[GBW] book arts job at OCAC

[Karen Hanmer <karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OREGON COLLEGE OF ART & CRAFT
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF BOOK ARTS

Oregon College of Art & Craft seeks adjunct book arts
instructor/s to teach between one and three courses,
depending on the successful candidate’s strengths and
skills, starting and ending in the academic year
2008/2009. Bookbinding is offered in the fall
semester, and Beginning Letterpress and an
advanced-level Design Concepts course are offered in
the spring semester. 

The Bookbinding course introduces students to the
materials, techniques and processes that help them
build traditional casebound books, some innovative
structures, basic-to-elaborate boxmaking, along with
some paper decoration. 

Beginning Letterpress covers the basics of handset
type, some polymer platemaking and relief techniques,
the use of the Vandercook Proof Press and introduces
the students to the history of type and contemporary
approaches to letterpress.

Design Concepts is an advanced-level integrated book
arts course which explores the dynamics of sequence,
text and image relationships, different approaches to
bookmaking, and further technical training in binding
and printing.

This is an adjunct faculty position, reporting
directly to the Book Arts Department Head.  The pay
per course is $4000 and there are no benefits.  There
is a potential for on-campus housing, depending on the
number of courses taught. There is some opportunity
for workshop instruction to supplement the course
load. This is a one-year only appointment.

The College encourages applications from candidates
who enjoy teaching and working collegially with other
dedicated artist/crafts people who are committed to
the success of the College and each of its students. 
A pro-active, energetic, positive approach to teaching
and willingness to work closely with the College's
entire faculty and administration to ensure program
success is a must!  The successful candidate will have
exhibition and college-level teaching experience,
preferably, but not limited to, a terminal degree (MFA
or MA) or equivalent experience, and enjoy sharing
that experience with the College community.


Please send a letter of application, 10 examples of
personal work and 10 examples of student work, resume,
pertinent previous syllabi and three references to
Yvett Owings, Human Resources Director at
yowings@xxxxxxxx, or to her attention c/o OCAC 8245 SW
Barnes Rd. Portland, OR 97225.  Review of applications
will begin April 11th and will continue until the
positions are filled.

Since 1907, Oregon College of Art & Craft has
championed the value of art and craft in everyday
life. The spirit in which the College was founded
remains today, but its programs have grown to offer a
diverse range of educational opportunity to
professional artists and artisans, pre-professional
art and craft students, children, and adult art
enthusiasts.  The College's mission is to provide
students with the highest quality craft education, and
to bring the finest art and craft education resources
to the community at large.

Offering instruction in book arts, ceramics, drawing,
fibers, metal, photography and wood, the College is
accredited by the National Association of Schools of
Art and Design (NASAD) and is the only institution
west of the Mississippi River to offer a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in Crafts.  The College also offers a
Certificate in Crafts and an open Studio School for
avocational students. The College's faculty members
are accomplished professional artists, and classes
provide an intimate, hands-on learning experience,
with a student-teacher ratio of eight to one. 
Initiated in 1994, the College's BFA program is one of
only a few craft programs in the nation. The
relatively young degree programs are growing steadily
with a current enrollment of 120 students. 

Oregon College of Art & Craft is committed to equal
employment opportunity for all persons without regard
to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin,
marital or parental status, political ideas, sexual
orientation, age or disability. In addition, the
College is committed to improving employment
opportunities for and utilization of people who may
have been denied equal opportunity in society at
large.  The College encourages application from people
of color.





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Karen Hanmer
karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.karenhanmer.com

01-20-09


new work Celestial Navigation
http://www.karenhanmer.com/gallery/piece.php?gallery=historytech&p=celnav



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