Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, 73 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623

-ANTICIPATED POSITION-BRIEF POSTING DESCRIPTION:Instructional Faculty/Assistant Professor 34267 Ceramics, School for American Crafts
Job Category: Faculty, Tenure Track
Starting Date: Late August 2010 This position is subject to available funding.
The School for American Crafts is seeking individuals who are committed to contributing to RIT’s core values, honor code, and statement of diversity. Primary responsibility will be to teach courses in the BFA and MFA Ceramics Degree Program. Full-time faculty teach courses during three quarters (fall, winter, spring ); provide service to the School for American Crafts, RIT and the community; and engage in scholarship/creative activity in the Ceramics field.
Other responsibilities include supervision and management of studio facilities, advising students, and implementing curriculum.

The Ceramics department offers students comprehensive instruction from the faculty. We educate students towards aesthetic self-reliance and technical proficiency. Our goal is for students to realize their own potential and become leading professionals in the Ceramics Field. The Ceramics studio supports a wide range of personal investigations relevant to contemporary crafts. We provide and encourage an active dialogue between current issues in art and art history. Intellectual discourse, aesthetics and craftsmanship are emphasized and thrive harmoniously.

Rochester, located in Monroe County, is the 79th largest city in the United States and the third largest city in New York State. Five additional counties are included in the Greater Rochester Region: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne. A little more than one million people inhabit the Greater Rochester region.

QUALIFICATIONS:REQUIRED: Applicant must hold a MFA degree in Ceramics. Have an extensive exhibition record with a portfolio that indicates a signature body of work. Provide evidence of strong teaching skills. Candidates must possess technical mastery in most all ceramic materials and processes, such as throwing, hand building, slip casting, clay and glaze chemistry, and kiln building and firing. Be able to teach utilitarian and sculptural Ceramics with a broadminded acceptance of a wide spectrum of interests and approaches in the field.

PREFERRED: A thorough knowledge of all aspects of contemporary and historical Ceramics Art History within the larger context of Art History and the broader field of Contemporary Art.

You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at the School for American Crafts by phone at 585/475-6114, or by email at [email protected].

Application deadline: Screening of applicants will begin February 1, 2010 and continue until the position is filled. This position is subject to available funding.

Send letter of application, current vitae, three letters of recommendation (with current phone numbers), an artist’s statement, a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, 20 digital images of personal work (digital image files should be 72ppi, jpg format, no larger than 1.2MB.), and 20 digital images of student work to:

Don Arday, Acting Chair
School for American Crafts
Ceramics Search
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Imaging Arts and Sciences
73 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623