The University of Wisconsin--Madison has posted a position as Assistant Professor, Printmaking. This is a tenure-track position, starting end of August, 2014. MFA or equivalent required.
Deadline for applications: Feb. 7, 2014.
Details:
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_078479.html
Note:
If you apply for positions like this, please post a comment to the blog to let us know how things worked out.
Good luck!
Friday, December 20, 2013
Book Arts Adjunct Position
The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ has an opening for an adjunct professor to teach a course in Introduction to Book Arts for the Spring Semester, 2014. MFA and teaching experience required.
Note that the application deadline is coming up very soon.
Here are the posting details:
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Adjunct Position in Visual Arts: Book Arts
Job Title: Adjunct Position in Book Arts
Department: Art and Art History
Job Posted On:
Job Start Date: 01/27/2014
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Status: Temporary- Spring semester
Search Type: Global Search
Job Post ID:

Teaching load will be one course: Book Arts
The College is located in close proximity to Princeton, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, and New York City, NY.
2) At least two years of college level teaching experience.
3) CV indication exhibition record with
4) Record of and/or promise for a scholarly and/or creative program commensurate with a highly competitive liberal arts college, such as regional, national and international exhibitions, book arts work in private collections, residencies and other indicators of your professional involvement in book arts.
The ideal candidate will have experience in all areas of book arts listed in the course description, be active in the discipline and have previous teaching experience relating to book arts.
Only complete, electronic submissions will be considered. Although not required, examples of student work, and copies of previous syllabi may also be submitted for review.
A review of applications will begin March January 6th, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Priority will be given to applications received by January 6, 2014. Please direct further inquiries to:
Visual Arts Search Committee
Department of Art and Art History
The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
artdept@tcnj.edu
To enrich education through diversity, The College of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The College has a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff, and strongly encourages women and members of underrepresented groups to apply.
Employment is contingent upon completion of a successful background check.
Note that the application deadline is coming up very soon.
Here are the posting details:
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Book Arts Adjunct Professor
AAV 218 - BOOK ARTS
Mo 3:30PM - 4:50PM and 5:30PM - 9:20PMAdjunct Position in Visual Arts: Book Arts
Job Title: Adjunct Position in Book Arts
Department: Art and Art History
Job Posted On:
Job Start Date: 01/27/2014
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Status: Temporary- Spring semester
Search Type: Global Search
Job Post ID:

Description
The College of New Jersey invites applications for a part-time Spring-semester Visual Arts adjunct position in the Department of Art and Art History. We seek a Visual Artist to teach a Book Art course. Date of appointment: January 2014- May 2014.The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey is a highly selective public institution that has earned national recognition for its commitment to excellence. TCNJ emphasizes the undergraduate residential experience and offers targeted graduate programs. The College's seven schools - The Arts and Communication; Business; Humanities and Social Sciences; Education; Science; Nursing, Health and Exercise Science; and Engineering - offer degrees to nearly 7,000 students. With a 13 to 1 student to faculty ratio, TCNJ seeks to enroll approximately 1,375 entering, full-time freshmen each fall, 95 percent of whom live on campus.Adjunct Position in Visual Arts: Book Arts
An introduction to Artist books designed to bring together students with differing backgrounds who approach this art in their own unique ways. This is a projects-oriented course that involves students in the discussion, critique, planning, and design of books in a range of book-production media. The course introduces terms, formats, book genres, design concepts, and production practices. Examples of projects include wearable books, alternative book structures, Japanese bindings and Japanese design, Coptic binding, tunnel books, and creating books with foldouts. It also includes the techniques and construction of a portfolio box. In addition, the final project gives each student the opportunity to plan and execute a book design project that reflects his or her particular interests.Teaching load will be one course: Book Arts
The College is located in close proximity to Princeton, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, and New York City, NY.
Minimum qualifications:
1) Completed Master’s Degree in Fine Arts by the date of appointment.2) At least two years of college level teaching experience.
3) CV indication exhibition record with
4) Record of and/or promise for a scholarly and/or creative program commensurate with a highly competitive liberal arts college, such as regional, national and international exhibitions, book arts work in private collections, residencies and other indicators of your professional involvement in book arts.
The ideal candidate will have experience in all areas of book arts listed in the course description, be active in the discipline and have previous teaching experience relating to book arts.
Contact Information
Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, 10 images of your work, and contact information for three references electronically in PDF format to artdept@tcnj.edu with the subject line: Book Arts Adjunct- "Applicant's last name."Only complete, electronic submissions will be considered. Although not required, examples of student work, and copies of previous syllabi may also be submitted for review.
