Stuart and Barbara Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Residence (Adjunct 12 Month)

Summary: Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence: The Stuart B. and Barbara Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Residence Chair position is designed to enhance the experiences of students in the Department of Visual and Media Arts, both majors and non-majors, at Grand Valley State University. The Department is honored to have been the first unit on the GVSU campus to have an Endowed position. https://www.gvsu.edu/vma/padnos-distinguished-artist-in-residence-125.htm 

Required Qualifications and Education:

Candidates for the position must have a record of distinguished professional achievement in a discipline reflected/represented by the Department of Visual & Media Arts. Candidates who have demonstrated the ability to work effectively with students in a mentorship/teaching context will be given special consideration.

Responsibilities – Essential Functions: Position is expected to maintain a high level of creative/scholarly activity and professional visibility. Projects that involve the local community as well as the student population are encouraged. Position will include a teaching assignment equivalent to one course in the fall or winter semester, participation in group and individual critiques, and mentoring for a broad range of students.

Salary: Compensation per semester in residence:

• Fall Semester – $25,000 in residence and teaching one class
• Winter Semester – $20,000 in residence only with no teaching
• Project budget $20,000 - Project to be completed by August 1st, 2025, and presented in September 2025.

Housing on campus is provided. Housing is a one bedroom living space in Niemeyer East Living Center, near Calder Art Center on the Allendale Campus. A 15ft x 15ft workspace is provided in Calder Art Center.

Benefits: Limited benefits package including medical, life insurance, wellness resources and tuition waiver effective on date of hire.

Department/College: The Department of Visual and Media Arts seeks to uphold the values of a liberal education while providing intensive engagement in the production and examination of the visual and media arts. There are numerous collaborative opportunities for faculty and students across various partners within the department, across campus, and in the community. The department is located on the Allendale campus and has 36 full-time faculty (26 tenure-stream and 10 non-tenure-stream) and 690 majors. The students’ demographics show:

• 73% reported as white and 27% of the students reported being from an underrecognized group (African American or Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latinx, Two or more races, International, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander).
• 61% of the students identify as female, 38% as male, and 1% did not report.
• 37% report as first-generation college students.
• 47% qualified for a Pell Grant at GVSU, regardless of their current-year qualification.

The Department offers NASAD-accredited undergraduate degrees in Art History (BA), Art Education (BA/BS), Film and Video Production (BA/BS), Photography (BA/BS), and Studio Art (BA/BS/BFA). The BFA in Studio Art degree has emphases in Ceramics, Graphic Design, Illustration, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Visual Studies. The department also offers minors in Art History, Film and Video, Photography, and Studio Art. Several courses offered by the unit serve the institution through its General Education program or are courses for non-majors.

The Department is well-equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for digital and physical media, including computer labs, digital fabrication labs, digital printing labs, animation labs, a film/photography studio, a woodshop, a metal shop, a print shop, studios for painting and ceramics, and a darkroom. Further information about the department is available at gvsu.edu/vma.

VMA Inclusion Statement: Multicultural competency is core to the work we do each day. We strive to provide safe and affirming spaces for students to discuss concerns they face through the lens of their identities. We acknowledge the impact of power, privilege, oppression, stereotypes, and discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, familial status, height, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex/gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orienta