What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adjunct Professor - Art and Art History position at University of Puget Sound?
University of Puget Sound
Adjunct Professor - Art and Art History
Job ID: 8199
Location: Art & Art History
Regular/Tempoary:
Full/Part Time:
Faculty Posting Details
Appointment: Art and Art History, adjunct professor:
1 unit in the fall 2025
1 in the spring of 2026
Responsibilities:
The Department of Art and Art History seeks a part time temporary adjunct professor to teach a 2-D foundations course, ARTS 101 Visual Concepts through Drawing and Painting, focusing on drawing, basic color theory, and acrylic painting techniques in the fall of 2025 and a beginning observation based oil painting class, ARTS 251: Painting, in the spring of 2026.
ARTS 101: Visual Concepts through Drawing and Painting Course Description
Art 101: Visual Concepts through Painting and Drawing examines the nature of drawing and 2-dimensional design as inter-related approaches to visual thinking. The purpose of this course is to introduce a shared visual language that heightens perceptual sensitivity, explores visual relationships, conveys ideas, and expresses sensory and psychological experiences. This course examines foundational 2-D concepts through painting and drawing. Understandings of composition, spatial illusion, and expressive content will be taught with both achromatic drawing materials such as graphite, charcoal, and ink and water based pigments. A primary focus of the class is learning to see more acutely. As a means of broadening expressive possibilities, a variety of subjects, materials, techniques, and methods will be explored. Throughout the semester students will engage in writing and sketching exercises as well as generate more sustained, involved projects.
ARTS 251: Painting Course Description
Art 251: Painting provides an introduction to the rich perceptual, conceptual, and expressive possibilities the practice of painting offers. Students will learn about the wonders of color interaction, how to mix accurate colors, create the illusion of mass, volume, and space, and manipulate oil paint to create different effects. Art 251 also emphasizes the notion of artistic intention. Students will be encouraged to make personal, conscious choices about subject matter, composition, lighting, and paint application. Ultimately, students will explore how such decisions infuse paintings and other forms of visual art with expressive and conceptual content. In addition to studio work, this course examines historical and contemporary art through lectures and readings. Students will also present their work and participate in regular critiques and discussions of reading assignments.
Qualifications:
MFA with a focus on painting and at least one semester of college level drawing, 2-D design, and/or painting teaching experience.
Application Deadline: Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials no later than May 5th, 2025 to ensure consideration.
Required Documents:
Please submit curriculum vitae (CV) when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application before submission. Applications submitted without the required attachments will not be considered.
Compensation And Benefits:
Rank: Adjunct Professor
Salary is commensurate with education and experience. This position will teach 1 unit Fall 2025 and 1 unit Spring 2026. The Adjunct Rate is $5680 per unit, and the range for this position is anticipated to be $11,360 - $11,360 based on 2 units for the academic year.
This position is not eligible for benefits; however, employees may make elective deferrals into a retirement plan.
Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package for eligible faculty members, including:
Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package for eligible faculty members, including:
For the Campus Holiday and Bonus Day Schedule, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/human-resources
About Puget Sound:
Located in a vibrant port city in the Pacific Northwest, Puget Sound is a leading national liberal arts and sciences university preparing students for success since 1888. In an ever-evolving world, we believe that the best preparation for the future is an education that exposes you to multiple perspectives, engages you in work that makes a difference in the world, and helps you discover who you are and what you have to offer. It's an education that transcends boundaries, teaches you to adapt to changing circumstances, and prepare for careers that might not yet exist.
Our beautiful 97-acre campus supports connections with the world it serves, from the tide flats and urban energy of the entrepreneurial city of Tacoma, Washington to nearby Seattle, the Pacific Rim and beyond. A Puget Sound education is rooted in an inspiring confluence of histories and cultures and ideas, and is centered on 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students who are open-minded, outward-reaching, and actively put their educations to work.
Puget Sound has a well-established Shared Faculty Appointments Policy. More information on faculty resources can be found here: https://pugetsound.edu/resources-faculty
University Diversity Statement
The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.
How To Apply
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/employment
About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.
