Stony Brook University invites visual artists to apply for the Charles C. Bergman Visiting Professorship in Studio Art, a part-time, non-tenure track faculty position to commence in Fall 2022. The candidate will be expected to teach one Studio Art course per semester at the Graduate or Undergraduate level, scheduled on one day per week. The candidate will also participate in the graduate Studio Art critiques and presentations, and take part in relevant department faculty meetings. As part of the fellowship the candidate will collaborate with the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center on a special program in the form of a lecture or panel discussion for University students and the larger community.The pay range is $26,000-30,000 annually, plus health benefits. The position is supported by an endowment gift from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, in memory of Charles C. Bergman, the foundation’s longtime Chairman and CEO. The visiting position is renewable up to two years and is to be reappointed either annually or on a semester by semester basis.

The Department of Art at Stony Brook University has consistently been at the cutting edge of developments in art. Here, in the 1960s, Lawrence Alloway coined the term “Pop Art,” Allan Kaprow invented the “Happening,” and the visiting artist Nam June Paik taught students to see the recently invented technology of “video” as a creative medium. Since that time, we have continued to embrace new directions in the study and creation of art, with an integrated curriculum for undergraduates and graduate students in Studio Art, Art History and Criticism.

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, established in 1985, provides financial support for individual working artists of established ability. The Foundation has awarded nearly 5,000 grants totaling more than $78 million in 78 countries.

Qualifications: Applicants should hold a terminal degree or equivalent training and professional accomplishment in Studio Art, and have a track record of excellence in artistic production, creative practice, research, scholarship and teaching in their field. Required: Established and active art practice and professional exhibition record. A degree in Studio Art or related field. Preferred: University-level teaching experience.

Application Instructions:
Candidates should apply online via Interfolio and submit the following:
– Cover Letter – summarizing your creative practice, and professional or scholarly work.
– CV – Curriculum vitae including a list of exhibitions, publications, performances, or projects.
– Teaching Statement – describe past experience, pedagogy, courses.
– Portfolio of Artwork – sample of selected artwork, professional or scholarly work. (accepted Interfolio file types include PDF, PPT/PPTX, web page URLs, as well as video hyperlinks).

Review of applications will begin on March 7, 2022 and continue until the position closes on April 7, 2022.  For technical support, please visit Interfolio’s Support Site (https://support.interfolio.com/) or reach out to their Scholar Service Team at help@interfollio.com or (877) 997-8807.

If you have any questions, inquiries should be directed to the Charles C. Bergman Visiting Professorship Search Committee Chair, Isak Berbic

Stony Brook University invites visual artists with an evident commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity, to apply for the IDEA Fellowship position in the Department of Art. The successful candidate for this position will be an artist whose practice engages one or more of the following: digital/emerging media art, computational art and creative coding, physical computing, data-based art, social media and mobile computing, net/networked art, and other relevant new practices in contemporary art. The candidate will demonstrate knowledge of current trends, and must have an established art practice and exhibition record.

IDEA FELLOWS Position Description

Stony Brook University invites applications for the College of Arts and Sciences’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (IDEA)

 Fellows Program (2022/2023), a full-time, 12 month, non tenure-track faculty position at the lecturer level at the annual salary of $70,000 including full benefits, to commence Fall 2022. The fellow will be a part of a mentored research environment and, with a successful and demonstrated contribution to inclusion, diversity, and equity, will be invited to join the tenure-track faculty at Stony Brook University after two years [24 months of fellow support].

The successful candidate’s primary appointment will be in one of the following departments: Africana Studies, Anthropology, Studio Art (digital), Asian and Asian American Studies (Korean American), Economics, Geosciences, Psychology (clinical), Political Science, Music, Sociology or Chemistry. Candidates must have demonstrated plans to contribute to inclusion, diversity and equity, excellence in innovative research and potential to participate in the teaching mission of the Department they join. The successful candidate will be expected to be an effective interdisciplinary teacher and mentor at the undergraduate and graduate levels to guide research and professional development, and be an active participant in community outreach activities.

