Adjunct Faculty - Visual & Performing Arts

Type: Adjunct/Part-Time
Category: Art

Location: Graceland University

Job Type: Part-Time 

Salary: $3,000 maximum; based on enrollment in Ceramics course.


Position Summary: Graceland University is looking for an adjunct professor to teach a section of Ceramics in the Fall of 2026.

Required Qualifications:

• MFA in Ceramics or Sculpture (with demonstrated expertise in Ceramics).
• Experience working within a college curriculum, showing an ability to follow syllabus guidelines and level appropriate assignments for the program.
• Knowledge and experience working with gas and electric kilns in a context of a ceramic studio.
• Experience teaching ceramics to undergraduate ceramics students, including:
  • Teaching/ demonstrating wheel throwing and handbuilding to freshman/ sophomore level college students.
  • Knowledge of and having experience teaching a variety of surface applications, such as greenware and glazing techniques.
    
     

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with art- and non-art majors in the context of a university.
• Ability to work in a collaborative studio environment.

To be considered for this position we will require an application, resume, cover letter, unofficial transcripts, pdf portfolio of personal work (10-15 images), and pdf portfolio of student work (10-15 images).

*Unofficial transcripts are required for all Adjunct faculty and Faculty positions.