As a strategic goal and through our core values, University of Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. EOE/AA
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Adjunct Professor - Art and Art History
Job ID: 8199
Location: Art & Art History
Regular/Tempoary:
Full/Part Time:
Faculty Posting Details
Appointment: Art and Art History, adjunct professor:
1 unit in the fall 2025
1 in the spring of 2026
Responsibilities:
The Department of Art and Art History seeks a part time temporary adjunct professor to teach a 2-D foundations course, ARTS 101 Visual Concepts through Drawing and Painting, focusing on drawing, basic color theory, and acrylic painting techniques in the fall of 2025 and a beginning observation based oil painting class, ARTS 251: Painting, in the spring of 2026.
ARTS 101: Visual Concepts through Drawing and Painting Course Description
Art 101: Visual Concepts through Painting and Drawing examines the nature of drawing and 2-dimensional design as inter-related approaches to visual thinking. The purpose of this course is to introduce a shared visual language that heightens perceptual sensitivity, explores visual relationships, conveys ideas, and expresses sensory and psychological experiences. This course examines foundational 2-D concepts through painting and drawing. Understandings of composition, spatial illusion, and expressive content will be taught with both achromatic drawing materials such as graphite, charcoal, and ink and water based pigments. A primary focus of the class is learning to see more acutely. As a means of broadening expressive possibilities, a variety of subjects, materials, techniques, and methods will be explored. Throughout the semester students will engage in writing and sketching exercises as well as generate more sustained, involved projects.
ARTS 251: Painting Course Description
Art 251: Painting provides an introduction to the rich perceptual, conceptual, and expressive possibilities the practice of painting offers. Students will learn about the wonders of color interaction, how to mix accurate colors, create the illusion of mass, volume, and space, and manipulate oil paint to create different effects. Art 251 also emphasizes the notion of artistic intention. Students will be encouraged to make personal, conscious choices about subject matter, composition, lighting, and paint application. Ultimately, students will explore how such decisions infuse paintings and other forms of visual art with expressive and conceptual content. In addition to studio work, this course examines historical and contemporary art through lectures and readings. Students will also present their work and participate in regular critiques and discussions of reading assignments.
Qualifications:
MFA with a focus on painting and at least one semester of college level drawing, 2-D design, and/or painting teaching experience.
Application Deadline: Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials no later than May 5th, 2025 to ensure consideration.
Required Documents:
Please submit curriculum vitae (CV) when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application before submission. Applications submitted without the required attachments will not be considered.
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of Interest
- Personal Work Samples
- Student Work Samples
- Three (3) Letters of Reference. You will be asked to specify the email addresses of reference providers at the time of application and the system will email these providers on the next business day.
Compensation And Benefits:
Rank: Adjunct Professor
Salary is commensurate with education and experience. This position will teach 1 unit Fall 2025 and 1 unit Spring 2026. The Adjunct Rate is $5680 per unit, and the range for this position is anticipated to be $11,360 - $11,360 based on 2 units for the academic year.
This position is not eligible for benefits; however, employees may make elective deferrals into a retirement plan.
Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package for eligible faculty members, including:
Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package for eligible faculty members, including:
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Life insurance and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement plan options and 403(b) contributions
- Education benefits, such as full tuition for eligible employees and their families
- Access to university facilities and entertainment (fitness center, pool, library, concerts, lectures) and more!
For the Campus Holiday and Bonus Day Schedule, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/human-resources
About Puget Sound:
Located in a vibrant port city in the Pacific Northwest, Puget Sound is a leading national liberal arts and sciences university preparing students for success since 1888. In an ever-evolving world, we believe that the best preparation for the future is an education that exposes you to multiple perspectives, engages you in work that makes a difference in the world, and helps you discover who you are and what you have to offer. It's an education that transcends boundaries, teaches you to adapt to changing circumstances, and prepare for careers that might not yet exist.
Our beautiful 97-acre campus supports connections with the world it serves, from the tide flats and urban energy of the entrepreneurial city of Tacoma, Washington to nearby Seattle, the Pacific Rim and beyond. A Puget Sound education is rooted in an inspiring confluence of histories and cultures and ideas, and is centered on 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students who are open-minded, outward-reaching, and actively put their educations to work.
Puget Sound has a well-established Shared Faculty Appointments Policy. More information on faculty resources can be found here: https://pugetsound.edu/resources-faculty
University Diversity Statement
- We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives.
- We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
- We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.
The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.
How To Apply
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/employment
About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.
As a strategic goal and through our core values, University of Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. EOE/AA
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