OPEN CALL: Seeking Assistant Professor of Art in Experimental Video & Moving Image

The Department of Art at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts seeks an Assistant Professor of Experimental Video & Moving Image with a video production emphasis. The Department of Art offers both the Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) and the Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA). The starting date for the position is July 1, 2024 with teaching responsibilities commencing in late September 2024. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on University of California pay scales.

Faculty positions at the University of California entail teaching, research and service responsibilities. The Department of Art seeks an artist with a strong record of producing and exhibiting moving image at the forefront of contemporary art, who possesses a deep knowledge of both historical precedent and the contemporary expanded field, challenging the limits of existing conventions while embracing both unorthodox and traditional methods of production. We seek a colleague with a conceptually-driven art practice and an expanded approach to media which might include, but is not limited to, interdisciplinary research, unconventional constructions, performance, installation, evolving materials and technologies, material culture investigations, or public practice.

The successful candidate must demonstrate ability and strong interest in teaching digital filmmaking and experimental video/installation at all undergraduate levels, contribute to a diverse range of approaches in developing the expanding studio and video curriculum, as well as teach lecture courses to a general undergraduate population. UCI serves a diverse student body, and the successful candidate will bring pedagogical approaches to foster an inclusive space for experimentation. In addition, the new faculty member should possess the versatility to teach interdisciplinary graduate critique and seminar theory courses. The Department is particularly interested in candidates whose research intersects with contemporary art theory such as, African American or African diaspora studies, Latinx studies, Asian American or Asian diaspora studies, Native American Studies, feminism and gender studies, postcolonial critique and decolonization, queer theory or performance theory. Service responsibilities of the position include participation in the mentorship of graduate students, and sharing in departmental and university administrative duties such as program planning and committee participation.

The Department of Art is a growing department of 21 full-time faculty. A heterogeneous group of artists and scholars, the department values diversity, rigor, inquiry, and experimentation. The department’s research and instruction address art in a multitude of cultural contexts from galleries and museums to cultural arenas beyond the conventional art world. Areas of interest in the department include, but are not limited to, the legacies of modern and post-modern art discourses, studio and extended genres, gender and queer theory, politics of race, media and new technologies, museum and curatorial studies, social and public practice.

Basic qualifications (required at time of application): MFA or equivalent training; a record of significant research (exhibitions, commissions, etc), and experience teaching at the post-secondary level.

Application requirements: Curriculum Vitae; Cover Letter; Statement of Art Practice; Teaching Statement; Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement; Sexual Misconduct, Harassment and Discrimination Declaration Form; and Portfolio.

Reference requirements: We will require contact information for references only for shortlisted applicants.

Application deadline:  March 15, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.