Opportunities

OurHouse seeking BIPOC creatives

OurHouse is looking for BIPOC creatives (artists doing visual/sculptural installations, a live painting, projection, etc.) interested in collaborating with musicians/vocalists for a live and curated multimedia talent show. Imagine: a live painting, a harpist, a projection, a spoken word poem, a monologue, a breakdancer — performing with live music. If interested, submit ideas for any type of artistic performance or visual contribution to vivie.eteme@yale.edu & laura.zeng@yale.edu, along with any examples of previous work by November 18.

CCAM x Currents New Media Fellowship

Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) is partnering with Currents New Media to bring a Yale student fellow to present their work at the CURRENTS 2025 Art & Technology Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

As an ambassador for CCAM, the inaugural CCAM x Currents New Media Fellow will have a unique opportunity to showcase their project to a global audience of media artists and innovators at one of the world’s preeminent new media festivals. The fellowship will fund travel (within the U.S. to Santa Fe, NM) and housing costs during the festival.

The application is open to all current Yale students, including those graduating in Spring 2025.

Apply here by Sunday, December 15 at 11:59pm ET.

Apply to be a 2024-25 Law, Ethics & Animals Program Student Fellow!

The Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School (law.yale.edu/animals) is inviting applications for its 2024-25 LEAP Student Fellows Program. Applications are due on Wednesday, September 25. 

About LEAP:
Launched in 2019, the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School is a multidisciplinary “think-and-do tank” dedicated to developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty and its impacts on the living world, and to drawing attention to the questions of conscience and law raised by humanity’s treatment of animals. To this end, LEAP leads and coordinates a diverse program of activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and that contribute to defining, expanding, and advancing the field of animal law and policy. LEAP’s programming includes academic and experiential courses; the Climate Change and Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative and other research initiatives; active support for student research projects and publications; and regular lectures, panels, and events. Learn more at our website: law.yale.edu/animals. 

About the LEAP Student Fellows Program: 
Each academic year, LEAP selects a group of Student Fellows, including both Yale Law School students and other Yale graduate and professional school students. The goal of the Student Fellows Program is to support the academic and professional goals of Yale students interested in helping animals, to further empower these students to do impactful work while at Yale, and to build a robust and fun community of students and scholars interested in animal law and policy on campus.

During the academic year, LEAP Student Fellows receive support from LEAP faculty and staff to work on a project related to animal law, policy, and ethics. The projects can take a myriad of forms, such as academic research (either with LEAP or independently); a policy proposal; submission of comments on proposed regulations; an op-ed or popular press article; or another research or creative project of the Fellow’s choosing. Credit or pay is available for some projects. LEAP Fellows shape and participate in the life of the LEAP program in a variety of ways, including helping to envision, organize, and advertise the events that LEAP hosts during the academic year. LEAP Fellows are asked, at minimum, to work on one project of their own choosing, to attend two LEAP events per semester, and to help spread the word about LEAP events and initiatives on campus. 

We welcome applications from all Yale graduate and professional school students. No past experience or expertise in animal law is necessary.

To apply, please complete this form with a resume and brief statement of interest by WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. If you have questions about the fellowship or application process, please contact LEAP Postgraduate Fellow Laurie Sellars (laurie.sellars@yale.edu).

Create New Drupal Website for American Studies

Create a new website using the latest Drupal Platform. Integrate current data to fit in the new Yale-recommended site. Work with block structures and filters to refine specifications and requirements based on program needs. Collaborate with Officers and staff to ensure compatibility with the new features.

Compensation: $22.50/hour

E-mail address to aaron.green@yale.edu to express interest/apply >

 Yale Ventures x CCAM Curatorial Fellowship

Yale Ventures, launched by Yale University in 2022, was created to connect and support the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. We seek to build a vibrant entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem that increases support, resources, and opportunities for Yale innovators—faculty and students—as they translate their ideas and discoveries into new ventures that will positively impact the world’s greatest challenges. Yale Ventures will open their new space at 101 College Street in October 2024. This 10,000-square-foot space will include flexible space for mission-related programming, as well as office spaces and conference rooms for Yale staff engaged in related projects.  

The Yale Ventures x Yale CCAM Art + Innovation Fellowship offers a unique opportunity to activate the Yale Ventures headquarters by curating art that embodies Yale’s vibrant interdisciplinary community. This fellowship is designed for a Yale artist, technologist, and/or curator from any media and practice(s) or discipline who is passionate about the intersection of innovation and technology at the university.  

