The Herron School of Art and Design at IU Indianapolis invites applications for full time lecturer track faculty in our Drawing Illustration Program. As Herron enters its 122nd year as a community engaged educational institution, we seek colleagues that will help continue our work to support and advance contemporary art and design practices and the creative economy.
Herron’s Drawing and Illustration program addresses evolving creative practices that transcend disciplinary boundaries and are broadly defined by purpose rather than by media. This role will engage undergraduate students working with traditional, contemporary, and cutting-edge methodologies including animation, digital rendering, and all aspects of fields and professional paths in drawing and illustration. Students in the program employ many of the same tools used in Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Design, and other disciplines alongside an increasing array of digital and time-based media as they create content and develop skills and understanding that directly support their professional and career development.
Candidates with professional experience in illustration, university-level teaching experience, strong proficiency in hands-on media and digital software, and a background in studio art will be prioritized in the selection process. Ultimately, we seek professionals with the ability to teach drawing, illustration, and digital media as creative and integrative art practices, with shared or intersecting expertise that can also contribute to engagement in other areas of the school, campus, and community.
Application Deadline: January 15, 2024; open until filled
The position will begin in August 2024. Salary is commensurate with experience and IU offers competitive benefits; information about which can be viewed at https://hr.iu.edu/benefits/neweeo/index.html.
About Herron School of Art and Design
Founded in 1902, Herron School of Art and Design is the premier accredited professional art and design school in the state of Indiana and is part of the thriving urban campus of IU Indianapolis. Herron has more than 30 full-time faculty serving 11 undergraduate and three graduate programs and a curriculum that prepares graduates to be leaders in a world that requires a unique combination of creativity, conceptual skills, and technical abilities. Herron is fully accredited by NASAD.
For more information about Herron School of Art and Design visit https://herron.iupui.edu/.
About the Campus
Indiana University Indianapolis (IUI) is located in the heart of a metropolitan area of more than two million people, the state’s capitol and a vibrant business, arts museum and cultural community. With 30,000 students from 49 states and 122 countries, and more than 200 academic programs, the campus is among the Top 10 “up and coming” universities in US World and News Report’s ranking, earning national recognition as a model for urban higher education for the 21st century. IUI is committed to serving the need of both non-traditional and traditional students. For more information about IUI, visit www.iupui.edu
As the state’s premier urban research institution, IUI is committed to being a welcoming campus community that reflects and enacts the values of diversity, equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We seek candidates who will not only enhance our representational diversity but whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. IUI condemns racism in all its forms and has taken an anti-racist stance that moves beyond mere statements to interrogating its policies, procedures, and practices. We hope to identify individuals who will assist in our mission to dismantle racism so that everyone has the opportunity to succeed at IUI.