Two year visiting position in Ceramics at Berea College

The Berea College Art and Art History Department invites applications for a full-time, two-year visiting faculty position as Assistant Professor of Ceramics. An MFA in ceramics, an exhibition record, and quality college teaching experience are required. Teaching responsibilities include six courses, offered for a wide range of undergraduates, both majors and non-majors, including all levels of ceramics and foundation design. A successful candidate must bring a broad artistic understanding of ceramics as a critical art form in the 21st century and strong technical knowledge of ceramic techniques.

Please submit all application materials at CeramicsSearch2018@berea.edu, including: a letter of application, curriculum vitae, 20 images of candidate’s studio art, 20 images of student art (images may be .jpg or .ppt and will be viewed on a Mac), statement of studio teaching philosophy, recommendation letters, and unofficial transcripts. Applicants should also complete and send the Faculty Application available at http://www.berea.edu/FacApp along with other materials. For full consideration, all application materials must be received by March 2, 2018.

Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 70 countries. The College has a longstanding commitment to interracial education; here, people of different races seek to learn from and about each other, while also living together. Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. It admits only students whose families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a

Tuition Promise Scholarship, meaning no student ever pays tuition. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from college. The College is one of nine federally recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a position in which they work 10-12 hours per week. Washington Monthly Magazine has consistently ranked Berea in the top 3 of Liberal Arts Colleges for its success in educating and graduating academically talented, low-income students who become service-oriented leaders in their professions and communities; in 2016 and 2017, the magazine ranked it number 1.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 15,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at http://www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.