What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visiting Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Drawing position at Carleton College?
Carleton College invites applications for a visiting faculty position in printmaking and drawing for the 2025-2026 academic year, beginning September 1st, 2025. This position will include teaching 5 courses over three 10-week terms, 3 courses in printmaking and 2 courses in introductory drawing.
About The Position
We seek a candidate to teach courses in various printmaking processes as well as drawing courses. The successful candidate should have experience in one or more printmaking techniques including intaglio, relief, silkscreen, and risography, and also display facility with integrating those traditional analog approaches with photography, digital media, and other innovative image-making technologies. The successful candidate would also possess knowledge and experience employing “greener” practices in a printshop, and work in collaboration with staff supporting the area.
Required Qualifications
The Art and Art History Department at Carleton offers two separate majors in Studio Art and Art History as well as one minor in Art History. The core mission of the Studio Art program is to introduce students to tools and processes of art-making, and help them develop their own creative abilities. We share a commitment to the value of traditional manual skills while encouraging experimentation and an expansive and expanding idea about art’s role in the broader culture.
The Department is housed in Boliou Memorial Hall and features studios devoted to photography, ceramics, metalsmithing, painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking. The Department also maintains studio space in the Weitz Center for Creativity, Carleton’s state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary center for the arts, which also houses the Perlman Teaching Museum and multiple uniquely flexible work and performance spaces.
Carleton is committed to developing its faculty to better reflect the diversity of our student body and American society. Women, gender-diverse individuals, disabled individuals, and members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
To apply, please visit the Carleton College web site at go.carleton.edu/carletonjobs to complete the online application by submitting:
Carleton is a highly selective liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 2,000. Located in the thriving two-college town of Northfield, Minnesota, it is forty-five miles from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, in easy reach of a vibrant metropolitan area that is home to three million people and rich cultural resources. Information about Carleton, Northfield, and the Twin Cities is available at https://www.carleton.edu/faculty-candidates/.
Carleton College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, status with regard to public assistance, disability, or age in providing employment or access to its educational facilities and activities.
Benefits
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $60,000 and $63,980. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Carleton also offers a robust suite of benefits including:
About The Position
We seek a candidate to teach courses in various printmaking processes as well as drawing courses. The successful candidate should have experience in one or more printmaking techniques including intaglio, relief, silkscreen, and risography, and also display facility with integrating those traditional analog approaches with photography, digital media, and other innovative image-making technologies. The successful candidate would also possess knowledge and experience employing “greener” practices in a printshop, and work in collaboration with staff supporting the area.
Required Qualifications
- M.F.A. in Printmaking or relevant field
- Significant expertise in Printmaking and Drawing
- Teaching experience at the college level
- Evidence of an active and emerging exhibition record
- Demonstrated commitment towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment
- Curriculum development experience at the college level
- A thorough knowledge of contemporary art practices in diverse cultural contexts
- Professionally active with a record of creative achievement that may include exhibitions, curatorial projects, conference presentations or publications
The Art and Art History Department at Carleton offers two separate majors in Studio Art and Art History as well as one minor in Art History. The core mission of the Studio Art program is to introduce students to tools and processes of art-making, and help them develop their own creative abilities. We share a commitment to the value of traditional manual skills while encouraging experimentation and an expansive and expanding idea about art’s role in the broader culture.
The Department is housed in Boliou Memorial Hall and features studios devoted to photography, ceramics, metalsmithing, painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking. The Department also maintains studio space in the Weitz Center for Creativity, Carleton’s state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary center for the arts, which also houses the Perlman Teaching Museum and multiple uniquely flexible work and performance spaces.
Carleton is committed to developing its faculty to better reflect the diversity of our student body and American society. Women, gender-diverse individuals, disabled individuals, and members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
To apply, please visit the Carleton College web site at go.carleton.edu/carletonjobs to complete the online application by submitting:
- Cover letter (in this please describe your interest in teaching students from diverse backgrounds in an undergraduate, residential liberal arts environment)
- CV
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- Portfolio of 20 images of creative work uploaded as a single PDF
- Portfolio of 10 student work samples uploaded as a single PDF
Carleton is a highly selective liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 2,000. Located in the thriving two-college town of Northfield, Minnesota, it is forty-five miles from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, in easy reach of a vibrant metropolitan area that is home to three million people and rich cultural resources. Information about Carleton, Northfield, and the Twin Cities is available at https://www.carleton.edu/faculty-candidates/.
Carleton College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, status with regard to public assistance, disability, or age in providing employment or access to its educational facilities and activities.
Benefits
The expected starting salary range for this position is between $60,000 and $63,980. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Carleton also offers a robust suite of benefits including:
- A generous 403(b) retirement plan with a 10% employer contribution and 2% employee contribution
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees
Salary : $60,000 - $63,980