The fellow will curate one or more works from among the Yale community and/or in the greater art world to inspire and engage visitors and community members in the space, leveraging these themes. The fellow will consult with the Yale Ventures and Yale CCAM teams to receive guidance on the creative and logistical aspects of the exhibition, with the goal of imagining new methods and augmenting existing practices of curatorial expression and engagement. The works, subject to approval by Yale Ventures and CCAM, will be displayed at the Yale Ventures headquarters at 101 College Street, timed to coincide with the opening of the new space.

In addition to activating the Yale Ventures space, fellows will support Yale CCAM in the production of its Fall 2024 exhibition at its ISOVIST gallery, which opens on November 8, 2024. This may involve assisting the show curator with the installation of artworks, publications, and other duties as assigned.  

Applications due September 15, 2024, at 12PM. Full information & link to apply >

Call for Participation: Yale Textile Working Group

This fall marks the beginning of a new interdisciplinary working group centered around textiles, sponsored by the Whitney Humanities Center. The group is intended to help Yale community members connect over the topic of textiles. Researchers, historians, makers and practitioners of all disciplines and expertise levels are all welcome!

Meetings will serve as spaces to discuss the history and future of textile crafts in all dimensions, including techniques (weaving, embroidery, quilting, knitting, crochet, etc.), materials (cotton, silk, wool, synthetics, dyes, etc.), and practices (social histories, collectives, industries, sciences, local traditions, etc.) While the group can be called a working group in an academic sense, it is also intended in a more tangible sense: if you have handwork that you want to attend to in a communal setting, you are welcome to bring along works in progress. Working in community facilitates an alternative discussion space to the traditional academic forum, and some limited basic materials and tools will be supplied at meetings.

Depending on interest, members will also be welcomed to join in on the Yale Farm’s indigo harvest and dye extraction process, which will occur until the first frost, and a mending workshop is also planned for the fall. To join the email list to be notified of meetings and textile-related happenings, or if you would like to propose a presentation of your research or practice during a meeting, please register HERE and/or join our first introductory stitching circle on September 9 from 5-7pm in Loria 360 (on the community calendars!). Please pass along this announcement to any colleagues — faculty, student, or staff — who may be interested, regardless of department/school.

DHLab Fall Opportunities
 
Are you a Yale graduate student interested in humanistic questions and in building professional experience and expertise on digital humanities projects in a client-facing role? The Yale DHLab welcomes applicants to our DH Generalist Consultant and DH Specialist Consultant positions. Generalist Consultants bring a broad interest in DH expertise and Specialist Consultants bring an existing area of knowledge they’d like to deepen. Consultants are funded to hold consultations in the DHLab (a minimum commitment of two hours per week) and, as interested, to join DHLab projects, participate in secondments to other library units, and train in relevant skill areas.
 
For more detailed information and to apply, please visit the student jobs portal.
 
WORKSHOPS
Skip a Thousand Words: Data Visualization Principles for DH
> WHEN Wed Sep 18 10-11am
> WHERE online
> HOW register here
> WHAT: Struggling to express a pattern you’re noticing in your data? Just looking to add visual interest to your DH project? Try a data visualization! This workshop will expose you to principles and techniques that can help you make compelling data visualizations that effectively convey your work to viewers. Participants will walk away with a conceptual grounding in designing data visualizations; this workshop will not focus on conveying statistical significance or adhering to disciplinary standards in traditional data fields. No programming experience required.
 
DH Foundations 
> WHEN Wed Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 9 2-3:30pm
> WHERE online
> HOW register for Part I, Part II, Part III
> WHAT: In this interactive online workshop, participants will explore many avenues for creating meaningful and ethical DH projects by critically discussing case studies of existing projects as a group. We’ll also discuss the history of DH as a field and practice while collaboratively creating vocabularies around what it even means to “do DH”— especially what it means to “do good DH” —and identifying important questions to ask along the way.

Participants will work together to identify qualities essential to any effective DH project and will walk away with a shared vocabulary to critique and propose DH projects of their own. This workshop will involve a lot of working together, but we do not expect participants to bring existing knowledge of DH methods, programming, or technical skills in general.

Note: This workshop is open to current Yale graduate students and postdocs and is the first requirement to complete the Digital Humanities Lab’s DH certificate. Participants must attend all three parts to receive credit.

Opportunities at the Center for Collaborative Arts & Media!

The Center for Collaborative Arts and Media CCAM Studio Fellowship (2024–2025): The CCAM Studio Fellowship invites creators to produce an original project based at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) at Yale. For 2024–2025, the application is open to everyone!

