Apply for Jobs Applicant Login Career Portal Help Subscribe to Job Alerts Refine Your Search Filter Results Work type Full-time 1 Locations UConn Storrs 1 Categories Faculty Non Tenure Track 1 Assistant Professor in Residence - Illustration Apply now Search #: 499441 Work type: Full-time Location: UConn Storrs Categories: Faculty Non Tenure Track JOB SUMMARY The Department of Art and Art History in the School of Fine
Arts at the University of Connecticut invites applications for Assistant Professor-in-Residence, a renewable full-time, 9-month, non-tenure track position in Illustration/Animation at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate's primary academic appointment will be at the Storrs campus with the possibility of work at UConn’s regional campuses across the state. The anticipated start date is August 23,
2026. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. We seek to hire a dynamic artist-educator whose illustration and animation practice engages traditional and digital media in the service of storytelling and creative visual communication. The successful candidate will not only have a strong record of professional practice, but also a dedication to innovations in practice and pedagogy. We are
interested in candidates who demonstrate a desire to collaborate with other forms of visual art as well as the other arts within the School of Fine Arts, including the existing disciplines within the Art & Art History Department: Painting/Drawing, Photography/Video, Printmaking, Sculpture/Ceramics, Graphic Design, and Industrial Design. Skills may include, but are not limited to, observational drawing; character
design and world building; children's book and editorial illustration; hand drawn and frame-by-frame animation; as well as emerging forms of visual narratives. The Illustration/Animation Area is currently the largest concentration amongst BFA students majoring in Studio Art. This position supports the increasing curricular demand and student interest in illustration and animation at the undergraduate level. Our
facilities include 14 senior studio spaces, a 2D animation lab, two stop-motion labs, and a shared visual communication lab. We are located in the Bishop Center, across the street from our main Art & Art History Building. The Bishop Center houses the Printmaking and Graphic Design concentrations, encouraging collaboration, especially in book arts and design. The Department of Art & Art History has over 180
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