[Air-l] Position announcement
Steve Jones
sjones at uic.edu
Mon Mar 4 07:37:34 PST 2002
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
New Media and Computer Art Instructor or Assistant Professor
Photography and New Media Department
Tenure Track
Kansas City Art Institute, a national leader in visual arts
education, is accepting nominations and applications for a New Media
Instructor or Assistant Professor in the college's Photography and
New Media Department. This is a tenure track position. The start
date will be August 15, 2002.
The successful candidate will teach in a strongly innovative program
emphasizing interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to art
making and teaching. The appointee must have thorough knowledge of
basic computer animation and modeling software such as 3DS Max and
Cinema 4D, multimedia authoring such as Director and Shockwave, HTML,
and a strong general interest in interactive multimedia using
multiple platforms such as PC, Mac, and Unix-based workstations.
Knowledge of Maya's character animation and visual effects system,
and authoring for The Web, CD- and DVD-ROMs is also desirable. With
a grounding in history, contemporary art theory and media culture,
the successful candidate will also teach New Media Toolbox 1 and 2,
the media component of the sophomore year program, Advanced Workshops
and other Studio Seminars.
The successful candidate must have demonstrated professional
achievement, hold the MFA degree (or equivalent) and have
college-level teaching experience. Women artists and artists of
diverse ethnicity are especially encouraged to consider this
opportunity.
Kansas City Art Institute is a four-year, independent and accredited
college of art and design founded in 1885, and located in the
cultural heart of metropolitan Kansas City. The college enrolls
nearly 550 undergraduate students drawn from throughout the United
States and several other countries.
This position is open until filled. However, applications received
by December 1 will be assured of being considered for an invitation
to meet with KCAI representatives at the College Art Association
Annual Conference in Philadelphia in February 2002. Applicants
should send: letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of
teaching philosophy, and a list of 3 references we may contact. Also
include no more than 20 minutes of own video or other relevant media
and self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials.
Finalists will be asked to submit transcripts to complete their
application. Mail applications to:
Kansas City Art Institute
New Media and Computer Art Inst./Asst. Prof. Search
c/o Human Resources
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64111-1874
Kansas City Art Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer
The Arts in Kansas City
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), as the oldest cultural institution
in Kansas City, anchors the cultural district of Kansas City. In the
fall of 1999, KCAI opened the award winning and critically acclaimed
H&R Block Artspace, a gallery dedicated to contemporary art and
visual arts education. KCAI is located between the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art, renowned for its Asian art collection and its 17-acre
sculpture garden of twentieth-century masterworks, and The Kemper
Museum of Contemporary Art, which showcases work by emerging and
established national and international artists.
The Kansas City Art Institute hosts an annual visiting artist series,
with recent presentations and workshops by Alfredo Jaar, Jose Bedia,
Stanley Whitney, Vito Acconci, and Roger Shimomura, among others.
KCAI hosts numerous national art conferences, including the Surface
Design Conference 2000 and the National Council for the Education of
Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 1989 and again in 2002. KCAI and its faculty
are involved in initiating and developing innovative arts programming
in a variety of venues within the region. Select programs in which
our faculty are involved include the Electromediascope series at the
Nelson-Atkins Museum which showcases the work of experimental, new
media productions and Professor Hugh Merrill's community arts project
with inner city youth, "Portrait of Self", in conjunction with the
Christian Boltanski exhibition at the Kemper Museum.
There is both private and public community support for Kansas City
artists and arts organizations, including the $200 million expansion
of the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the Kansas City Symphony, the State
Ballet of Missouri, the Lyric Opera, the Friends of Chamber Music,
and the Jazz Hall of Fame, to name a few. In 1998, the Kansas City
philanthropic community gave more to their community foundation than
any other city in the United States, including New York City. The
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation recently secured matching
grants, totaling $2 million, from the Lila Wallace Readers Digest
Fund and the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation for the creation of
the new Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City. With the creation
of the One-Percent-for-Art Program in 1991, nearly $2.5 million worth
of public art projects have been commissioned to local, national, and
international artists such as Deborah Butterfield, R.M. Fischer,
Robert Morris, Warren Rosser, Ken Ferguson, Stephen B. Whitacre, and
Joel Shapiro.
The Crossroads District, located just north of the new $100 million
Union Station/Science City redevelopment project, has now emerged as
a vital community of commercial galleries showing national and
international artists. The Crossroads District is also home to Grand
Arts and the Margaret Hall Silva Foundation, which awards grants and
exhibitions to contemporary artists, for new projects both regionally
and nationally. In addition, the West Bottoms in the old Kansas City
stockyards is a thriving area of inexpensive studio/living and
alternative gallery spaces. In the case of both art districts, KCAI
alumni figure very prominently in their development and ongoing
success.
In recent years, Kansas City has emerged as a vibrant, nurturing
environment for artists who can bring enthusiasm and a history of
commitment to the arts and arts education in our community. The
Kansas City Art Institute welcomes dedicated artists and scholars to
our work.
HRO 08/28/2001
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