10 week winter Mellon fellowship in ethnographic object & textile conservation

[Susan Heald <healds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Short-term Fellowships with the Conservation Department of
the National Museum of the American Indian, Cultural
Resources Center, Suitland, MD.
January 6 - March 14, 2003

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is
offering up to two ten-week fellowships in ethnographic
artifact and textile conservation funded by the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation.  The Conservation Laboratory and NMAI's
Cultural Resource Center in Suitland, MD (Metro DC area) is
the work site.  Projects will focus primarily on the survey
and treatment of artifacts for exhibits in the new museum
building on the National Mall in Washington, DC (scheduled
to open in 2004) and other on-going exhibit and publication
projects.  The projects are intended to cultivate practical
skills as well as to foster a solid understanding of the
contexts of material culture, the philosophies of
conservation at NMAI, and the ethics of the conservation
profession.  Museum programming involves collaboration with
Native Peoples in the development of appropriate methods of
care for, and interpretation of, their cultural materials.

Candidates who are recently graduated from a recognized
conservation program and demonstrate a career interest in
the conservation of material culture of indigenous peoples
of North, South and Central American will be especially
welcome.

Applications, postmarked no later than October 11, 2002,
must include:  a cover letter explaining candidate's
interests and intent in applying for the project, curriculum
vitae including basic biographical information with current
and permanent addresses and telephone numbers, three letters
of recommendation (one personal and two
academic/professional), and transcripts of undergraduate and
graduate work (cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better is
expected).

Notifications will be sent by November 15, 2002.  The
10-week winter project includes a generous stipend.  Dates
for the Fellowships are January 6 - March 14, 2003.

NMAI is an equal opportunity employer.  All applications
should be sent to:

Marian A. Kaminitz
National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian
Institution
Cultural Resources Center, MRC 541
4220 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD  20746.

For more information please call: (301)238-6624 ext. 6322
Or email: kaminitzm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Susan Heald
Textile Conservator
National Museum of the American Indian
Cultural Resources Center
4220 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
(301)238-6624 ext 6317
healds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx