SMITHSONIAN POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN CONSERVATION
OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Smithsonian Office of Fellowships is pleased to announce one-year
fellowships for recent graduates of masters programs in art conservation or
the equivalent to conduct research and gain further training in Smithsonian
laboratories for conservation of objects in museum collections. The
fellowship begins in the fall of 2006. A stipend of $30,000 is being offered
plus allowances. The prospective fellow must first contact the conservator
with whom he or she would like to work. If the potential supervisor confirms
that candidacy is suitable, application must be made through the
Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships. Program guidelines, instructions, cover
sheets, and letters for your referees are available on the Office of
Fellowships website: http://www.si.edu/ofg/ofgapp.htm. The deadline is
January 15, 2006.
As one of the conservation laboratories in which a fellowship is offered,
the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE) offers
possible postings for research projects and treatment of material from
Smithsonian collections (see http://www.si.edu/scmre/ for general
information about SCMRE and below for information about the Archaeological
Conservation Program). The candidate should contact one of the following
senior staff conservators:
Mary Ballard, Senior Textiles Conservator, 301-238- 1210, [log in to unmask]
Harriet F. (Rae) Beaubien, Senior Objects Conservator (archaeological
materials), 301-238-1235, [log in to unmask]
Carol Grissom, Senior Objects Conservator, 301-238-1236, [log in to unmask]
Jia-Sun Tsang, Senior Paintings Conservator (modern materials and
non-destructive testing), 301-238-1231, [log in to unmask]
Fellows may also be hosted at other Smithsonian conservation laboratories,
but additional facilities for analytical work may be available to museum or
archives fellows at SCMRE. Such candidates should contact the following
conservators:
Richard Barden, National Museum of American History (202-633-3638;
[log in to unmask]) for objects, paper, costumes, and textile conservation
Lucy Commoner, Cooper-Hewitt Museum (212-849-8461; [log in to unmask]) for
textile and paper conservation
Linda Edquist, National Postal Museum (202-633-5511; [log in to unmask]) for
paper conservation
Greta Hansen, National Museum of Natural History (301-238-1306;
[log in to unmask]) for anthropological objects conservation
Paul Jett, Freer Gallery/Sackler Museum (202-633-0371; [log in to unmask]), for
objects, paper, and paintings conservation of Freer/Sackler collections
(primarily Asian material)
Marian Kaminitz, National Museum of the American Indian (301-238-1415;
[log in to unmask]) for archaeological and ethnographic objects and textile
conservation
Susan Lake, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (202-633-2731;
[log in to unmask]) for modern painting conservation
Ed McManus, National Air and Space Museum (301-238-1637; [log in to unmask])
for objects and paper conservation
Steve Mellor, National Museum of African Art (202-633-4616; [log in to unmask])
for objects conservation
Stefano Scafetta, Smithsonian American Art Museum (301-238-1041;
[log in to unmask]) for objects and paper conservation
Sarah Stauderman, Smithsonian Institution Archives (202-357-1421 x29;
[log in to unmask]) for archives and paper conservation
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