Lance Williams Residency in the Arts & Sciences
Job Description
Artist-in-Residence (60%) – Develop and create an inspiring and cohesive body of work that explores intersections in the Arts and Sciences.
- Work actively in the studio daily.
- Serve as a role model to students by exhibiting good judgment, developing appropriate student/mentor relationships, and abiding all KU policies.
- Purchase all supplies and materials relevant to studio practice with no expectation that supplies will be provided by the Department of Visual Art.
- Leaves facilities at Chalmers Hall, ICRC and Slawson Hall in the condition in which they were found. All broken equipment costs come out of A.I.R.’s budget and negligent use of facilities may result in lack of reappointment, where relevant, or disciplinary action.
Teaching (40%) $5,000 per 3-credit hour course
- Teach a minimum of one course per semester, and a maximum of two courses per semester, as a lecturer in the Department of Visual Art.
- Courses can include (but not limited to) Fundamentals of Sculpture (ART 122), Visual Art Foundations (ART 103), Drawing I and II and Special Topics course in Art + Ecology (Sculpture 330/630 and Environmental Studies 330/630).
- Work with Chairperson, Graduate and Undergraduate Directors, as well as relevant faculty across departments, to identify students with interdisciplinary interests in the Arts and Sciences.
- Develop assignments, administer critiques, evaluate student work, provide feedback to students, and assign grades.
- Adhere to departmental, college and university policies.
- Faculty members prepare for and attend all class meetings, hold regular office hours for students enrolled in classes taught. In case of absence, the lecturer must make arrangements with the Department for a substitute to teach class. Classes should not be canceled.
- Foster interdisciplinary engagements between students in Ecology/Environmental Studies and Visual Art.
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