Internship at Peebles Island Resource Center

Objects or Paintings Conservation Intern
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Peebles Island Resource Center
Waterford, New York

We are offering a two-month internship in Objects/Paintings
Conservation for the treatment of a four-panel, gilded and painted
leather standing room screen. The goal of this project is the
completion of cleaning of two of the four panels. Two panels have
been cleaned by previous conservation interns. The intern would
review previous cleaning methods, conduct testing, develop their own
method and procedure for cleaning the gilded and painted leather
surface, and undertake the treatment..

Applicants must have completed at least one year of a conservation
graduate program. The stipend for this internship is $2750. The
starting date is negotiable, but not before July 1, 2001.  To apply,
please send a resume and cover letter to:

    John Lovell
    Assistant Director
    NYSOPRHP/Bureau of Historic Sites
    Peebles Island Resource Center
    PO Box 219
    Waterford, NY 12188
    john.lovell [at] oprhp__state__ny__us


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