Singer Visiting Professor/Artist in Residence in Sculpture

As the University’s largest and most varied academic unit, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is comprised of artists, learners, performers, scholars, scientists, and teachers across 21+ departments, programs, schools, and centers and acts as a central hub where many of the University's disciplines intersect. Nearly all 6,000 undergraduates at the University take liberal arts courses with us, and about one-third of these students declare a first major in a CAHSS program. Most of our departments, programs and schools offer masters or doctoral programs. CAHSS scholars, artists, instructors, staff, and students collaborate in a shared quest for knowledge about the human condition and the development of skills to improve our local and global communities. The diverse scope of CAHSS allows our students to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed at nearly any career in today’s global society.

The University of Denver is a mid-sized University of about 12,000 graduates and undergraduates with average class sizes under 21 students and an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio. As the cultural center of the Rocky Mountain region, Denver has a wealth of institutional resources including the Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art - Denver, the Clyfford Still Museum, the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Arts, and the Museo de las Americas. The School of Art has its own exhibition spaces including the Vicki Myhren Gallery, and the Davis Gallery. The University Art Collections seeks to build its holdings of work by artists who are historically underrepresented in institutional collections. Our current emphasis includes acquisitions of artwork by contemporary BIPOC artists with input from representative students, staff, and faculty. 

The School of Art and Art History (SAAH) offers a BA and BFA in Studio Art, a BA in Art History, MA in Art History with a Museum Studies concentration option, and a BA, BFA in Emergent Digital Practices. The Studio Program has 60 majors. The Art History program has about 20 art history majors and 30 MA degree students in art history, most with an added concentration in Museum Studies. SAAH also serves undergraduate students across campus in the common curriculum.

We are strongly committed to building a diverse and inclusive educational environment, which is in full accord with the value that DU places on its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to integrate content and issues relating to, and to work effectively with, ethnically/racially diverse populations.

Position Summary

The School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver invites applications for a six-month Visiting Professor/Artist in Residence in Sculpture, beginning January through June 2026. We are seeking a dynamic exhibiting artist with an understanding of technical and conceptual issues, with knowledge of historical and contemporary practices, and a commitment to artistic imagination and education, to serve as visiting professor / artist in residence in sculpture for the 2025-2026 academic year. The ideal candidate demonstrates experience and versatility in inclusive pedagogy. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion through their teaching and research.

The Sculpture studio is a spacious, state-of-the-art facility and includes a full complement of sculpture tools and equipment. The studio consists of a wood shop, metal shop, and mold making and casting studio with additional equipment such as sewing machines, glass kilns, CNC router, and video equipment.

Essential Functions

• Teach a total of two Advanced Sculpture courses across two academic quarters (Winter and Spring).
• Interact with SAAH students in the form of critiques and guest visits to classes.
• Spend remainder of time working in the studio as a resident artist, producing a defined creative project that the successful candidate will articulate in their application materials.
• Present work in one public lecture and donate one work from the creative project to our University Art Collection. There is the opportunity to exhibit this body of work in a solo exhibition in one of our galleries

Expenses such as art materials and supplies as well as housing in Denver are the Visiting Professor/Artist in Residence’s responsibility. During the timeframe of the residency, the expectation is that travel be kept to a minimum, so that the bulk of the time is spent in residence at DU working and being a creative and accessible presence in the SAAH. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Scholarly expertise in Sculpture.
• Demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching skills with the ability to teach advanced undergraduate courses in Scul