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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 on the ORTS web site (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 (http://www/si.edu/mci/). Contact: Mary Ballard, Senior Textiles
Conservator, 301-238- 1210, ballardm@xxxxxx
Harriet F. (Rae) Beaubien, Senior
Objects Conservator (archaeological materials), 301-238-1235, beaubienh@xxxxxx Paula T. DePriest, Deputy Director
(biodeterioration), 301-238-1206, depriestp@xxxxxx Carol Grissom, Senior Objects
Conservator, 301-238-1236, grissomc@xxxxxx
Robert J. Koestler, Director
(biodeterioration), 301-238-1205, koestlerr@xxxxxx Marion Mecklenburg, Senior Research
Scientist, 301-238-1241, mecklenburgm@xxxxxx
Jeff Speakman, Head of Technical
Studies, 301-238-1242, speakmanj@xxxxxx Jia-Sun Tsang, Senior Paintings
Conservator (modern materials), 301-238-1231, tsangj@xxxxxx
Melvin Wachowiak, Senior Conservator
(advanced imaging, 3D scanning), 301-238-1218, wachowiakm@xxxxxx Donald C. Williams, Senior Furniture
Conservator (wooden artifacts), 301-238-1239, williamsd@xxxxxx
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@xxxxxx)
for objects, paper, costumes, and textile
conservation Ellen Chase, Freer Gallery/Sackler
Museum (202-633-0365; chaseel@xxxxxx) for
objects, paper, and paintings conservation of Freer/Sackler
collections (primarily Asian material) Christina Cole, National Air and Lucy Commoner, Cooper-Hewitt Museums (212-849-8461; Commonerl@xxxxxx) for textile and paper conservation Eliza Gilligan, SI Libraries (202-633-4713; gilligane@xxxxxx) for book conservation Greta Hansen, National Museum of Natural History
(301-238-1306; hanseng@xxxxxx) for
anthropological objects conservation Helen Ingalls, conservation Marian Kaminitz, archaeological
and ethnographic objects and textile conservation materials Steve
Mellor, National Museum of African Art (202-633-4616; smellor@xxxxxx) for objects conservation Lou Molnar, National Portrait Gallery (202-633-5822; molnarl@xxxxxx) for paintings and paper
conservation Sarah Stauderman, Smithsonian Institution Archives
(202-633-5921; staudermans@xxxxxx) for
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