California College of the Arts
1111 8th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
California College of the Arts is seeking applicants for the following faculty positions:
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Illustration Program
The Illustration Program seeks candidates interested in the role of illustration in social discourse. The successful candidate will be working across mediums and deeply engaged with emergent practices, such as the role of illustration in virtual reality, entertainment design, and new publication models. In addition, the candidate will be able to articulate the role of research in their work and integrate varied research methodologies into their teaching and classroom experience.
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Painting and Drawing Program
The Painting and Drawing Program seeks applicants with demonstrated interest in painting as a critical medium, who are fluent in both historical and contemporary trajectories of painting. Successful candidates will be versed in a wide range of issues affecting contemporary painting and have a strong desire to advance the discourse of art in broad cultural and educational contexts.
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Printmaking Program
The Printmaking Program seeks candidates who demonstrate a theoretical and historical understanding of the field, and a professional practice in the visual arts with expertise in one or more areas of print media: intaglio, lithography, relief, screen printing, monotype, book arts, and digital and photo-print processes. We seek dynamic individuals who are deeply engaged with the fundamentals of printmaking, articulate and critical in the classroom, and passionate about print as a form of visual expression and social engagement.
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Writing and Literature Program
The successful candidate will have an exceptional teaching record at the college level and will also demonstrate experience in teaching creative nonfiction writing. We are particularly interested in applicants with a literature background that supplements current program offerings and reflects the concerns and demographics of an international school situated within the unique culture and interdisciplinary environment of the San Francisco Bay Area. We are also interested in applicants whose creative practices promise to connect with the College’s fine art, design, and architecture students/faculty.
Chair, Open Rank, First Year Program
Collaborating with undergraduate program chairs and first year faculty, the First Year Program chair is a key academic leader whose collaborative work extends across Architecture, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities and Sciences. The successful candidate will be expected to sustain, develop and administer a robust undergraduate first year studio curriculum that encompasses creative student engagement with both traditional tools and new technologies as well as innovative pedagogy, social engagement and critical discourse.
Reviews of all applications will begin in January.
About the College
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is an independent non-profit art college with undergraduate programs in architecture, design, fine arts, visual studies, and writing and literature. The college also has graduate programs in architecture, comics, design, interaction design, curatorial practice, design strategy, fine arts, social practice, film, visual and critical studies, and writing. Through these programs, the college has created a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment to fulfill the school’s motto of “Make art that matters.” Diverse cultural perspectives enrich the CCA community and the college believes that continuing to expand the horizons of the students and faculty is essential to achieving its educational objectives. CCA represents over 100 years of dedication to its mission, whose character reflects its location in the San Francisco Bay Area, where histories of radical politics and technological innovation inform a culturally rich academic community infused by art schools, research universities, world-renowned museums, galleries, start-ups and community-run institutions. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls 1,950 full-time students and is embarking on a major campus planning project that will unify the college in one location and ensure its academic excellence for the next century.
The faculty of 550 includes approximately 150 ranked and tenured faculty as well as part-time working professionals. The energetic and collegial faculty culture of CCA creates an outstanding work environment for teachers and administrators alike.
California College of the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals who will contribute to its diversity.
For more information about CCA, visit cca.edu.