Visual and Studio Arts - Sculpture Guest Faculty

Visual and Studio Arts - Sculpture Guest Faculty

Rank: Guest Faculty

Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track

Job Description

The Visual and Studio Arts program at Sarah Lawrence College announces a one year, half-time, guest appointment in Sculpture beginning Fall 2025. Candidates should show enthusiasm for teaching sculpture to a broad range of students with varying degrees of experience as part of a liberal arts curriculum. This faculty member will be on campus 2 days per week teaching one 5-credit studio course each semester with a maximum of fifteen students and one 2-credit “concept class” during the fall semester. The courses will take place on Mondays and Thursdays. This faculty member will propose courses within the field of Sculpture and should incorporate usage of the Sculpture facilities such as the wood shop, metal shop, plaster studio, and kilns.

In addition to regular coursework, students enrolled in the 5-credit course will complete a significant independent project referred to as a ‘Conference Project’, a hallmark of Sarah Lawrence’s educational system. Candidates should have the ability to teach sculpture students of all levels with an interdisciplinary approach.

The committee welcomes artists with a strong foundation in traditional sculpture practices such as ceramics, metals, woodworking, and plaster. The successful candidate will be passionate, inventive, rigorous, and experimental in their approach.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Compensation listed for this position is for a half-time guest faculty position and will be contingent on teaching experience.

Your application should include:

• Cover Letter In your cover letter, please provide descriptions of three ideas for a Sculpture class. In addition, address ways in which you encourage students to critically engage with issues of socially constructed identities, marginalization, privilege, power, and inclusion.

• CV

• Teaching Philosophy Statement, specifically related to teaching Sculpture in a liberal arts environment

• Portfolio PDF or online link containing ten examples of your recent work and ten examples of student work

• References Names and contact information for three references. Letters of reference are not required at this time

Review of applications will begin on March 13. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. 

Required Qualifications

Requirements include a strong exhibition record and at least one year of experience teaching at the undergraduate level. In your materials, please address ways in which you encourage students to critically engage with issues of socially constructed identities, marginalization, privilege, power, and inclusion.

Posting Number: F00181P

Open Until Filled: Yes

Salary: $21,000 to $28,000

Special Instructions to Applicants

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Sarah Lawrence College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has as one of its goals the recruitment and retention of a racially and culturally diverse administration, staff and faculty. To that end, every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals.

The college is located in southern Westchester County, 25 minutes by train from midtown Manhattan, NYC . For further information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our website at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.

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