CCAM offers each project: 

• funding for project materials,
• meetings with the group of fellows and our team for project mentorship,
• access to the center’s spaces and Equipment Checkout, and an opportunity to present their work in the Studio Fellowship Exhibition.

Deadline: Tuesday, September 3 at 12:00 PM EDT. Full information & link to apply >>

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Open Call for Hypertext/Hyperlink Exhibition, CCAM ISOVIST Gallery, Fall 2024: Hypertext has been a foundational concept in how the web operates, connecting relational pages through hyperlinks to create a constellation of interconnected documents. The term “hypertext” was coined by Theodor Nelson, who described it as “non-sequential writing – text that branches and allows choices to the reader.” This concept is evident in HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the markup language used for creating websites, where the anchor tag links HTML documents together. Curated by CCAM ISOVIST Guest Curator Alvin Ashiatey (Lecturer, Yale School of Art and MFA ‘22)

Participate in this exhibition by submitting proposals by Sunday, September 1 at 12:00 PM EDT. Full information & link to apply >>

University of New Haven seeks collaborators on interdisciplinary poetry project

The University of New Haven invites student artists specializing in painting and graphic illustration to participate in an exciting interdisciplinary project that merges the worlds of poetry and visual art. This unique initiative, led by fellow UNH instructor and award-winning poet, Lauren Crawford, centers around her debut poetry collection, which explores profound themes through vivid language and compelling narratives. The project seeks to bring these poems to life through original artworks created by talented visual artists, offering a powerful dialogue between word and image.

Participating artists will be tasked with interpreting and creating a visual piece inspired by one of the poems from Lauren’s forthcoming collection, which will be featured in a virtual gallery on her author’s website as well as promotional material & potential live exhibitions. This project not only provides a unique platform for artists to showcase their work alongside a published poetry collection but also introduces a philanthropic element: in exchange for student artwork, Lauren will make donations to charities chosen by the contributing artists. This approach fosters both artistic collaboration and community impact, providing artists with a meaningful opportunity to express their creativity while supporting causes they care about.

This is a fantastic chance for student artists to gain exposure, collaborate across mediums, and be part of a project that bridges literature and visual art in a fresh and impactful way. Students who identify as women, LGBTQ, and Persons of Color/Indigenous are especially welcome to apply. Deadline for completed pieces is November 15, 2024. Interested students are encouraged to submit their portfolios or reach out for more information on how to get involved in this creative and socially conscious endeavor.

The New Haven Chamber Orchestra is seeking new musicians!

The New Haven Chamber Orchestra is seeking new musicians in strings, horn, and percussion for the Orchestra’s 20th season.

The group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30PM. Email info@newhavenorchestra.com if you’re interested in joining!

University of Houston seeks Assistant Professor in Photography/Video

The School of Art at the University of Houston, a Tier-One public research university, seeks applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Photography/Video position to begin Fall 2025. The program seeks outstanding candidates working at the forefront of contemporary photography or video. The successful candidate will have an active exhibition record with the potential to achieve national and international recognition and a developing record as a teacher and mentor. They should demonstrate a commitment to creative research and production and an engagement with contemporary issues and the evolving concerns of our dynamic field. We wish to consider candidates with an expansive approach to contemporary image-based creation, from analog processes to the newest digital technologies. The successful candidate for this position will excel at teaching and mentoring students from a broad range of backgrounds.

Apply here >

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks Assistant/Associate Professor in Graphic Design & Design for Responsible Innovation

The School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, to support the continued expansion of the program in Graphic Design and Design for Responsible Innovation. The School encourages submissions from individuals with specializations across a range of design areas. The anticipated start date is August 16, 2025.

We seek applicants who will contribute to our faculty by pushing beyond graphic design’s historical perspectives and approaches to engage design’s ethical implications, re-center those excluded by the discipline, or innovate methodologies and pathways. These include, but are not limited to, Indigenous design knowledges, queering design, applied experimentation in visual communication, social interaction design, liberatory approaches to the development and dissemination of knowledge, collaboration across disciplines and with community partners, and design for climate justice and to dismantle and reimagine other inequities faced by historically marginalized communities.

Full info & application >

Mattatuck Museum’s MIXMASTER Juried Members show

Calling all emerging artists! Submissions for the Mattatuck Museum’s MIXMASTER Juried Members show open October 21. MIXMASTER is an annual juried exhibition that seeks to discover and recognize the talents of the Mattatuck Museum’s artist members working in New England and the Tri-State region. All artists who are over the age of 18 and residents of New England, New York, and New Jersey are welcome to apply.

