Department of Visual Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
The Department of Visual Arts invites applications for a full-time tenure track position in Interactive Digital Media and Time Based Art at the Assistant Professor level to commence July 1, 2009. All positions at York University are subject to budgetary approval.
The Visual Arts Department of York University is one of the leaders in art history and art practice in Canada. Recent renovations of undergraduate studio spaces, expansion of the MFA studios, and a visual art study centre are contributing to the growth of the department. The department is committed to teaching critical issues in art and art history, and to the ongoing development of programs in all studies and studio areas.
Applicants for this position must demonstrate expertise in interactive digital media, using installation, video, audio, mobile and online technologies. The position involves undergraduate teaching, graduate teaching and supervision, and research. The successful candidate must be suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The incumbent will assume a key role in the cross-faculty digital media research hub at York (www.digitalmedia.yorku.ca). We encourage applicants who create new forms of digital media art that address audiences across the internet, through digital broadcasting, and in live performance. The successful candidate will be a leader who is able to integrate evolving digital technologies with both contemporary fine art theory and practice, and the social and political aspects of technology in the contemporary media saturated world.
Requirements: MFA in digital media, with three years of post-secondary teaching; practicing professional artist with an active exhibition record; strong commitment to graduate supervision, administrative duties and responsibilities, including departmental, faculty and university committees. Candidates should show excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and in scholarly/creative research and/or publication.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications.
York University is a leader in interdisciplinary social science research and outreach efforts that enable partnerships between researchers and policy makers. This appointment will build upon and expand the University’s strengths and prominence in the areas of Arts, Media and Technology. In addition to this appointment, appointments will be made in the Faculty of Science and Engineering in the area of Digital Media and Computer Graphics, and in the Osgoode Hall Law School in the area of Intellectual Property, Law and Technology. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in this growing cluster of researchers with complementary strengths across the University who are engaged in collaborative and interdisciplinary work in this area.
York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.
A letter of application with current, detailed curriculum vitae, appropriate documentation of current work (DVD, website, digital photography, etc.), statements of creative research interests and teaching philosophy, one or two recent publications/catalogues, the names, emails and addresses of three referees, course outlines and teaching evaluations should be sent to:
Rose Le Coche, Secretary, Tenure Stream Search Committee
Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Room 267, GCFA
York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Fax: 416 736 5875. E-mail: rlecoche@yorku.ca
Deadline for receipt of completed applications is October 31, 2008.
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