Lecturer in Fine Art

The opportunity

This is an exciting part-time opportunity for an established arts sector practitioner to play a key role in the development and delivery of the Fine Art curriculum at Chelsea College of Arts.

As a Lecturer in Fine Art, you will be responsible for on-going scholarship, teaching, curriculum development and related academic administration, on the BA Fine Art course. This course operates a practically focussed events-based curriculum where students “learn through doing” and critical writing is viewed as an artistic form that supports practical work.

Drawing on your extensive subject knowledge and industry expertise, you will undertake teaching and scholarly activity, including studio and dissertation supervision and assessment.

You will work closely with a diverse staff team, to develop industry-purposed pedagogy and to expand the capacity of the course design to prepare students for careers in the international culture sector. You will also contribute to a curriculum that challenges the canon of contemporary Fine Art, with the aim of promoting diversity and inclusivity.

About you

You will need a postgraduate degree and substantial professional experience within the art world at an international level.

You will combine this with previous experience of teaching and assessment in a Higher Education environment and will be able to draw on your experience and networks to prepare students for ambitious graduate futures within the culture sectors.

You will have a demonstrable track record of innovative practice in areas such as (but not limited to) new media, practice-based art writing, exhibition-making, and/or event organisation.

You will also exhibit a strong interest in working with emerging artists, and proven experience in designing knowledge or experience sharing activities.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We’re ranked highly across the board. We’re ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

For further details and to apply please click the Apply button.

Closing date: 26th August 2024, 23:55.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Ben Fitton, Course Leader BA Fine Art / b.fitton@chelsea.arts.ac.uk.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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