time of appointment and expertise in a range of digital media practices. Applicants must show evidence and/or promise of a significant professional studio art practice and exhibition record. Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable. Oberlin College is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. The incumbent will bring understanding of or experience working with underrepresented and diverse academic populations. Oberlin is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the excellence and diversity of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service. Oberlin recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran’s status, and/or other protected status as required by applicable law.