2013-2014 SMITHSONIAN POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN CONSERVATION OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

The Smithsonian’s Office of Fellowships and Internships 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 items in its collections.  The fellowship begins in the fall of 2013. A stipend of $35,000 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 the Office of Fellowships and Internships. Program guidelines, instructions, cover sheets, and letters for your referees are available at http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/CFELL/CFELLapp.htm.  The deadline is January 15, 2013.

As one of the conservation laboratories in which a fellowship is offered, the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) offers postings for treatment and research projects benefiting Smithsonian collections 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, Head of Conservation (archaeological materials), 301-238-1235, [log in to unmask] 

A. Elena Charola, Research Scientist (biodeterioration, stone), 301-238-1213, [log in to unmask]

Paula T. DePriest, Deputy Director (biodeterioration), 301-238-1206, [log in to unmask]

Christine France, Physical Scientist (stable isotopes), 301-238-1261, [log in to unmask]

Jennifer Giaccai, Conservation Scientist, 301-238-1211, [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]

Nicole Little, Physical Scientist (ICP-MS, XRD, SEM-EDS), 301-238-1243, [log in to unmask]

Odile Madden, Research Scientist (modern materials, plastic, Raman spectroscopy), 301-238-1257, [log in to unmask]

Mehdi Moini, Research Scientist (mass spectrometry/proteomics), 301-238-1238, [log in to unmask]

Hanna Szczepanowska, Conservator, 301-238-1232, [log in to unmask]

Jia-Sun Tsang, Senior Paintings Conservator (modern and contemporary art), 301-238-1231, [log in to unmask] 

Ed Vicenzi, Research Scientist (microchemistry/microscopy), 301-238-1215, [log in to unmask] 

Melvin Wachowiak, Senior Conservator (advanced imaging, 3D scanning, and wooden artifacts), 301-238-1218, [log in to unmask]

Fellows may also be hosted in the conservation laboratories of other Smithsonian museums, with the possibility of additional facilities for analytical work available at MCI. The conservator contact for each museum is listed below:

Richard Barden, National Museum of American History (202-633-3638; [log in to unmask]) for objects, paper, textile, and costume conservation

Malcolm Collum, National Air and Space Museum (301-238-1637; [log in to unmask]) for objects conservation

Tiarna Doherty, Smithsonian American Art Museum (202-633-5802; [log in to unmask]) for colonial to contemporary paintings, paper, objects, and frames conservation

Annie Hall, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s Off-Site Objects Conservation Lab and Study Center, Newark, NJ (202-849-8460; [log in to unmask]) for objects conservation with a focus on natural and synthetic plastics

Greta Hansen, National Museum of Natural History (301-238-1306; [log in to unmask]) for anthropological objects conservation

Andrew Hare, Freer and Sackler Galleries (202-633-0370; [log in to unmask]) for objects, paper, and Asian paintings conservation; and conservation science

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 conservation of modern materials

Dana Moffett, National Museum of African Art (202-633-4614; [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 paper conservation