A review of applications will begin March January 6th, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Priority will be given to applications received by January 6, 2014. Please direct further inquiries to:
Visual Arts Search Committee
Department of Art and Art History
The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
artdept@tcnj.edu
To enrich education through diversity, The College of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The College has a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff, and strongly encourages women and members of underrepresented groups to apply.
Employment is contingent upon completion of a successful background check.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Mt. Airy Art Garage issues Call for Artists--Assemblage: Paper Works
The Mt. Airy Art Garage is calling for entries for a juried exhibit, Assemblage: Paper Works. They are looking for paper "works of sculpture, collage, book arts, constructions, installations, mobiles, drawing, print making, photography, painting and all experimentation." Open to all artists.
This organization nurtures and provides a venue for local independent artists; it's well worth your consideration and support.
This organization nurtures and provides a venue for local independent artists; it's well worth your consideration and support.
Deadline for submission:
January 4, 2014For details and link to entry form:
http://mtairyartgarage.org/2013/12/call-for-artists-assemblage-paper-works/Thursday, December 12, 2013
This just in from Washington D.C.
This year's White House Christmas card is a pop-up!
http://www.today.com/holidayguide/white-house-christmas-card-stars-dogs-bo-sunny-2D11718786
Please note, Colette Fu, Carol Barton, and all other moveable book fans!
http://www.today.com/holidayguide/white-house-christmas-card-stars-dogs-bo-sunny-2D11718786
Please note, Colette Fu, Carol Barton, and all other moveable book fans!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Full Tilt Classes with Susan Mills, NYC
Fall bookbinding classes at Full Tilt in New York City:
Dates
- Oct 20 10-4
- Oct 26 10-1
- Oct 27 10-1
- Nov 3 10-1
- Vellum Ledger with Tackets
- Phase Box with Mylar Spine
- Cross Structure Book Variation
- Adjustable/Collapsible Book Cradle
Register for individual classes or for the series.
Information and registration
http://bookbindingclasses.blogspot.comLocation
University Settlement
273 Bowery
New York City
Purgatory Pie Press Events
Tuesday, Oct 15 | 7pm
book signing and hands-on event
Midtown Scholar
Harrisburg PA
book signing and hands-on event
Midtown Scholar
Harrisburg PA
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Wednesday, Oct 16, 2013
Purgatory Pie Press will be the speakers at the annual
Friends of the Library event
Friends of the Library event
Academy Room, Shadek-Fackenthal Library
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster PA
Refreshments 4:15 p.m.
Talk & Book Signing 4:45 p.m.
& hands-on Instant Book workshop
More information:
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster PA
Refreshments 4:15 p.m.
Talk & Book Signing 4:45 p.m.
& hands-on Instant Book workshop
More information:
Christopher Raab, 717-358-4225
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For details and other events:
www.purgatorypiepress.com
Monday, September 23, 2013
Two Open Positions at the Grolier Club
The Grolier Club of New York, America’s oldest and largest society of
enthusiasts in printing and the graphic arts, is seeking two talented,
motivated, enthusiastic, self-directed, and detail-oriented administrative
professionals to coordinate the Club’s distinguished 130-year-old series of
publications, and exhibitions.
Since its founding the Grolier Club has published over five hundred books
and exhibition catalogues—some of them now the standard references in their
fields—on such subjects as photography, William Blake, Mayan writing,
Albrecht Dürer’s alphabet book, and the well-known “Grolier hundred”
selections in literature, science, and medicine. Many of the publications
have been printed and designed by the leading book artists and typographers
of the past and present, including Theodore Low De Vinne, D. B. Updike,
Bruce Rogers, Stanley Morison, Joseph Blumenthal, the Mardersteigs, and
Jerry Kelly.
Duties & Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director, the Publications Manager will
• Oversee the daily operations of a program producing seven to ten
titles a year, including checklists, catalogues, monographs, and periodicals
• Lead initiatives in the design and implementation of digital
applications pertaining to the Club’s publications and communications,
including acting as webmaster for the Club’s website
• Communicate with Grolier Club member curators and others about
publications relating to Club exhibitions and other activities, enforcing
deadlines and maintaining form and content standards
• Edit for press those publications bearing the Grolier Club imprint
• Act as liaison to contributors, authors and others involved in the
editorial process of non-Club publications
• Communicate with the Club’s distributor about inventory and
marketing of Grolier Club publications to non-members
• Oversee the Administrative Assistant in fulfilling publications
orders from Grolier Club members
• Act as primary staff liaison to the Grolier Club Committee on
Publications, assisting the chair of that committee with the preparation of
monthly and annual reports, among other duties
• Serve as chief editor of the annual Gazette of the Grolier Club, and
the annual Club “Yearbook,” soliciting contributions, evaluating and editing
submissions, and overseeing production
Qualifications
• Advanced degree in a relevant area of the humanities, or equivalent
experience
• 3-5 years of related print and web editing experience, ideally in an
academic or scholarly environment
• Excellent writing and organizational skills
• Proven negotiation and project management skills
• Demonstrated experience using standard computer word processing and
design programs, and web editing tools
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently in a time-sensitive environment with
multiple and conflicting priorities
A background in bibliography and/or book history is desirable.
