The Department of Art and Art History at Washington and Lee University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in sculpture (broadly defined) beginning July 2019. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about teaching undergraduates in a liberal arts environment with small class sizes and collaborating with faculty within our studio art and art history programs.

We seek applicants who will extend our studio art curriculum in ways that might include, but are not limited to, traditional sculpture methods and materials, digital and expanded media, spatial media/installation, site-specific, socially engaged and collaborative practices. The ideal candidate will contribute to the department’s Staniar Gallery programming and participate in college-wide academic programs and initiatives. Possible interdisciplinary collaborations include Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, Film and Visual Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Middle East and South Asian Studies, the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Application review begins February 1, 2019 (deadline extended) and continues until the position is filled. We will interview semi-finalists at CAA in New York City and hold campus interviews in Lexington in February and March 2019.

Duties:

• In addition to university committee and advising service obligations, the successful candidate will teach lower and upper level courses, advise studio art senior thesis work, and periodically teach an upper-level seminar in methods of contemporary art practices for studio art majors. The successful candidate will also help to cover departmental foundational requirements by teaching at least one course outside of sculpture in 2D Design, Time-Based Media and/or New Media.
• The ideal candidate will maintain an active studio practice and record of exhibition and/or relevant creative scholarship.
• The successful candidate will work collegially and productively with others, contribute to the well-being of the department, and participate in the intellectual and artistic life of the University.

About Washington and Lee University:

Washington and Lee is a highly selective, private, liberal arts university with approximately 1800 undergraduates, located in the Shenandoah Valley in Lexington, Virginia. One of the nation’s finest liberal arts colleges, W&L is unique in having accredited pre-professional undergraduate programs in business administration, journalism, and accounting, plus a graduate School of Law. Established in 1749, it is the ninth oldest institution of higher learning in the nation. To learn more, please visit www.wlu.edu.

The University prides itself on fostering close contact with students in the traditional classroom setting and in myriad small-group and individual instructional settings. Undergraduate research is an emphasis on campus, and faculty are encouraged to develop research programs in which undergraduates can be genuine participants and collaborators. W&L offers sabbaticals every fifth year, and all assistant professors are eligible for a pre-tenure leave, typically in their third, fourth or fifth year.