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REVISED June 15, 2012

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: DEPARTMENT OF ART, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

SEARCH #102 Experimental and Media Arts

TITLE: Assistant Professor, (non-tenure track)

APPOINTMENT: 100% time, one-year term appointment to begin August 27,
2012 through May 26, 2013 (9 month semester system).

SALARY: Competitive

RESPONSIBILITIES:

TEACHING:
Commitment and dedication to both undergraduate and graduate teaching in a
professional program within a liberal arts college
Teach five courses per academic year within an area of Experimental and
Media Arts within a fine arts department
Advise undergraduate/graduate students
Participate on graduate reviews/thesis committees

SERVICE:
Serve on departmental committees.

RESEARCH:
Engage in creative activity and research that leads to exhibition
appropriate to the profession.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
A. MFA in Art or extensive professional recognition and experience
(required)
B. Practicing artist in experimentally based cinema and media arts. A
competitive candidate will have significant experience with the fundamentals
and visual language of film and video and an artistic practice that expands
traditional modes of cinema into artistic contexts; that may include,
installation, performance, mobile, interactive and other modes that
integrate cinema and art.
C. Evidence of an active exhibition record and demonstrated excellence
in and recognition of dynamic ongoing creative research on a regional,
national and/or international level (required)
D. One to three years of university or college-level teaching
experience beyond graduate teaching assistantships (preferred)

TO APPLY:

Submit online at U of M Employment (http://employment.umn.edu), the
following required items: Quick Link:
http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=103901

a. Cover Letter/Letter of Intent
b. Current resume, including detailed listings of education,
exhibitions, commissions, grants/awards, publications, reviews, teaching
experience (specify dates and institutions)
c. Name, title and full contact information (including email and phone)
of three (3) references
d. One-page creative narrative [document 1]
e. One-page teaching narrative [document 2]
f. An introductory-level syllabus [document 3] of a course you have
taught or would like to teach

Upload work samples at Slideroom Applicant Portal:
https://umnart.slideroom.com/
SlideRoom provides support direct technical support for applicants. Do not
contact the University of Minnesota for SlideRoom support.

Work Documentation Submissions:
a. 3 - 5 separate time-based projects - Maximum of 20 minutes combined
running time (.mov)
b. 5 -10 images or text based supporting materials (.pdf or jpeg)
c. Work description page (.pdf)

ALL INFORMATION SHOULD REFER TO:
Search #102: Asst. Prof. of Art – Experimental & Media Arts
Department of Art, University of Minnesota
E201 Regis Center for Art
405 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

DEADLINE : July 20, 2012 The position will, however, remain OPEN until
filled. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.
Applications received after the deadline may or may not be reviewed.

Please visit our website at http://art.umn.edu for further information about
the department, its activities and faculty, and for links to course
descriptions.

The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons
shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without
regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origins, sex, age, marital
status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual
orientation.

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