Fellowships at Smithsonian Institution

2008-2009 Postgraduate Fellowships in Conservation of Museum
    Collections
Smithsonian Institution

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 at <URL: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
<URL:http://www.si.edu/mci/>. Contact:

    Mary Ballard
    Senior Textiles Conservator
    301-238-1210
    ballardm [at] si__edu

    Harriet F. (Rae) Beaubien
    Senior Objects Conservator (archaeological materials)
    301-238-1235
    beaubienh [at] si__edu

    Paula T. DePriest
    Deputy Director (biodeterioration)
    301-238-1206
    depriestp [at] si__edu

    Carol Grissom
    Senior Objects Conservator
    301-238-1236
    grissomc [at] si__edu

    Robert J. Koestler
    Director (biodeterioration)
    301-238-1205
    koestlerr [at] si__edu

    Marion Mecklenburg
    Senior Research Scientist
    301-238-1241

    mecklenburgm [at] si__edu

    Jeff Speakman
    Head of Technical Studies
    301-238-1242
    speakmanj [at] si__edu

    Jia-Sun Tsang
    Senior Paintings Conservator (modern materials)
    301-238-1231
    tsangj [at] si__edu

    Melvin Wachowiak
    Senior Conservator (advanced imaging, 3D scanning)
    301-238-1218
    wachowiakm [at] si__edu

    Donald C. Williams
    Senior Furniture Conservator (wooden artifacts)
    301-238-1239
    williamsd [at] si__edu

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
    bardenr [at] si__edu
        (for objects, paper, costumes, and textile conservation)

    Ellen Chase
    Freer Gallery/Sackler Museum
    202-633-0365
    chaseel [at] si__edu
        (for objects, paper, and paintings conservation of
        Freer/Sackler collections--primarily Asian material)

    Christina Cole
    National Air and Space Museum
    301-238-1603
    colecl [at] si__edu
    (for objects conservation)

    Lucy Commoner
    Cooper-Hewitt Museums
    212-849-8461
    commonerl [at] si__edu
        (for textile and paper conservation)

    Eliza Gilligan
    SI Libraries
    202-633-4713
    gilligane [at] si__edu
        (for book conservation)

    Greta Hansen
    National Museum of Natural History
    301-238-1306
    hanseng [at] si__edu
        (for anthropological objects conservation)

    Helen Ingalls
    Smithsonian American Art Museum
    202-633-5804
    hingalls [at] si__edu
        (for objects and paper conservation)

    Marian Kaminitz
    National Museum of the American Indian
    301-238-1415
    kaminitzm [at] si__edu
        (for archaeological and ethnographic objects and textile
        conservation)

    Susan Lake
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    202-633-2731
    lakes [at] si__edu
        (for conservation of modern materials)

    Steve Mellor
    National Museum of African Art
    202-633-4616
    smellor [at] si__edu
        (for objects conservation)

    Lou Molnar
    National Portrait Gallery
    202-633-5822
    molnarl [at] si__edu
        (for paintings and paper conservation)

    Sarah Stauderman
    Smithsonian Institution Archives
    202-633-5921
    staudermans [at] si__edu
        (for archives and conservation)


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