Artist in Residence

Title: Artist in Residence
Job Class Code: 0182
Service Period: 12 months
Limitations on Appointment: This is an instructional title that may be conferred on persons who have special instructional roles.
Length of Appointment: Full time appointments may be for terms of one to five years.
Eligible for Tenure: No
Voting rights: Yes, only with a full-time appointment
Allowable Earn Types: REG, PDR, LWO, S/L, MLP, SUM, ENS, ADS, TPS, E/C
- WOS may only be used for an unpaid joint appointment
Salary Requirements: Must meet University minimum.
Full-time/Part-time: Both
Promotable: Yes, promotes to Senior Artist in Residence
National Search Required: No, for single year appointments. Yes, for multiple year appointments.
Required Approvals: AHR approval required prior to OPUS entry

Educational/Experience Requirements: This is an instructional title that may be conferred on persons who have special instructional roles.
Documentation Required:
- Original Dean/Chancellor's letter to President recommending appointment should include:
  - Title
  - Start date and service period
  - Salary
- Original Chair/Director's letter to Dean/Chancellor recommending appointment should include:
  - Faculty vote
- Original offer letter
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Curriculum Vitae
- UW biography form, signed
- Academic Human Resources Ad Approval Notice*
- Copy of job advertisement*
- Applicant Flow Confirmation Page*
- Visa documents, if applicable
- Background check documents, if applicable
* only required if a National Search is conducted

The reappointment decision must be made in the last year of the appointment, six months (or in the case of an initial annual appointment, three months) before the appointment expiration date.
To recommend the reappointment of an annual appointee to a multi-year term, a national search must be conducted or a search waiver obtained.

Promotions for Artists in Residence require the same documentation as a reappointment. The recommendation letter is submitted during Autumn Quarter for the following academic year. If the promotion is recommended in the last year of an individual's appointment, a reappointment recommendation should be submitted in addition to the promotion recommendation.

Emeritus Eligibility: No
A faculty member has a professional obligation to give a written notice of resignation at the earliest possible opportunity. Normally such resignations should be given at least three months prior to the termination date, or within 15 days of notification of terms of a reappointment, whichever occurs later, and should ordinarily become effective at the end of an academic year
The unit should attempt to obtain such a letter with a statement from the faculty member indicating the name and address of next employer
Separation action needs to be entered in OPUS.