Fellowships at Smithsonian Institution

2011-2012 Postgraduate Fellowships in Conservation of Museum
Collections

The Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships 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 2011. 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. Program
guidelines, instructions, cover sheets, and letters for your
referees are available on the Office of Fellowships' web site
<URL:http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm>

The deadline is January 15, 2011.

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

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

Contact:

    Mary Ballard
    Senior Textiles Conservator
    301-238-1210
    ballardm<-at->si<.>edu

    Harriet F. (Rae) Beaubien
    Head of Conservation (archaeological materials)
    301-238-1235
    beaubienh<-at->si<.>edu

    Paula T. DePriest
    Deputy Director (biodeterioration)
    301-238-1206
    depriestp<-at->si<.>edu

    Christine France
    Physical Scientist (stable isotopes)
    301-238-1261
    francec<-at->si<.>edu

    Jennifer Giaccai
    Conservation Scientist
    301-238-1211
    giaccaij<-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

    Odile Madden
    Scientist
    301-238-1257
    maddeno<-at->si<.>edu

    Mehdi Moini
    Research Scientist (mass spectrometry/proteomics)
    301-238-1238
    moinim<-at->si<.>edu

    Hanna Szczepanowska
    Conservator
    301-238-1232
    szczepanowskah<-at->si<.>edu

    Jeff Speakman
    Head of Technical Studies (archaeological materials)
    301-238-1242
    speakmanj<-at->si<.>edu

    Jia-Sun Tsang
    Senior Paintings Conservator (modern and contemporary art)
    301-238-1231
    tsangj<-at->si<.>edu

    Ed Vicenzi
    Research Scientist (microchemistry/microscopy)
    301-238-1215
    vicenzie<-at->si<.>edu

    Melvin Wachowiak
    Senior Conservator (advanced imaging, 3D scanning, and wooden
    artifacts)
    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 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
    bardenr<-at->si<.>edu
    for objects, paper, textile, and costume conservation

    Ellen Chase
    Freer and Sackler Galleries
    202-633-0365
    chaseel<-at->si<.>edu
    for objects, paper, and Asian paintings conservation; and
    conservation science

    Malcolm Collum
    National Air and Space Museum
    301-238-1637
    collumm<-at->si<.>edu
    for objects 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
    ingallsh<-at->si<.>edu
    for paintings, paper, objects and frames 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 paper conservation


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