"Part-Time Faculty: ILL 273 Drawing for Illustration (Fall 2025)"

Exploration of traditional and contemporary approaches to drawing for illustrators and designers including comprehensive sketches and storyboards. Proportion and draped figure drawing emphasized.

About the College of Visual and Performing Arts

The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University is committed to the education of cultural leaders who will engage and inspire audiences through performance, visual art, design, scholarship, and commentary. We provide the tools for self-discovery and risk-taking in an environment that thrives on critical thought and action. To learn more about the college, our distinguished faculty, and our program, please visit our websites at www.syr.edu or www.vpa.syr.edu.

Qualifications:

• BFA.
• 3 years teaching experience.
• Strong figure drawing ability, knowledge of anatomy, and illustration skills.

Responsibilities:

• Teach Studio weekly class per section, hold demonstrations, run critiques of the students work, grade student work and evaluate their progress, and hold office hours.
• Developing and/or updating a class syllabus.
• Preparation of lectures, projects or other student assignments.
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours.
• Presenting instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the course.
• Meeting all designated class periods. If you are unable to meet your class due to illness or emergency, you should exercise your best effort to reschedule the class or to obtain a substitute. You must also notify the department chair of your absence and of your plan to cover the class.
• Submitting completed mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to University regulations.
• Grading student assignments and exams in timely manner.
• Providing departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations.
• Building a positive rapport with students and other faculty.