The Smithsonian’s Office of
Research Training and Services (ORTS) has announced one-year fellowships for
recent graduates of masters programs in art and archaeological conservation or
for conservation scientists to conduct research and gain further training at
the Smithsonian in the conservation of objects in its collections. The
fellowship begins in the fall of 2008. A stipend of $30,000 is being offered
plus allowances. The prospective fellow must first contact the conservator or
scientist with whom he or she would like to work. If the potential supervisor
confirms that candidacy is suitable, application must be made through ORTS.
Program guidelines, instructions, cover sheets, and letters for your referees
are available on the ORTS web site (http://www.si.edu/ofg/ofgapp.htm).
The deadline is January 15, 2008.
As one of the
conservation laboratories in which a fellowship is offered, the Smithsonian’s
Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) offers postings for treatment of
Smithsonian material and research projects that make use of MCI’s excellent
analytical capabilities (http://www.si.edu/mci/). Contact:
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]
Paula
T. DePriest, Deputy Director (biodeterioration), 301-238-1206, [log in to unmask]
Carol
Grissom, Senior Objects Conservator, 301-238-1236, [log in to unmask]
Robert
J. Koestler, Director (biodeterioration), 301-238-1205, [log in to unmask]
Marion
Mecklenburg, Senior Research Scientist, 301-238-1241, [log in to unmask]
Jeff
Speakman, Head of Technical Studies, 301-238-1242, [log in to unmask]
Jia-Sun
Tsang, Senior Paintings Conservator (modern materials), 301-238-1231, [log in to unmask]
Melvin
Wachowiak, Senior Conservator (advanced imaging, 3D scanning), 301-238-1218, [log in to unmask]
Donald
C. Williams, Senior Furniture Conservator (wooden artifacts), 301-238-1239, [log in to unmask]
Fellows may also
be hosted at other Smithsonian conservation laboratories, with the possibility
of additional facilities for analytical work available at MCI. 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
Ellen
Chase, Freer Gallery/Sackler Museum (202-633-0365; [log in to unmask])
for objects, paper, and paintings
conservation
of Freer/Sackler collections (primarily Asian material)
Christina
Cole, National Air and
Lucy Commoner,
Cooper-Hewitt Museums (212-849-8461; [log in to unmask]) for textile and paper
conservation
Eliza Gilligan,
SI Libraries (202-633-4713; [log in to unmask]) for book conservation
Greta Hansen,
National Museum of Natural History (301-238-1306; [log in to unmask])
for anthropological objects
conservation
Helen Ingalls,
conservation
Marian Kaminitz,
archaeological and ethnographic objects and textile conservation
materials
Steve Mellor, National Museum of African Art (202-633-4616; [log in to unmask])
for objects conservation
Lou Molnar,
National Portrait Gallery (202-633-5822; [log in to unmask]) for paintings and paper
conservation
Sarah Stauderman,
Smithsonian Institution Archives (202-633-5921; [log in to unmask])
for archives and
conservation
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