Art Studio

Art Studio - Tenure Track Sculpture
Job no: 539948
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Sonoma
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty - Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)

This position is only open to Sonoma State University Employees

DEPARTMENT OF ART

Faculty Employment Opportunity
Job no: Faculty Affairs will add

Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track

Location: Sonoma

Categories: Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track, Unit 3 CFA – California Faculty Association

Department of Art, Tenure Track for Art Studio Sculpture

(Tenure-Track) Assistant Professor

Our Commitment
Sonoma State University is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution, as such we are committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and we endeavor to employ faculty and staff reflecting the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region and state.

Guided by our core values as a university: diversity, sustainability, community engagement, and adaptability, Sonoma State University (SSU) offers an education that fosters intellectual, social, and personal growth. SSU is a public liberal arts and sciences university. As the only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges in the state of California, we are committed to preparing students for a life of active citizenship and public service. We have a vibrant campus life characterized by a lively co-curriculum that fosters broad-based intellectual and artistic opportunities in which the campus as a whole is actively engaged.

Sonoma State University is committed to creating a community in which bias and intolerance have no place. It is our expectation that all students, faculty, and staff work together to honor this commitment and hold each other accountable to create an open and inclusive environment.

We are committed to facilitating spaces in which all can grow by building on our students' assets as they explore new knowledge. These efforts include fostering creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, experimentation, empathy, and communication. The successful candidate will be one who can collaborate with faculty, staff, administration, and students to achieve these goals. We are especially interested in candidates committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty Responsibilities
In addition to teaching and scholarship, faculty are expected to engage in service to the University, profession, and community. These responsibilities include: advising students, participation in campus and system-wide communities, maintaining office hours, working collaboratively and productively with colleagues, and participating in traditional academic functions.

Sonoma State is committed to the Teacher/Scholar model and places an emphasis on faculty support of undergraduate research and other professional opportunities for students.

Faculty are also expected to foster our commitment to the CSU Graduation Initiative 2025 through excellent teaching, advising, and mentoring. Potential applicants are encouraged to review the University's Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Policy. During the first two years of the probationary period the instructional assignment will be reduced by two courses per academic year for probationary faculty members, in order to assist in establishing their programs of research, scholarship, and/or creative activities, and carrying out other activities that would support them in meeting the requirements for retention, tenure, and promotion.. All faculty are required to have the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.

The Department
For nearly half a century, Sonoma State University's Department of Art and Art History has been the hub of visual art on campus and in Sonoma County. As a center of creativity and experimentation, the department provides rigorous undergraduate education in the study and practice of the visual arts. Our programs offer in-depth instruction in technique, concept, and history of art. Our students pursue studies leading to the BA and BFA degrees in art studio or the BA degree in art history. Art studio degree emphases are available in ceramics, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and works on paper. Committed to the recognition of individuality and unique accomplishment, faculty work closely with students to encourage personal direction and ideas. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive faculty serving an increasingly diverse student body. Designed specifically for the pursuit of studio art practices and the study of art history and museum and gallery studies, the department facilities are located in one of the best equipped physical plants within the California State University system. The Art Building has a total of 46,604 square feet of space with an instructional net of 30,485 square feet and includes specialized studios for the study of Ceramics, Digital Media, Painting, Printmaking, Photography and Sculpture, and includes a wood shop, welding studio, and bronze foundry. The Department is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. For more information please visit

Prospective applicants are encouraged to see the department's web page at:

Duties of the Position
Applicants will be expected to teach from the following Studio Art courses and be familiar with the safe use of tools, equipment, and techniques used in the related areas: 3D Fundamentals; Beginning Sculpture; Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture—including woodworking, welding and metal fabrication, casting and foundry; art theory; and B.F.A. seminars. Successful candidates are expected to participate in faculty evaluation of advanced and B.F.A. students and serve as a respectful mentor and advisor to students. Applicants are expected to have an engagement with contemporary issues of sculpture, and a thorough knowledge of the history of sculpture. We are seeking an individual with a strong commitment to student engagement and the capacity to work with a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, as well as with the ability to reach diverse learners while creating an inclusive classroom environment. A teaching practice that focuses equally on conceptual ideas and a materials-based approach to artmaking.

Professional Qualifications
To be recommended for appointment, the candidate must have:

• M.F.A. in Sculpture;

• Two or more years teaching experience at the college level in courses similar to those
described;

• Knowledge about the use of facilities available on our campus including bronze and aluminum
foundry, metal and wood shops;

• Have demonstrated commitment, ability, and experience working with a diverse population of
students, faculty, and staff, as well as the ability to create a welcoming and inclusive classroom
environment;

• A strong record of exhibition on the regional and/or national levels;

• Professional and technical experience in studio art, and experience in preparing students in art
theory, critical discourse, and important issues in contemporary art;

• Working knowledge of issues related to sculpture along with contemporary and historical
artists nationally and internationally working in the field.

Rank and Salary
Service credit depends upon academic preparation and professional experience. The anticipated salary for this position is: $75,600.