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Visual Arts Assistant Teaching Professor, Mandeville Art Gallery Director
Position overview
Position title: Assistant Teaching Professor, Mandeville Art Gallery DirectorApplication Window
Open date: December 9, 2024
Next review date: Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
We are pleased to invite applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor, Mandeville Art Gallery Director position in the Department of Visual Arts at UC San Diego. This open field faculty position is for a curator, scholar, and/or artist who will teach courses in their area of expertise while serving as the Director of the Mandeville Art Gallery. The Director term is for five years with the possibility of renewal and comes with significant course release. Following their term(s), this Assistant Teaching Professor will remain a member of the Visual Arts faculty, teaching a full slate of courses.
The Assistant Teaching Professor, Mandeville Art Gallery Director will be responsible for planning and delivering innovative exhibitions in a highly collaborative environment and overseeing long-term exhibition planning and all other aspects of Mandeville Art Gallery operations. While directing the Mandeville Art Gallery, this Assistant Teaching Professor will contribute broadly to the teaching and research programs of UC San Diego while also forging collaborations across the University and within the broader San Diego community.
The successful candidate will be able to teach and conduct student advising in their areas of specialization within our Visual Arts programs. Areas of need include histories of art and media, art and media theory, curatorial practice, and hybrid artistic practices. Candidates with experience and willingness to engage in activities that contribute to diversity and inclusion are especially encouraged to apply.
The Department of Visual Arts Mandeville Art Gallery has a five-decade history of presenting innovative art in the context of a major research university. A recent renovation and relaunched exhibition program have reintroduced the Mandeville Art Gallery as a meaningful contemporary art venue for our growing campus, San Diego and Southern California more broadly. The Mandeville Art Gallery is in a campus arts constellation including the Stuart Collection of public art and The Strauss, a forthcoming art center slated for completion in 2026.
The Department of Visual Arts ranks among the world’s leading art schools, founded on the principle that the production, critical analysis and history of art are inter-related activities. The Department of Visual Arts offers undergraduate degrees in Art History, Studio Art, Media, Speculative Design, and the Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts Major (ICAM), as well as housing graduate programs in studio art (MFA) and art history and art practice (PhD). Our current faculty includes internationally renowned artists and scholars working in a range of disciplines in the study and practice of art.
The Professor of Teaching series is used for appointees whose primary responsibility is teaching and teaching-related tasks and secondary responsibility is professional and/or scholarly achievement and activity, especially as they relate to instruction and pedagogy. The faculty in this series also have responsibility for University and public service.
Qualifications
Job candidates must have a terminal degree (PhD, MFA) or have advanced to candidacy at the time of application, with an expectation of the degree being earned by the time of appointment. CV and portfolio must demonstrate at least 3-5 years of curatorial experience.
Terminal degree (PhD, MFA) required.
PhD degree preferred. Preferred candidates will be able to demonstrate the potential for teaching excellence.
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Research
Statement of Teaching
Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity. See our Faculty Equity site for more information.
Portfolio of Work - Upload a PDF document that includes a list of links or one link to your online portfolio specifically curated for the search committee, prioritized with your most accomplished work with any writings/statements and notable reviews about your work
Teaching Portfolio - Teaching Portfolio may include examples of previous syllabi, student evaluations, or additional evidence of teaching experience
Misc / Additional - Upload any other information you would like to include in your application (PDF format).
(Optional)
- 3-5 letters of reference required
Help contact: vis-ap@ucsd.edu
About UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.
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