Fellowship at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Fellowship in Contemporary Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The Conservation Department at the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art is pleased to offer a two-year, advanced Fellowship in the
conservation of contemporary art, beginning in fall 2011. The Fellow
will participate in a museum experience, focusing on 20th and 21st
century art. In keeping with the nature of contemporary art, the
Fellowship is designed to initiate collaboration between
conservation disciplines, including paper, paintings, objects,
photographs, and electronic media. Honoring disciplinary expertise,
the Fellow will be supervised by the staff conservator affiliated
with her/his specialty.

Due to fundamental philosophical shifts that accompanied the making
of art after 1945, contemporary art often requires problem solving,
which diverges from traditionally prescribed conservation measures.
In addition to performing technical examination and treatment on
works in the museum's collection, the Fellowship will give focus to
the non-traditional methods that are employed in creating, and
caring for, contemporary works of art. The Fellowship will also
include activities such as exhibition planning, installation and
collection research. Since information about artists' materials,
processes and intentions may be among the most important
contributions conservators of contemporary art can make toward
future care of collections, effective methods for documenting these
factors will be explored. The Fellow will undertake research and/or
a specific project related to contemporary art and will be
encouraged to present a paper or publish the findings.

The applicant should have a graduate degree from a recognized
training program (or equivalent experience) and one to two years of
post-graduate experience. A specialization in painting, objects,
paper, photographs, or electronic media conservation is required.
The applicant should have enough experience to be able to work with
a degree of independence in the studio. The ability to collaborate
creatively with other conservators and museum staff members is
essential.

Stipend: $30,000 plus benefits with $2000 for research and travel to
conferences.  For more details, contact SFMOMA Conservation
Department at 415-357-4054.  All applications and supporting
documents must be received by April 15, 2011.  Candidates should
submit curriculum vitae, including undergraduate and graduate
education, and relevant experience; a statement (no more than one
page) as to the candidate's reason for applying, and two letters of
support to:

    Elise S. Haas
    Conservation Department
    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
    151 3rd Street
    San Francisco, CA 94103


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