Temporary Lecturer in Sculpture

Department of Art, UC Irvine

Temporary Lecturer Position in Sculpture

2025-2026 Academic Year

Fall Quarter 2025 (September 25, 2025-December 12, 2025)

Art 40 Beginning Sculpture

The practice of sculpture in the contemporary arts; inclusion of spatial interventions, site-specific and environmental design, appropriation of found materials; techniques in cutting joining, and assembly of wood, metals, and plastics. May include casting, welding, and ceramics.

Note: this class is scheduled on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 9:30am to 11:50am.

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About the Department of Art: A heterogeneous group of artists and scholars, the Art Department values inquiry and experimentation over specific ideologies and intellectual methods. The faculty's research and instruction investigate how art is made in contexts ranging from the personal to the collective, from art institutions to broader definitions of the public. The department-affiliated University Art Galleries present public exhibitions of critically engaged art and artists from both local and international art communities. The department's curriculum emphasizes that art is not a freestanding category, but instead takes shape through its intersection with other creative practices, knowledge formations, and social domains. The Art Department has a commitment to cultivating racial justice through artistic production. Current faculty engage in a broad range of artistic practices, with strong emphases on interdisciplinary practice, experimental materiality, performance art, queer theory, post-colonial critique, and political intervention.

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Qualifications: Candidate must have an MFA (or equivalent) or PhD, and at least 1 year of teaching experience (or equivalent experience) at the college or university level preferred.

Salary: approx. $7,500 per class.

All classes above will be taught in-person.

Applicants must submit the following:

A Cover Letter explaining interest in teaching the class (address letter to "Search Committee");

Names and contact information for 3 references;

Curriculum Vitae;

Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement;

Copies of 1-3 most recent syllabi; and

Copies of 1-3 most recent teaching evaluations.

Optional: Link to a portfolio of up to 20 JPEG images or up to 5 minutes of video on a Google Drive link, or a link to your personal website containing images of work.

Candidates must have an MFA (or equivalent) or PhD, and at least 1 year of teaching experience (or equivalent), at the college or university level.

• 3 required (contact information only)

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