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University of Kansas Hashinger Hall Artist-in-Residence

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Posted by: University of Kansas Department of Visual Art
Deadline: Sun, April 21st, 2019

 

University of Kansas Hashinger Hall Artist-in-Residence

 

The Hashinger Hall Post MFA Artist-in-Residence is a live-in role designed to foster daily visibility and informal interaction between students and visual artists. The chosen artist will be expected to pursue their creative practice, facilitate activities to bring art into the daily lives of undergraduate students in the residence hall, and teach one class a semester in the Department of Visual Art. The artist is provided an apartment located at Hashinger Hall. Two studio spaces are provided: one is open to the student community on the main level of Hashinger Hall. The other is a private studio in the Visual Art Department.

 

Hashinger Hall is the residential center for the creative arts. The community is open to all students, but attracts many students who are pursuing studies in the arts. The facilities include a black-box theatre, music practice rooms, a dance studio, a textiles room, a painting studio, a resource library and computer lab, and several small meeting areas.

The students are highly involved in the programmatic aspects of their community including: Spring Arts Week, two annual theatre productions, and frequent open mic nights.

 

Requirements:

◻        MFA or demonstrated equivalent in fields that are complimentary to the KU Department of Visual Art’s fields (Ceramics, Expanded Media, Metalsmithing/Jewelry, Painting/Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture and Textiles/Fibers) by  the time of appointment.

 

◻        An emerging artist with an active and engaged creative practice and exhibition record.

 

 

Preferred:

◻        An interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinary approach to studio practice and teaching is strongly desired.

 

◻        A desire to engage with the larger community of the Department of Visual Art Faculty and Graduate Students, the School of the Arts, the University of Kansas, and surrounding community.

 

 

 

Position Expectations:

 

Visual Art Department:

◻        Be engaged in an active studio/creative practice.

 

◻        Teach one course per semester in the Foundations area in cooperation with the Foundations Faculty including following the established curriculum, attending all area planning meetings and demonstrations. 

 

◻        Perform service activities that support the Department of Visual Art.

 

Hashinger Hall

◻        Establish informal interaction with the students.

 

◻        Serve as a resource to Hashinger Hall staff and attend staff meetings.

 

◻        Facilitate monthly activities/ programs in the Residency.

 

◻        Assist with Hashinger Hall Spring Arts Week.

 

In exchange:

◻        A furnished, one-bedroom apartment w/ utilities will be provided.

 

◻        A KU Cuisine Dining Plan for the entire duration of their residency (Inclusive of all dietary preferences/needs).

 

◻        Landline telephone, cable television, and free internet access.

 

◻        The Department of Visual Art will provide a paid teaching position in Fall and Spring semesters.

 

◻        The possibility of teaching additional classes.

 

◻        Artist studio in the Department of Visual Art.

 

◻        Access to a wide variety of studios, tools, technologies and shops in the Department of Visual Art with faculty permission including, but not limited to: Woodshop, Metal fabrication and casting facilities, ceramic facilities with wide variety of kilns, printmaking shops (Intaglio, Lithography, Screenprinting, Papermaking) technology lab (laser cutters, large-scale digital printing, professional sound and video equipment, computer production, studio lighting, digital photography) textile and weaving studios, jewelry and metalsmithing shops.

 

◻        The University of Kansas is a Research 1 University and has numerous resources including seven libraries: the Murphy Art and Architecture Library, Anschutz (Science) Library, Spahr Engineering Library, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Watson, Music and Dance, and The Wheat Law Library.   The Spencer Museum of Art, The Commons, The Biodiversity Institute, and Natural History Museum are also located on campus.

 

◻        An Exhibition of work in the Art and Design Gallery at the Culmination of the residency.

 

◻        This is a 2019-2020 academic year commitment and is renewable upon agreement by both parties.  As such, the Department of Student Housing will provide the Hall apartment and its amenities and meal plan for use only during the 2019-2020 academic year, to extend no further than May 23, 2020

 

Application Requirements via Slideroom:

◻        Letter of Interest in Hashinger Hall Artist-in-Residence position, including a brief description of your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in your teaching pedagogy and practice.

 

◻        Candidate Biography: Provide a 100-word biography that may be used as narrative for administrative and public use.

 

◻        Artist Statement

 

◻        Resume: A  full and comprehensive resume or C.V. describing academic, professional, and other relevant experience.

 

◻        15-20 images of recent artwork or up to 5 minutes of time-based media in an excerpt reel, or appropriate combination of materials

 

◻        List of three professional references, including title and contact information

 

 

 

Application Deadline: Midnight, April 21th, 2019

https://visualartku.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/48193 

 

 

Posted on Mon, March 25th, 2019
Expires on Sun, April 21st, 2019

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