Visual Arts - Assistant Professor (Painting/Drawing, 2D, 3D, Print/Photo/Digital Media)

Application deadline: February 13, 2025

Job Number: J1224-0068
Status: Permanent
Open Positions: 1
Salary Scale: Faculty Scale
Hours/Week: 35
Salary: $70,437.00 - $112,872.00

Job Summary
The School of Creative Arts is seeking an Assistant Professor with a focus on interdisciplinarity and demonstrated expertise in at least two studio streams across painting and drawing, 2D, 3D, print, photo, and digital media. A demonstrated commitment to hybridity, specifically the ability to connect curriculum in foundations to other areas of Visual Arts and Creative Arts curriculum, practices, and events, is required. The successful candidate must be able to design and teach foundational courses that provide technical, formal, and theoretical contexts aligned with the School’s expansive vision of contemporary art practices. The ability to teach both traditional and emerging processes, concepts, techniques, and technical skills—including tool usage, construction, a broad range of materials, and critique—as well as applying creative praxis as a teaching methodology is essential. Candidates must also be able to teach at least one area of Visual Arts across all program levels, including mentoring 400-level students in directed studies projects. 

Successful experience, interest, and demonstrated ability to teach online courses is strongly preferred. Additionally, the ability to teach one or more of the following courses is an asset: professional practices, senior studio or seminar, or public art and socially-engaged arts practice. Evidence of active engagement with curatorial studies, installation art practices, environmental arts practices, or site-specific work is also an asset.

The ability to mentor students, participate in critiques, supervise practicums, and contribute to a positive student experience within the School of Creative Arts is required. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an ongoing program of creative practice alongside teaching and service. Professional practice should be demonstrably tied to teaching specializations. Engagement with the scholarship of teaching and learning—particularly in creative, applied, and tactile learning processes; arts education; or community arts practices—is an asset. The successful candidate will contribute to a vibrant interdisciplinary arts community in the School of Creative Arts. 

The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in service within the visual arts area, the School, and the University.We are seeking a teaching-focused candidate who will foster a diverse, inclusive, and internationalized classroom environment. The School is interested in candidates with a demonstrated commitment to decolonial pedagogy, Indigenization, and interculturalism, as well as a history of developing positive working relationships with Indigenous students, faculty, or community organizations. The successful applicant must be able to incorporate Indigenous perspectives and ways of teaching and learning into their curriculum. Preference will be given to candidates who can contribute to the launch of an Indigenous Arts Certificate.

We encourage applications from individuals working in unique, emerging, and underrepresented areas within the broad field of visual arts practices. 

Qualifications

• REQUIRED
• have a Master of Fine Arts or a PhD in a relevant area 
• have successful experience teaching foundational courses
• have experience teaching courses in more than one studio area/interdisciplinary courses
• have an externally recognized and significant artistic record (demonstrated through peer-juried exhibitions, invited talks, workshops, awards and accolades)
• have an ongoing, professional or equivalent (e.g., community-based) artistic practice
• contribute to a vibrant interdisciplinary arts community in the School of Creative Arts. 
• be expected to take an active role in service within the School and the University.
• PREFERRED
• have successful experience teaching online courses
• be able to teach, develop, and advise on Indigenous Arts curriculum courses 

How to Apply
Candidates should submit the following through the online application portal:

• Cover letter 
• Curriculum vitae (please includes all courses taught, and also indicate your status of eligibility to work legally in Canada);
• Recent teaching evaluations 
• A digital portfolio, or weblinks to an online portfolio of works
• Contact information for three referees*

*Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide three letters of reference at the time of the interview.
Applications will begin to be reviewed Feb 6, 2025 for an anticipated start date of August 1, 2025.

About UFV
The University of the Fraser Valley is located on the traditional territory of the Halq'eméylem-speaking peoples. We express our gratitude and respect for the honour of living and working in Stó:lo Tém:éxw (Stó:lo Land; Stó:lo World). In all that we do, UFV strives to support and honour the Stó:lo peoples goals of self-determination and well-being on these lands. A commitment to Indigenization and Reconciliation is core to our institutional Vision and Integrated Strategic Plan: IYAQAWTXW — which means House of Transformation. This commitment includes the goal of centering Indigenous ways of knowing throughout our organization, recognizing our responsibilities to community, and a multi-year plan to increase the number of Indigenous faculty, staff, and administrators working at UFV.

UFV has four campus locations within the beautiful Fraser Valley in British Columbia. Recognized as one of BC's top employers, UFV offers a combination of career and lifestyle benefits. Join a team of 1,400 passionate professionals who value integrity, inclusivity and excellence. At UFV, you will serve a vibrant community, and shape the future of 15,000 students.

Indigenization, equity, and diversity are essential to our work as a university. A diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been historically underrepresented and marginalized. At UFV, we are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that represents the community we proudly serve. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, members of groups that experience discrimination due to race, colour, place of origin, ancestry, and/or religion, persons who identify as women and 2SLGBTQ+, and persons with disabilities. We invite applicants to complete a confidential self-identification survey as part of the application process. All questions are voluntary, with an option to decline to answer. Information will be used to support efforts to broaden the diversity of the recruitment process, and results are not shared with the selection committee. Inquiries about the survey may be directed to [email protected]. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. In an effort to be both environmentally and fiscally responsible, UFV will contact only candidates receiving an interview. We thank all applicants for considering UFV for employment. Shortlisted applicants may be required to undergo a criminal record check and/ or a verification of their education credentials. 

UFV is committed to the principle of equity in employment.

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