Best Schools for Post-Graduate Teaching

[Josholas]

Does anyone know of schools that are particularly receptive to students who are interested in getting an MFA with the primary intention of teaching college level art? Not that being a working artist isn't important...as it certainly is, but I have an equal or greater interest in teaching art at the college level. For me, teaching is just as much of a passion as the art itself. Most of the "Art Education" degrees seem to focus on primary or secondary school, but this is not something I'm interested in. It seems like most of the MFA programs seem to look down on those who are more interested in teaching college level art than becoming famous working/traveling artists. I have a family...I want to settle down somewhere and teach college level art (with an occasional art show from time to time). Is that an unreasonable request?

Thanks for your help.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Josholas

[michaelwebster]

UNC (Chapel Hill) has a teaching practicum and allows grad students to teach classes solo.

As for the unreasonable request part, do you want to go to college to learn from someone who has a few exhibiitions every now and then and thats it? I have some experience at a school with professors who werent very good artists and they werent very good teachers either. I notice often that they go hand in hand, because teaching art isn't about teaching a technical skill, but ways of thinking that allow students to succeed.

I am a fan of teaching, I founded and taught an after school art program for high school students while getting my MFA, just because I wanted to. But college level jobs are super competitive now and unless your resume is packed with over a dozen exhibitions each year its about impossible to get a job.

[inkhouse]

University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, has a few teaching practicums with opportunities to teach two out of the 3 years, depending on department needs.

[Curious12345]

I'm at UCSB right now as a graduate student and you get CRAZY amounts of TAing here. I'm TAing more than 1 class a quarter from this summer till I graduate.