VCUarts - Emerging Artist Fellowship in Craft/Material Studies, 2025-2026 academic year

The Opportunity:

Application Deadline is March 30, 2025

The VCUarts Emerging Artist Fellowship in Craft/Material Studies is a one academic year residency for recent MFA graduates. Fellows are provided the opportunity to concentrate on their work, build community, gain valuable teaching experience, and participate in a vital, interdisciplinary, socially progressive community of artists at VCUarts. A grant awarded by the Charitable Windgate Foundation generously supports the VCUarts Emerging Artist Fellowship in Craft/Material Studies.

The fellow will teach two classes per semester (8 credits per semester), present a public talk or participate in a panel discussion, and could serve as a guest critic or guest speaker in a class. An additional potential opportunity may exist for a solo exhibition at VCUarts.

This non-renewable, one-year opportunity begins August 16, 2025 and ends May 15, 2026

Salary

- The Fellow will receive a part-time adjunct faculty contract with an instructional salary of $50,000. This part-time opportunity is not eligible for benefits.
- Support for creative research and travel will be provided
- This is a one-year, non-renewable opportunity

For questions email: crafts@vcu.edu. For more information about the Department of Craft/Material Studies, please visit: https://arts.vcu.edu/academics/departments/craft-material-studies/

VCUarts
Ranked by US News & World Report as a top-five arts and design school, VCUarts (arts.vcu.edu) includes over 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students with nationally recognized programs in design, visual and performing arts, and has an annual budget of $38 million and an endowment of more than $13.5 million. Students are taught by over 175 full-time teaching and research faculty members and the school is supported by over 60 staff members that assist in daily processes. The School includes two campuses; one in Richmond and one in Doha, Qatar. The Richmond campus is located on the university’s 75-acre Monroe Park campus situated in the city’s historic Fan District. Ultimately, the work of the School of the Arts extends globally with partnerships throughout the world and across fields as diverse as the humanities, health care and business.