This year, we are thrilled to have Dr. Kalia Brooks, Director of Programs and Exhibitions at NXTHVN, as our juror. Selected works will be featured in a group show at the Mattatuck Museum in January, and the winner of the show will receive $500 plus a solo exhibition in the fall. Please note that while membership is required, there is a discounted rate for students that still comes with full membership benefits. For all other information, please visit https://mixmaster2025.artcall.org/.

The New Art School Modality: Arts Writing/Writing About Art
 Fall 2024 Course | October 11th-December 13th, 2024

The New Art School Modality’s latest course, “Arts Writing/Writing About Art“ will take place this Fall weekly on Fridays from 10am - 12:30 pm EST beginning Friday, October 11, 2024. The course will be a virtual-in person hybrid. The in-person sessions will be on the Hauser & Wirth, NY Gallery premises at 443 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011.
 
Faculty with expertise on the topic include:

• Professor Valerie Cassel Oliver, curator and author, including Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art (2012) and Dawoud Bey: Elegy (2023)
• Professor Hannah Higgins, whose writings include The Grid Book (2009) and “Intermedial Perception Or, Fluxing Across the Sensory” (2021)
• Professor Alexander Nemerov, author of Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (2021) and The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s (2023)
• Professor Jenni Sorkin, whose works include Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women Artists, 1947–2016 (2016), and Art in California (2021).
• Professors Fred Moten & Steve Harney, authors of The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study (2013) and All Incomplete (2020).
• Professor Romi Crawford, writings on artists include essays on Nick Cave, Cauleen Smith, Tavares Strachan, and Kamoinge Workshop photographers.
• Professor Siddhartha Mitter, journalist whose writings include “Steve McQueen, on a Different Wavelength (2024)” and “Dawoud Bey, Full Frame: On Richmond’s Trail of the Enslaved” 

You can learn more about the faculty here >

Applications due September 25, 2024. Link to apply >

The Department of Art at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) seeks a Chairperson to commence Fall 2025

The Department of Art at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) invites applications for a Chairperson to commence Fall 2025. The successful candidate will serve as the administrative and educational leader of approximately twenty full-time, tenured, or tenure-track faculty members and a staff of three. Serving nearly 600 undergraduate majors, the Department of Art offers BA programs for art education and art history, along with BA and BFA programs in studio art (ceramics, drawing, graphic design, metals, painting, printmaking and sculpture), and a minor in museum studies. Our facility in the Fox Fine Arts center includes four stories of studios (drawing, painting, graphic design, foundations, sculpture, wood shop, ceramics, metals, printmaking), classrooms, and the Glass Gallery, our departmental exhibition space. The successful candidate will have the administrative experience and organizational skills to lead the department and will bring a clear vision of the future of studio education, art history, art education, and museum studies that incorporates contemporary practices. The Chair will liaise with the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the upper administration and work to ensure that the needs of the department are fully met. For more information about the Department of Art at UTEP, please visit our website.

Tenure, rank, and salary are commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications.

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in studio art (M.F.A.), art history (Ph.D.), art education (Ph.D.), or a related field

• Tenure at the rank of either Associate or Full Professor or an equivalent at current institution

• Administrative or leadership experience at the Department and or College/University levels

• National or international record of scholarly or artistic achievement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience (1-2 years) in an Assistant Chair, Chair, or Interim Chair position or in a college or university administration position

• Experience in student advising

• Working knowledge of university software platforms and learning management systems

Duties:

• Oversee budget, recruitment, hiring of staff, and faculty appointments

• Work with staff to oversee department functions and infrastructure

• Work with faculty to develop curricula, facilities, and scheduling

• Promote the department’s future development

• Liaise effectively with the administration, college, and community

• Support and mentor the professional growth of faculty

• Course Instruction consistent with workload policies and departmental needs

• Advise departmental majors and minors and communicate with central advising: the C.L.A.S.S. Center and Academic Advising Center

• Coordinate student travel, including study abroad programming

• Use Microsoft suite of software, PeopleSoft (or similar), Faculty Success, and UTEP’s learning management system

• Resolve personnel and student issues and conflicts

• Advance the collaborative relationship with our campus contemporary arts center, the Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts

Review of complete applications will begin January 10, 2025. The position will remain open until filled. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

To apply, please visit: www.utep.edu/employment

• The Hopper Prize: Offers a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis.

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