Stony Brook prides itself on attracting an incredibly diverse student body, including many first generation immigrants and first generation college students. Recent studies have shown that Stony Brook is one of the top universities in the U.S. for supporting the upward mobility of its students.

We are interested in scholars with the potential to offer a critical perspective based on experience in or understanding of groups historically underrepresented in higher education in these particular areas of interest: critical race theory, globalization, health disparities, sustainability/ climate justice, aging, racial justice. Multiple fellows will be hired so this list reflects a broad swath of interest for a pool of fellows.

Qualifications: 

Required: PhD or relevant terminal degree from an accredited institution prior to a start date between 6/1/2022 and 9/1/2022 with specialization in one of the possible appointing departments or related field. A record of research related to one of the possible appointing departments or related field.

Preferred: Evidence of or potential for excellence in research and service; undergraduate and graduate teaching; interdisciplinary collaboration; and community outreach.

Application instructions: 

A complete application will consist of sixitems, including the required Application form:

1. a cover letter that indicates the department applying for and addresses the criteria for the position
2. CV
3. sample of representative scholarly work (no more than three publications)
4. Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statement
5. research statement
6. teaching statement

In addition, three letters of reference should be requested and submitted through the Interfolio portal.

APPLY NOW 

Review of applicant files will begin on September 30, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled. Inquiries may be directed to the College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean CAS_Dean@stonybrook.edu . For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

If you are interested in supporting an IDEA Postdoctoral Fellow, please contact Hodan Hassan, Assistant Dean for Advancement.

Stony Brook University
Department of Art
welcomes guest critic,
curator Regine Basha
Tuesday May, 11th, 2021
11:00am EST

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Basha was born in Israel to Iraqi parents, she grew up in Montreal and Los Angeles and attended New York University, Concordia University (Studio Art and Art History) and graduated from Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies’ inaugural class of 1996. Regine Basha has been curating innovative exhibitions for public institutions, civic spaces, magazines and private galleries nationally and internationally. With an exploratory approach to exhibition design, production and reception, Basha works closely with artists to create specific contexts in which to encounter the work. Her exhibitions have received grant awards from The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts as well as critical press in The New York Times, Artforum, Modern Painters, Art Papers, Wire, Bidoun, Art Lies, Artforum and NPR Radio. She currently sits on the board of Art Matters and Aurora Picture Show.

Basha will be in conversation with the graduating Master of Fine Arts students, Stuart Balius, Yifei Cheng, Marta Baumiller and Annemarie Waugh. All four artists are degree candidates in the Department of Art’s MFA program. The MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021, presenting their work in painting, sculpture, prints, photographs, video and installation art was recently on view at the Stony Brook University’s Zuccaire Gallery.

Stony Brook University
Department of Art
welcomes artist Coleman Collins
Friday May, 7th, 2021
3pm EST

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Coleman Collins is an interdisciplinary artist and writer from Stone Mountain, Georgia. His work explores issues related to debt, world history, and social relations – how our economic and sociocultural systems converge to produce certain realities and fictions. Recent exhibitions and screenings include Carré d’Art, Nîmes; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Nothing Special, Los Angeles; Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York; ltd los angeles, Los Angeles; Artspace, New Haven, and Human Resources Los Angeles. He received an MFA from UCLA in 2018, and was a 2017 resident at the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture. He lives in New York, where he was a 2019 participant in the Whitney Independent Study Program.

Collins will discuss his art practice as well as his project “GuiltCoin” — a multidisciplinary work that was recently on view in the exhibition Cybernetics of the Poor at the Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (December 18, 2020–March 28, 2021). GuiltCoin is a thought experiment that explores the intimate relationship between guilt and debt. It seeks to contend with the notion of existential guilt. How is guilt already financialized, instrumentalized? What is its value – and what is value, anyway? How are we relating to each other, emotionally, and how can it be otherwise? The lecture will go over the conceptual framework for the work, some material aspects of its expression, and the collaborative process that led to its production.