The New York Academy of Art, a graduate school of figurative and representational art, announces an opening for the Director of its Sculpture Department. Sculpture is central to the Academy’s MFA curriculum and requires a leader with a vision of sculpture as a vital contemporary figurative discipline. While serving students with a sculpture concentration, the Sculpture Department operates jointly with Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Artistic Anatomy, Art Theory and Composition. Candidates for the position should demonstrate expertise in at least one of these fields, plus maintain an active practice in sculpture and an intensive knowledge of traditional methodologies. The successful candidate will be responsible for directing a department with advanced courses in figurative sculpture, mold-making, history of sculpture technique, critical thinking and MFA thesis advising. Strength in both conceptual and perceptual modes of figural representation is required.

The teaching load is 12 contact hours per week (4 courses per semester) over 9 months. This is a permanent full-time faculty position, however all full-time faculty hires are initially for one year with possibility of renewal up to two years pending review, then may continue with consecutive two year contracts. Starting salary is $70,000.

Consistent with the Academy’s role as a leading art school in a major center of artistic discourse, the candidate is expected to have an ongoing record of exhibitions, publications and awards demonstrating national or international standing. In keeping with these professional expectations, the Academy supports faculty development with residency awards, sabbaticals, exhibition opportunities, and travel grants.

The Academy’s curriculum emphasizes instruction; as such our faculty are valued for the strength of their teaching as much as for their professional accomplishments. The candidate is expected to have substantial undergraduate or graduate level teaching experience with a record of effectiveness evidenced by student work and evaluations. A terminal degree of MFA, PHD or the professional equivalent is expected. Additional responsibilities include active service within the department, faculty, admissions and MFA thesis committees among others.