Interim Faculty - Architecture - Cranbrook Academy of Art

Interim Faculty - Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Founded by Detroit philanthropists George and Ellen Booth in 1904, Cranbrook Educational Community is one of the world's leading centers of education, science, and art. Comprised of a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, Center for Collections and Research, House and Gardens, Institute of Science, and more than 1,600 students attending our Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory Schools, Cranbrook welcomes thousands of visitors and students to its campus each year. Critics have called Cranbrook "the most enchanted and enchanting setting in America" and in 1989 it was designated a National Historic Landmark. The campus is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, about 20 miles north of downtown Detroit. For more, please visit our website: www.cranbrook.edu.

The Cranbrook Academy of Art interim faculty member will work with colleagues and graduate students in the Academy's Architecture and Design department, which encompasses tracks in Architecture and Industrial/Product Design.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• In collaboration with department colleagues, determine the curriculum and pedagogy for students in Architecture, while working collaboratively to ensure high-impact, multi-disciplinary and innovative experiences for students across all disciplines of the department.
• Work alongside faculty with expertise in Industrial/Product Design to mentor graduate students in architecture, interior, urban, landscape design. Together with these colleagues, this position will curate interdisciplinary experiences for students with a host of prominent guest architects/designers.
• Driven by exploration and risk-taking, and through active questioning and making, guide students in developing an understanding of the connections between forms and ideas creating a framework for process and idea generation that can transition to projects at architectural, urban or landscape scales.
• Work collaboratively on the program which is an experimental laboratory exploring human needs as expressed through architectural problems.
• Nurture designers who wish to develop an architectural and spatial awareness in their work.
• Recruit incoming architecture students.
• Maintain an active professional practice evidencing influence at the national or international scale. Practice may include some combination of client work, exhibitions, publications, and speaking engagements.
• Attend monthly Artist-in-Residence meetings to participate in discussions about the Academy's academic programs.

Requirements:

• Terminal degree in art, design or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Teaching/mentoring experience in higher education
• A vibrant design practice with a national reputation
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to foster an inclusive, diverse and equitable learning environment
• Requires excellent communication and leadership skills; the ability to foster an inclusive, diverse, and equitable learning environment; and the capacity to make a significant contribution to the field and the Academy.

For consideration, please submit a resume.