Visual Art and Art History, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design
The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) at York University, Toronto, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the area of The Expanded Image in the Department of Visual Art and Art History. This position, subject to budgetary approval, will commence July 1, 2017.
One of North America's leading schools for the arts, AMPD offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Dance, Design, Computational Arts, Cinema and Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, Art History, Media Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies. With its unique interdisciplinary approach that bridges studio production, art history and curatorial practice, AMPD's Department of Visual Art and Art History prepares students to become critically informed practitioners, scholars and teachers of the visual arts who will make new and significant contributions in Canada and internationally. AMPD is committed to building, maintaining and sustaining a faculty complement of high quality scholars and practitioners in visual arts, through fostering research innovation and world class facilities.
The successful candidate will have an innovative approach to teaching studio arts with an emphasis on the evolving role of drawing, image making and representation in contemporary society. The Expanded Image addresses the shifting and contested method of 2D representation, including, but not limited to, digital techniques and processes, traditional and evolving animation, drawing installation, the selfie, street art practices and all other forms of non-traditional mark making. This position will further expand curriculum that has a digital presence and that addresses contemporary concerns of representation through socially engaged processes. A key element of this position will be a commitment to the expansion of pedagogy through the development of blended and technology-enhanced courses.
The successful candidate will have a PhD or PhD equivalent (minimum of MFA and a substantial professional record of creative activity) in Studio Arts. Evidence of excellence in teaching, or the potential for excellence in teaching, at a post-secondary institution is required. The successful candidate's research must have a focus on drawing and an emphasis on non-traditional drawing practices involving other media, process-based experimentation and digital techniques. The successful candidate must have an outstanding research profile that includes an active exhibition record, experience working with undergraduate and graduate students and be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The candidate is expected to provide leadership by fostering collaborative research, securing external funding, making links across art, design and digital media, supervising graduate students, and generating national and international academic, community and industry partnerships.
York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or by calling the AA office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.
Applicants should submit a detailed curriculum vitae, statement of contribution to research, a teaching philosophy, documentation of teaching excellence, links to scholarly and/or creative work, and three signed letters of reference electronically. Applications and letters of reference should be sent electronically, by December 9, 2016, to Jim Fenton, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON, M3J 1P3, Email: jfenton@yorku.ca, Tel: +1 416 736-2100 x 20033.
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