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Weaving, Fashion Design, and Fiber Arts Teacher – Upper School
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and innovative Fiber Arts Teacher. Collaboration within a dynamic Fine Arts department, creation of powerful learning experiences for a globally diverse student body, commitment to making a positive impact on the lives of adolescents through personal relationships, setting a positive tone, and treating students as individuals within the context of a broader community, are all critical components of this position.
This full-time member of the Upper School faculty teaches six sections of mixed-level classes of Weaving and Fashion Design with roughly 10 students in each class, manages the largest weaving studio under one roof in North America, and contributes to a large extra-curricular program. Full-time members of the Fine Arts department receive the title “Artist in Residence” and are expected to produce and show their own art as practicing artists and spend time outside of class in their school studios. Additionally, it is understood that the successful candidate has a demonstrated commitment to work in an extraordinarily diverse and inclusive community and connect with our enriching residential program.
Cranbrook is a PK-12 school with a vibrant boarding component in grades 9-12, allowing the school to provide teachers with the opportunity to live and work on our architecturally famous 319-acre campus. Often living and working in our residence halls, faculty engage students and support their development as members of a shared community. Eagerness to live among students, and to engage them in the evenings and on the weekends as a part of an exciting residential program, is considered significantly beneficial.
The campus also hosts a Graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, Center for Collections and Research, House and Gardens and Institute of Science which together comprise the Cranbrook Educational Community. The art and architecture that shape the campus are designed to complement the surrounding natural environment, making for a truly stunning campus. The campus is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, about 20 miles north of downtown Detroit. For more, please visit our website: www.cranbrook.edu, and take an aerial tour of the campus.
This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Fiber Arts or a related field, with an MFA strongly preferred. Enthusiasm for teaching and working with adolescents and excellent communication skills are expected for all teachers. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae or résumé, copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, a statement of educational philosophy in relation to this position, and two or three letters of recommendation.
