Overview

The Evergreen State College seeks a versatile and broadly trained faculty colleague to teach Ceramics-based art forms and three-dimensional art in a variety of interdisciplinary programs at the undergraduate level.  Candidates must be committed to teaching in a liberal arts context, and must have clear expertise and ability to teach Ceramics from technical, conceptual, and cultural perspectives, as an art form and as a creative and responsive means to address the material world, for both art and non-art students, in diverse teaching and learning situations. 

Candidates must be able to teach ceramics concepts, skills and processes to support a range of ceramics-based forms of expression, including functional ceramics, ceramic sculpture, mixed media, and emerging art forms.  Preference will be given to candidates who have significant experience with and the ability to teach an additional 3D art medium.  Candidates must be prepared to teach drawing and three-dimensional design fundamentals, as well as visual literacy, art history, and broader cultural contexts relative to Ceramics.  Further, candidates must be able to speak and write effectively about their own work and that of others, and must be prepared to actively support students to develop critical thinking, writing, and assessment skills.  Finally, they must be prepared to offer critical support to students pursuing work in a range of 2D and 3D media. 

Evergreen organizes its curriculum through coordinated interdisciplinary studies (rather than through departments and courses).  Team-taught interdisciplinary “programs” occupy students full time, over multiple quarters.  Faculty on teaching teams enjoy a high degree of freedom to determine the subject matter, emphases, pace, classroom strategies and modes of evaluation in these programs.  In some years, faculty teach students working close to their own discipline at a variety of experience levels; in other years they join faculty from diverse disciplines to develop a theme-based curriculum. In keeping with this teaching and learning model, ideal candidates for this position will demonstrate engagement with one or more disciplines outside of the visual arts and in different social, cultural, or environmental arenas, through creative work, teaching, or research.  We encourage those who have had experience with students from underrepresented populations to apply. 

In addition to teaching, faculty are expected to advise and mentor students and participate in Evergreen’s system of shared governance. Through their participation in shared governance, faculty play a significant role in most aspects of how the college is run.

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