Month: August 2015

Worcester Eisenbrandt is a restoration contractor located in Baltimore MD and specializes in restoration of buildings and conservation of monuments and objects.
Conservator will join our staff of three (3) conservators and will be involved in projects primarily within the MD, DC, and VA metro area. However, short durations of travel will be required for projects outside of the above areas.
Education: Master’s degree in Architectural Conservation or equivalent combination of conservation training and experience.
Experience: Minimum 7 years
Compensation: Compensation package will be commensurate with education and experience.
How to apply: Submit resume and salary requirements to ksylvester@weiconstruction.com.
Worcester Eisenbrandt is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

15 PhD Vacancies within the Marie Curie Innovative Training Network project New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA)
A significant part of European cultural heritage, modern and contemporary art, runs a great risk of getting lost for future generations, because it is particularly difficult to preserve. Proper care requires resolving fundamental questions concerning the identity, values and authenticity of modern and contemporary artworks and the consequences for their conservation, rethinking historically grown professional distinctions as those between the curator and the conservator, re-organizing the institutional ecosystem, and establishing frameworks for international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research and training collaboration.
The research and training programme New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA) aims at meeting these demands by educating a new generation of professional curators, conservators and academic researchers who are properly equipped to face these challenges. The programme is designed by experts working in museums, heritage organisations and universities that have a profound experience in the field of contemporary art conservation and conservation research. It consists of a research and a training part, which are closely connected and mutually inform each other. It will focus on the development of a reflective professional attitude, which is a pre-requisite in the increasingly complex and collaborative field of contemporary art conservation.
The NACCA programme, coordinated by Maastricht University, is a Marie Curie Innovative Training Network project, funded by the European Union. In total, 15 PhD projects are part of the programme, each investigating different, as yet under-explored aspects of contemporary art conservation.
In the framework of the Marie Curie ITN project NACCA, the beneficiaries of this project are recruiting a total of 15 PhD researchers. Researchers will be located in The Netherlands (Maastricht University, University of Amsterdam), Germany (Cologne University of Applied Sciences), United Kingdom (University of Glasgow, Tate), Italy (Museo delle Culture Milan, University of Roma III), Portugal (NOVA University Lisbon, University of Porto) and Poland (Faculty of Conservation, Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw). For more information about the PhD projects, the vacancies and recruitment procedure, please visit www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nacca.
Recruitment period: 31 July 2015 – 15 September 2015
Keywords: Marie Curie Innovative Training Network; PhD; Vacancies; Conservation; Contemporary Art; Art

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce a call for applications for a pilot residential fellowship in historic preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation/Rockefeller Brothers Fund Pocantico Center Fellowship (the Pocantico Center Preservation Fellowship). Applications are available online at www.PreservationNation.org/Pocantico and are due Monday, August 17.
The Pocantico Center Preservation Fellowship is a two-week residential fellowship in historic preservation that provides the opportunity to reside and work in the historic Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico Hills, NY from Monday, October 5, 2015 through Sunday, October 18, 2015. Funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the fellowship is structured to provide professionals with two weeks of dedicated time for a defined project with significant benefit to the preservation field.
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Projects:
The project must be of significant benefit to the preservation field, such as, by example, work on a book, long article, or key speech/presentation on

• the future of preservation
• sustainability and historic preservation
• re-imagining historic sites
• urban issues and preservation
• gentrification and density
• other topic of key importance to the preservation field

Basic Terms

• The Fellowship will be a 10 day to two-week residency at the Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico Hills, NY in October 2015.
• In addition to lodging, Rockefeller Brothers Fund will provide approximately $125 per week for food
• Transportation to and from New York City will be provided by Rockefeller Brothers Fund via reimbursement to the selected resident
• National Trust will reimburse other reasonable transportation costs, including the cost of travel to New York City
• Compliance with all rules for residency at the Pocantico Center

Apply at www.PreservationNation.org/Pocantico.

The Kimbell Art Museum seeks an Assistant Paintings Conservator to care for a collection of European paintings (1300 – 1946) that rivals in quality and scope, although not size, the most prestigious art museums in North America and a comprehensive collection of masterworks of American paintings (1800 -1964) of the neighboring Amon Carter Museum of American Art, with an opportunity to work on important paintings from other public collections.  Completion of a conservation graduate program or comparable training with at least one additional year of professional experience is required.
Responsibilities include care, examination, and treatment of European and American paintings, working closely with the director of conservation and the curatorial staffs of both museums. Applicant should demonstrate both visual and technical understanding of paintings, sound judgment, and skills in treatments. Ability to clearly present conservation material in a variety of media (public lectures, museum website, written essays and exhibition installations) is desirable. Interest in technical imaging using X-radiography, IRR and Adobe Photoshop, and having a working knowledge of XRF, is an advantage. Understanding of the care of museum collections is important, with duties to include assisting with condition checks for active loan and exhibition programs and undertaking courier trips.
Facilities include a beautiful, well-equipped studio designed by Louis Kahn in the Kimbell Art Museum, one of the most distinguished museum structures erected in recent times, and an excellent conservation library. In late 2013, the Kimbell expanded with the completion of a new exhibition pavilion designed by Renzo Piano, which includes a research library, education center and 300-seat auditorium. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, also completed a major expansion and recent renovation. In addition to its extensive holdings of paintings of the American West, the museum surveys the development of American art from post-colonial times through the first half of the twentieth century, featuring works by Homer, Eakins, Cole, Heade, Harnett, Peto, Sargent, Eastman Johnson, Cassatt, O’Keefe, Hartley, and Stuart Davis. Both museums offer a full program of loan exhibitions, publications, and educational services to the greater Fort Worth/Dallas metropolitan community.
Salary and title commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Start fall 2015 or by mutual agreement.  Letter of application together with résumé should be sent to: Kimbell Art Museum, Human Resources, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107.  For information call Claire Barry, Director of Conservation, at (817) 332-8451.