Animation Faculty

Description

Villa Maria College is seeking full-time faculty member, for Fall 2014, for their BFA program in Animation. Villa Maria College is a small, private, co-educational college with specialized programs in the applied arts and music combined with a liberal arts core, education, business, and health programs. 

The Animation Program at Villa Maria College began fall 2008 and is a competitive, hands-on, and demanding program that recruits highly talented and committed students.  The intimate class size allows instructors the opportunity to know students, and have an impact on their lives.  Villa Maria has two state-of-the-art animation labs, each with 17 workstations and Wacom tablets, including software such as the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite, Adobe CS6, and Toon Boom Harmony. Additional workstations are dedicated solely for rendering.  There is also a stop-motion studio with a separate puppet-building facility.  The program offers HD digital video cameras, digital still cameras, as well as an audio sound effects library for the students to use for their projects.  Villa’s animation students have also successfully collaborated with Villa music students to write and record scores for student films.

The curriculum stresses the understanding of animation principles, acting, film theory, and storytelling, and gives the students traditional and technical tools and software to be able to bring their stories to life. 

An M.F.A. preferred; however alternative degrees will be considered.  Preference given to candidates with teaching experience. Industry experience a plus.  Knowledge of 2D and/or 3D animation software required. 

Review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

EOE