Internships at Art Conservation de Rigueur

Pre-program and/or Graduate Conservation Internships
Art Conservation de Rigueur et Anoxia Abatement Solutions

Summer Session and Fall-Winter 2014-2015
Start Date June 2, 2014 for the Summer Session

Flexible Start Date (late August - mid-September, 2014) for the
Fall-Winter internship 6-9 months, or longer.

20 to 30 hours per week

Hands-on practicum in San Francisco private conservation practice

Specializing in textiles, objects, decorative arts and some minor
painting treatments.

Extend your academic and practical experience through a supervised,
constructive and instructive environment, supportive to your future
professional development.

Projects Include:  European tapestry, needlepoint, Asian and
Oriental embroideries, costume, ethnographic weavings and objects,
works on paper and rare books, sculpture, Japanese painted silk
screens, Indian Toran, Tibetan Thangka, silk flags, and many others.

We will also be working on a major longterm and ongoing historic
drapery conservation project funded by the Nation Historic Trust for
the Filoli Estate.

Applied Skills:  Hepa vacuuming, hand sewn linings and mounts,
object cleaning, CO2 anoxia, freezer treatments, pest management,
environmental monitoring, research, condition reports, photo
documentation, object cataloging, material and fiber analysis,
archival materials and custom fabrication of housing and boxes.

Applicants must either be currently enrolled in a program leading to
a diploma or degree in a conservation or relevant museum collections
care field, have completed appropriate studies within the past three
years, or are 'Pre-Program' applicants pursuing a graduate
conservation program, but need to accrue the needed 800-1200 hours
of experience prior to applying--in which case this is a great place
to accumulate some of those 100's requisite hours.  Many of our
previous interns have gone on to have wonderful successes in this
highly competitive field.

Applicants may send letter of interest and CV by May 5, 2014.

Art Conservation de Rigueur et Anoxia Abatement Solutions
Elise Yvonne Rousseau
Principal conservator textiles, historic objects and decorative arts
577 14th Avenue - No. 2
San Francisco, CA  94118
Studio: 415-751-2540
Mobile: 415-235-4884


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