Salary from $65,000, depending on experience. Compensation package includes
15 days paid vacation, retirement plan through TIAA/CREF, and comprehensive
health/dental care.
Send résumé, cover letter, and the names of three references to:
Publications Manager Search Committee
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
Email applications (to gcpubmgr@gmail.com) are preferred. Applications
received prior to October 15 will be given first consideration.
More information on the Grolier Club and its programs can be found on our
website: www.grolierclub.org.
The Club was one of the first organizations in America to treat books and
prints as objects worthy of display, and since 1884 the Club has mounted
more than eight hundred exhibitions on topics ranging from Blake to Kipling,
from chess to murder mysteries, from Japanese prints to Art Nouveau posters.
Reporting to the Director, and in consultation with the Committees on Public
Exhibitions and Members’ Exhibitions, the Exhibitions Manager administers
all aspects of the Grolier Club’s programs of public exhibitions (four
annually) and members’ exhibitions (five annually), including registration,
preparation/setup, and PR.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Registration, including requesting loans from other libraries or
individuals for public exhibitions; all correspondence related to the loan
of material; processing of loan, insurance and transportation forms.
• Preparation and support, including maintaining and coordinating
calendars for the Public Exhibitions and Members’ Exhibitions programs;
advising curators on exhibition procedures and design; assisting in the
editing and revising of catalogue texts and exhibition label copy;
supervising and participating in exhibition set-up; maintaining supplies of
exhibit materials; creating and maintaining guidelines and standards for
curators of Grolier Club exhibitions.
• Public Relations, which includes working with the Club’s PR
consultant in the creation and/or editing of printed and online press
releases; and development of public relations strategies. Duties in this
area also include maintaining mailing and press contact lists; assembling
and distributing press packets; maintaining and sending updates to email
distribution lists; updating the exhibitions pages of the Grolier Club
website, and posting to the Club’s Facebook page and other social media as
appropriate.
This position supervises one part-time conservator on an as-needed basis,
and oversees a corps of member volunteers in all aspects of exhibition
setup.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the humanities.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in the preparation, mounting, and
promotion of exhibitions of rare materials, in an academic or scholarly
environment.
• Excellent writing and organizational skills.
• Proven negotiation and project management skills.
• Demonstrated experience using standard computer word processing, web
editing, and design tools.
• Experience in the creation of online exhibitions.
• Ability to work independently in a time-sensitive environment with
multiple and conflicting priorities.
A background in bibliography and/or book history is desirable.
Salary from $65,000, depending on experience. Compensation package includes
15 days paid vacation, retirement plan through TIAA/CREF, and comprehensive
health/dental care.
Send résumé, cover letter, and the names of three references to:
Exhibitions Manager Search Committee
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
Email applications (to gcexhibitionsmgr@gmail.com) are preferred.
Applications received prior to October 15 will be given first consideration.
More information on the Grolier Club and its programs can be found on our
website: www.grolierclub.org.
Eric Holzenberg
Director
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
phone: 212/838-6690 ext. 1
fax: 212/838-2445
e-mail: ejh@grolierclub.org
website: www.grolierclub.org
enthusiasts in printing and the graphic arts, is seeking two talented,
motivated, enthusiastic, self-directed, and detail-oriented administrative
professionals to coordinate the Club’s distinguished 130-year-old series of
publications, and exhibitions.
1. GROLIER CLUB PUBLICATIONS MANAGER: SEARCH REOPENED
Since its founding the Grolier Club has published over five hundred books
and exhibition catalogues—some of them now the standard references in their
fields—on such subjects as photography, William Blake, Mayan writing,
Albrecht Dürer’s alphabet book, and the well-known “Grolier hundred”
selections in literature, science, and medicine. Many of the publications
have been printed and designed by the leading book artists and typographers
of the past and present, including Theodore Low De Vinne, D. B. Updike,
Bruce Rogers, Stanley Morison, Joseph Blumenthal, the Mardersteigs, and
Jerry Kelly.
