Position: Fellowship appointment (3 quarters) with additional teaching opportunities as lecturer
Salary: $18,000 with benefits for the fellowship. Teaching assignments pay additional salary at the lecturer rate of up to $2,500/course. (up to 5 courses /year)
Application Deadline: May 2, 2008
Start Date: Fall Quarter (September 22) 2008
Web Site: http://art.osu.edu/

Post-MFA Fellowship Overview:
The photography area in The Ohio State University’s Department of Art is searching for a Post-MFA fellow for the 2008 -2009 school year, that has two to three years adjunct teaching experience, whose specialty is in alternative photographic processes. The ideal candidate should be able to work with and teach pinhole cameras, plastic cameras, antique emulsions at minimum cyanotype, van dyke brown, and gum bichromate, film, and digital negative output. The fellowship includes an $18,000.00 stipend to support the individual while in residence at OSU during the 2008-09 academic year, additional remuneration will be factored in, considering the fellows desired teaching load. Primary focus for the fellow will be the development and creation of artwork.

Goals for the particular fellow are to work closely with the Department of Art faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students. It is also encouraged that the fellow utilizes the vast resources available to him or her at OSU. This fellowship will include 24-hour access to studio space in the fellow’s primary area of focus, as well as borrowing privileges from the campus libraries. The fellowship concludes with a solo exhibition hosted by the Department of Art Gallery in Hopkins Hall or in the new Urban Arts Space in downtown Columbus, and a public speaking presentation.

Minimum Qualifications:
Eligibility is firmly contingent upon those who have completed their MFA degree and who have adjunct teaching experience for the last two to three years. Applications from international candidates will be considered. Former Ohio State University undergraduate and graduate students are ineligible to apply. We are searching for applicants who have not had the opportunity to experience the campus and resources at OSU. Your statement of intent should include specific reasons why you would like to be in residence at OSU.

Application:
There is no application form, instead, submit the following materials that should arrive by May 2, 2008.
-Visual documentation of work, numbered and labeled with name, title, size, media, and date that the work was completed (work must have been completed within the last two years). Digital image files may replace or augment slides, maximum 1200 pixels longest side, saved as high quality jpg. If appropriate, a video on DVD/VHS, NTSC formatted. Inventory list of artwork submitted.
-Artist statement
-Statement of intent
-Resume / CV
-Sample syllabi of courses taught
-Examples of student work
-Three letters of recommendation
-Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope, if you want your materials returned

An incomplete application may exclude the applicant from consideration. Sufficient postage must be included in order to guarantee return of materials submitted. Mail all applications to:
Post-MFA Fellowship Program - Photography, The Ohio State University
Department of Art, 146 Hopkins Hall
128 North Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210

The Ohio State University:
The Ohio State University is one of the nation's largest, most comprehensive universities. The Columbus campus enrolls approximately 57,000 students, 3,600 of whom are international students representing more than 100 countries. Ohio State offers approximately 11,700 courses in over one hundred departments, including graduate programs in virtually every profession.

City Of Columbus:
Columbus, the largest city and capital of Ohio, is thriving with business, art, music, and sports. The Columbus Region is home to 20 theatre companies, 102 art galleries, and 18 museums. We have more park space per capita than any other U.S. City. We have a world-class symphony, ballet, and opera, and all sorts of diverse festivals and cultural events. For sports fans, we have NHL Hockey, Major League Soccer, a PGA Tour Event, a beloved minor-league baseball team, and of course, Ohio State athletics. We have great restaurants, amazing shopping, unique cultural districts, and an energizing nightlife.

Photography Area:
Photography has a long tradition at Ohio State, dating back to the 1880s, when it offered one of the first courses in the medium. The photography area is committed to a continuous exploration and redefinition of what it means to use photography as an art endeavor.

Part of the strength of our program comes from being part of a very large university community; we encourage cross-fertilization not only with other areas in the Department of Art, but also with areas outside the department.

Students complement studio practice with a historical and theoretical understanding of the medium and to that end, we offer history and theory classes within the photography area as well as outside the department including offerings from the History of Art Department and from Art Education, which offers several courses about the critical process of writing and talking about images.

Photography Area Facilities:
A technical assistant supervises the photographic facilities that are located in Haskett Hall and include digital darkroom (includes two Epson 9800 printers, two Epson 4800 printers, two Epson 4000 printers, scanners, film recorder, and 20 IMac stations), black and white labs, color gang lab with 30" wide processor for C prints, alternative processes lab, large print lab, enlargers and view cameras through 8"x10", holography lab, and lighting studio. Haskett Hall provides semi-private studios for graduate students in photography.

The Fine Arts Library houses the Rinhart Collection of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and 19th-century paper prints, as well as a collection of 20th-century prints. The library also houses over 6000 photographic titles, which constitutes one of the top five university collections in the country.

In addition, photography students have access to extensive computer facilities for digital imaging and manipulation such the Fergus-Gilmore Computer Studio (FGCS) that features archival inject printers, high resolution glassless slide scanners, and colormatch software. The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) and numerous other University computer labs are also available to graduate students in photography.

Resources:
As members of the University community, students in the Department of Art have the opportunity to draw on a wide variety of resources that may be pertinent to their work. The University Fine Arts Library holds over 40,000 volumes. Ohio State's ACCAD is known internationally as one of the top centers for graduate students focused in animation and 3D modeling. The History of Art Department has a comprehensive slide and print collection of more than 450,000 items. The Wexner Center for the Arts presents exhibitions, dance, film, and performances by nationally and internationally known contemporary artists.

OSU Photography Faculty:

Robert Ladislas Derr
Assistant Professor
BFA, Art Academy of Cincinnati
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

Tony Mendoza
Professor
BS, Yale University
MS, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Ardine Nelson
Associate Professor
BS, Northern Illinois University
MA, Northern Illinois University
MFA, University of Iowa