Teaching

Yale University School of Art

2026 – present

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Boston University

2016 – 2026

Josephine Halvorson was Professor of Art and Chair of the MFA Program in Painting at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts where she taught seminars and participated in critiques of student work. As Chair, she organized and coordinated the program schedule, led orientation and admissions, and advised students on their course of study. In 2022, she delivered the annual University Lecture.

In 2016, Halvorson founded the Tuesday Night Lecture Series, a free and public lecture series run by the MFA programs in Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Visual Narrative, and Print Media and Photography. It has welcomed over 100 artists, designers, and scholars to Boston.

Thesis catalogs: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

Other Teaching

2007 – present

Since 2007, Halvorson has taught at several institutions, including Yale School of Art (2010-16), Columbia University (2007-9), University of Tennessee Knoxville (2012), Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, The Cooper Union School of Art (2011-13), Princeton University (2011-13), Paint School (2018), and Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (2018). She lectures regularly on her work. Teaching is a critical component of Halvorson’s practice as a whole. More information can be found on her CV.