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Spring Semester 2026
Mo 9:30AM-1:30PM | Shaffer Art Building 036H | 01/12/2026 - 04/27/2026

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The Department of Film and Media Arts within the College of Visual and Performing Arts seeks a Part-Time Instructor to teach APH 200/500.3 Non-Silver Processes, a three credit hour course, during the Spring semester 2026.

This course explores the use of the photographic image in new, historic, and/or nonstandard ways. Processes include camera-less techniques, sustainable darkroom practices, image transfers, hand-made images, and digital negatives. Students will also experiment with these processes through photo sculpture, photo installations, performance, copy machine, photobooks, photocollage, and audio/visual art.

About the College of Visual and Performing Arts

The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University is committed to the education of cultural leaders who will engage and inspire audiences through performance, visual art, design, scholarship, and commentary. We provide the tools for self-discovery and risk-taking in an environment that thrives on critical thought and action. To learn more about the college, our distinguished faculty, and our progra

Candidate must be available to teach a studio course four hours every week during the semester, working from an existing syllabus, with amendments and modifications by the instructor.

Candidate must hold regular office hours, design assignments and grade them in a timely manner, lecture on the art historical foundations and practice of photography over the course of the semester, submit mid-semester progress reports and work well with students and other faculty.

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In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume/curriculum vitae and cover letter.

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