Duties & Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director, the Publications Manager will
• Oversee the daily operations of a program producing seven to ten
titles a year, including checklists, catalogues, monographs, and periodicals
• Lead initiatives in the design and implementation of digital
applications pertaining to the Club’s publications and communications,
including acting as webmaster for the Club’s website
• Communicate with Grolier Club member curators and others about
publications relating to Club exhibitions and other activities, enforcing
deadlines and maintaining form and content standards
• Edit for press those publications bearing the Grolier Club imprint
• Act as liaison to contributors, authors and others involved in the
editorial process of non-Club publications
• Communicate with the Club’s distributor about inventory and
marketing of Grolier Club publications to non-members
• Oversee the Administrative Assistant in fulfilling publications
orders from Grolier Club members
• Act as primary staff liaison to the Grolier Club Committee on
Publications, assisting the chair of that committee with the preparation of
monthly and annual reports, among other duties
• Serve as chief editor of the annual Gazette of the Grolier Club, and
the annual Club “Yearbook,” soliciting contributions, evaluating and editing
submissions, and overseeing production
Qualifications
• Advanced degree in a relevant area of the humanities, or equivalent
experience
• 3-5 years of related print and web editing experience, ideally in an
academic or scholarly environment
• Excellent writing and organizational skills
• Proven negotiation and project management skills
• Demonstrated experience using standard computer word processing and
design programs, and web editing tools
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently in a time-sensitive environment with
multiple and conflicting priorities
A background in bibliography and/or book history is desirable.
Salary from $65,000, depending on experience. Compensation package includes
15 days paid vacation, retirement plan through TIAA/CREF, and comprehensive
health/dental care.
Send résumé, cover letter, and the names of three references to:
Publications Manager Search Committee
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
Email applications (to gcpubmgr@gmail.com) are preferred. Applications
received prior to October 15 will be given first consideration.
More information on the Grolier Club and its programs can be found on our
website: www.grolierclub.org.
2. GROLIER CLUB EXHIBITIONS MANAGER
The Club was one of the first organizations in America to treat books and
prints as objects worthy of display, and since 1884 the Club has mounted
more than eight hundred exhibitions on topics ranging from Blake to Kipling,
from chess to murder mysteries, from Japanese prints to Art Nouveau posters.
Reporting to the Director, and in consultation with the Committees on Public
Exhibitions and Members’ Exhibitions, the Exhibitions Manager administers
all aspects of the Grolier Club’s programs of public exhibitions (four
annually) and members’ exhibitions (five annually), including registration,
preparation/setup, and PR.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Registration, including requesting loans from other libraries or
individuals for public exhibitions; all correspondence related to the loan
of material; processing of loan, insurance and transportation forms.
• Preparation and support, including maintaining and coordinating
calendars for the Public Exhibitions and Members’ Exhibitions programs;
advising curators on exhibition procedures and design; assisting in the
editing and revising of catalogue texts and exhibition label copy;
supervising and participating in exhibition set-up; maintaining supplies of
exhibit materials; creating and maintaining guidelines and standards for
curators of Grolier Club exhibitions.
• Public Relations, which includes working with the Club’s PR
consultant in the creation and/or editing of printed and online press
releases; and development of public relations strategies. Duties in this
area also include maintaining mailing and press contact lists; assembling
and distributing press packets; maintaining and sending updates to email
distribution lists; updating the exhibitions pages of the Grolier Club
website, and posting to the Club’s Facebook page and other social media as
appropriate.
This position supervises one part-time conservator on an as-needed basis,
and oversees a corps of member volunteers in all aspects of exhibition
setup.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the humanities.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in the preparation, mounting, and
promotion of exhibitions of rare materials, in an academic or scholarly
environment.
• Excellent writing and organizational skills.
• Proven negotiation and project management skills.
• Demonstrated experience using standard computer word processing, web
editing, and design tools.
• Experience in the creation of online exhibitions.
• Ability to work independently in a time-sensitive environment with
multiple and conflicting priorities.
A background in bibliography and/or book history is desirable.
Salary from $65,000, depending on experience. Compensation package includes
15 days paid vacation, retirement plan through TIAA/CREF, and comprehensive
health/dental care.
Send résumé, cover letter, and the names of three references to:
Exhibitions Manager Search Committee
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
Email applications (to gcexhibitionsmgr@gmail.com) are preferred.
Applications received prior to October 15 will be given first consideration.
More information on the Grolier Club and its programs can be found on our
website: www.grolierclub.org.
Eric Holzenberg
Director
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
phone: 212/838-6690 ext. 1
fax: 212/838-2445
e-mail: ejh@grolierclub.org
website: www.grolierclub.org
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