Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as
a leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highly
personalized education that centers on deep and sustained
interactions among students, faculty, and community. We are
engaging the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and
technology — that are transforming higher education and the world
into which our students graduate.

The Department
of Art and Visual Culture (AVC) at Bates College invites
applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant
Professor in Studio Art with expertise in Photography and one or
several areas of foundational studies, such as 2-D design, digital
media foundations, color, and 3-D spatial dynamics. The position
will begin in July 2027. We seek an outstanding practicing artist
with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and mentorship.
Candidates will demonstrate a strong understanding of photographic
history, theory, and contemporary critical discourse, as well as
technical fluency across traditional analog, digital, and hybrid
photographic practices. The ability to teach digital and
traditional darkroom photography, including black-and-white film
photography and darkroom printing, is required. Candidates must
also have the knowledge and experience necessary to oversee,
maintain, and manage digital and darkroom photographic studios,
including equipment, materials, chemical processes, and safety
protocols.

The Art and Visual Culture Department offers courses in studio
practice and in the study of the intersecting categories of art,
architecture, and visual and material culture, from the distant
past to the present. The major offers two tracks: one in history
and criticism; the other, in studio art. The position carries a
standard five-course annual teaching load. Responsibilities include
contributing to curriculum development efforts, teaching courses in
photography and interdisciplinary studio courses (including
foundations and senior thesis), teaching in the general education
curriculum, and advising students.

Bates College is a residential liberal arts college located in
Lewiston, Maine. Faculty scholarship and creative work at Bates are
robustly supported by start-up packages, a paid pre-tenure leave,
support for post-tenure sabbaticals, internal grants, professional
travel funding, and a well-staffed external
grants office .

Community-engaged learning —with community partnerships
facilitated by the
Harward Center for
Community Partnerships —and study abroad are both
broadly encouraged and institutionally supported. Pedagogical
development and innovation is further buttressed by our highly
engaged
Center
for Inclusive Teaching and Learning . Educational access and
racial justice are central to Bates’ history and mission and

our
faculty-led initiatives reflect this commitment .

An MFA degree is required.

Review of applications will begin on January 4th and continue until
the position is filled.

Successful candidates will demonstrate potential to develop
inclusive and evidence-based methods of teaching, maintain an
active program of scholarship or creative work, and participate in
the life and governance of the College as described in Article II
of the Bates College Faculty
Handbook .

The anticipated salary range for this position is $87,000 to
$91,000, commensurate with rank, experience, qualifications, and
other relevant factors.

Required application materials include:

● Cover letter

● Curriculum vitae

● Teaching statement

● Artist Statement

● Creative work sample: a PDF up to 20 images - time based media up
to 5 min. Include the following information

for each piece: Title, Medium, size, and year of creation.

● A PDF up to 5 pages including a range of images of student work.
Include context of class and prompt of the

assignments.

Letters of recommendation will be requested only for candidates
selected to move forward after the initial review. Employment is
contingent upon successful completion of a background check and
verification of degree.

We seek candidates who are committed to supporting the success of
all students. Applicants are encouraged to describe relevant
preparation, experience, or plans for creating an inclusive
learning environment.

Bates College is committed to equal opportunity and to providing an
educational and work environment free from discrimination. The
college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic
information, veteran status, and other legally protected statuses
in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the
administration of its education policies and programs, or in the
recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all
applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and
regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors,
visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and
complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with
applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII,
Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to
the Title IX Officer, Gwen Lexow at 207-786-6445 or
titleix@bates.edu.