Research assistant Visual Arts (70%)

Job title:

Research assistant Visual Arts (70%)

Company

LUCA School of Arts

Job description

Open Call for a PhD-position in Visual Arts (70%) at the Image Research Unit of LUCA School of Arts, campus Visual Arts Ghent(70% fixed-term appointment, 50% research – 20% education)Location:PresentationLUCA School of Arts is a multidisciplinary teaching and research environment where creative talent can develop and evolve artistically, performance-wise and technically. In four cities (Brussels, Genk, Ghent and Leuven), LUCA brings together the teaching expertise of five renowned institutions (Sint-Lukas, Narafi, C-mine, Sint-Lucas and Lemmens). With more than 700 staff members and 3,800 students, LUCA is a creative hub for more than 4,500 artists, theatre and film makers, designers, musicians, photographers, teachers, researchers, etc.LUCA School of Arts’ artistic research is embedded in KU Leuven’s associated Faculty of Arts. In each city LUCA operates, an artistic research unit is active, linked to the art education programs. At the Visual Arts programme at Ghent campus, research is bundled in . RU Image offers a predoctoral position for a practice-based PhD-project as a research assistant in visual arts to enrich its research environment and strenghten its implementation in art education.At LUCA, you will join an environment where respect and integrity define our basic attitude. We see sustainability and diversity as an asset while quality is our driving force. We want to give LUCA a strong identity as an actor in society, let our training institute become part of an artistic laboratory, complement our offer with demand-driven initiatives, and open up our multicampus reality to a network. LUCA wants to create an environment where all talents can develop to their full potential, regardless of gender, age, cultural origin, nationality or disability. We therefore welcome talented people who recognise the added value of diversity and want to help shape an inclusive organisation. #weArtDutiesResearch (50%)

• As a research-assistant, you carry out a doctoral research project for 50% of your time, which you propose during your application. The PhD-proposal is based on an active practice in visual arts and it must be supported by a main supervisor linked to Reseach Unit Image, more specifically by one of the following: Arne De Winde, Chris Evans, Frank Maet, Hana Miletic, Annelies Monseré, Volkmar Mühleis, Jan Peeters or Esther Venrooij. The proposal must demonstrably constitute an innovative contribution to one of the

of RU Image and it must have an actual and significant relevance to one of the visual arts at stake in campus Ghent, i.e. , or . * You actively contribute to the development of the research cluster in which you are involved and you assist your main supervisor in organising research activities that strengthen the research environment (reading groups, symposia, research exhibitions, cluster meetings…)

• You develop high-quality PhD-results and processes which you fittingly, loyally disseminate;
• You actively participate in the research culture and activities of RU Image and interact with other researchers in the unit;
• You independently look for funding to support the production of research cases if need be;
• You develop an excellent and enriching research network, both academically and artistically;

Education (20%)

• As a research assistant, you assist in carrying out pedagogical activities that are tailored to students in visual arts, including preparation and evaluation;
• You contribute to components in the Ghent visual arts curriculum that might benefit from your research project and you actively look for opportunities to diseminate your research, its process and its outcomes to the educational environment;
• You train visual arts students in the artistic and reflective components of their education;
• You constructively cooperate with colleagues to enable an artistically stimulating, caring, up-to-date and inclusive pedagogical environment.

Profile

• You hold a master degree in visual arts;
• You are active as a visual artist, with demonstrable excellence in the field;
• You have not started a self-sustained and accepted PhD-project for more than two years;
• You like an intense interplay between action and reflection in your artistic practice;
• You have the ambition and practical skills to become an excellent researcher in your artistic field and to share your insights about it in higher art education;
• You feel at home in an environment that requires working and thinking independently, but you also enjoy seeking dialogue with others, both within and outside your discipline;
• You are willing to communicate your research in teaching and on high-standard platforms;
• You have didactic skills, preferably with relevant experience in higher education;
• You are loyal to the mission, vision and educational policy plan of LUCA School of Arts.
• You can express yourself fluently in Dutch and English in accordance with the language requirements applicable to Flemish higher education. At the start of the assignment as a doctoral assistant, you must have mastered the language of instruction at ECFR level B1. The administrative language in LUCA is Dutch. If you have no or insufficient knowledge of Dutch, LUCA provides a compulsory integration path with the aim of mastering Dutch at ECFR level B2 within 5 years of appointment.

OfferWe offer a statutory appointment (70%) in the vacant position of research-assistant (salary scale 502) for a fixed period of two years at LUCA School of Arts, RU Image, campus Visual Arts Ghent. The appointment can be extended twice, leading up to maximally six years, under the conditions of a positive evaluation.More information on salary scales can be found on the website of the Department of Education (www.ond.vlaanderen.be). The preferred start date is 15/10/2024.Candidates have obtained a master in visual arts at the time of application. The research proposal must be supported by a main supervisor connected to RU Image (see the list of names above and within the list of RU Image’s research clusters ), possibly extended with co-supervisors within the same unit or elsewhere. The position reserves 50% for PhD-research or related-activities and 20% for teaching activities on campus.ApplicationsMore information can be obtained from RU Image’s head of research, Prof. dr. Tom Van Imschoot (tom.vanimschoot@luca-arts.be) and from the educational directors of the Visual Arts program in Ghent, Dr. Bert Vandenbussche (bert.vandenbussche@luca-arts.be) and Maureen Magerman (maureen.magerman@luca-arts.be).Applications can be submitted until 10/09/2024 at midnight to LUCA School of Arts, LUCA HR Department: via CV Warehouse.The application file may be in Dutch or English.It must include: * a certificate or scan of your visual arts master’s degree and highest obtained degree(s);

• a research proposal using the

of LUCA School of Arts. * an up-to-date C.V. with portfolio;

• a letter of support by your main supervisor;
• a motivation letter of max. 2 pages in which you necessarily address:

• the relevance of your PhD-project to the research cluster and RU Image in general
• the added value and possible embeddiment of your project within the studios and programs of the visual arts education at campus Ghent: Fine Arts, Graphic Design or Textile Design.

Only complete applications in due time will be accepted.

Expected salary

Location

Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen

Job date

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:43:27 GMT

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