Month: February 2018

The David Booth Fellowship in Painting Conservation (New York, NY, USA) – PASSED DEADLINE

*** APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS PASSED – PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION ***

September 2018 – August 2020

The David Booth Conservation Department at The Museum of Modern Art is pleased to offer a two-year fellowship in painting conservation, starting September 2018. The fellowship provides an opportunity to acquire comprehensive training in paintings preservation, conservation, and restoration in a museum setting. Working as part of the paintings conservation team, the fellow will assist conservators with all facets of the preservation, conservation, and restoration of paintings, including acquisition, exhibition, treatment, collection care, and research. Fellowship activities will involve collaboration with Museum departments, including curatorial, Exhibition Design and Production, Exhibition Planning and Administration, Information Technology, and Collection Management and Exhibition Registration. Besides developing and refining advanced techniques in paintings conservation, the fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with MoMA’s conservation scientists; to develop and carry out research projects; and have their disseminated or published through blogs, conferences, and peer-reviewed journals.

REQUIREMENTS

Education
Graduate from a recognized training program; candidates with equivalent training will be considered.

Experience
Internship in the treatment of paintings. No more than three years experience past graduation.

Qualifications

  • Examination and treatment of paintings at an advanced intern level.
  • Some experience with treatment of modern and contemporary works preferable.
  • Familiarity with condition digital-imaging documentation, including ultra-violet, infrared, and photomicrography.
  • Use of analytic instruments, including microscopes, X-ray equipment, and other instruments for the examination and technical analysis of works of art and their constituent parts.
  • Excellent speaking, reading, and writing skills in English.
  • Proficiency with computer software, including image editing and Adobe Photoshop.

Responsibilities

  • Conducts examinations and writes condition reports on works of art. Recommends and executes treatment of works of art and their optimal storage and exhibition conditions in consultation with paintings conservators, scientists, and other higher conservator titles, and curators. Records full photographic and written documentation of original condition and all stages of treatment of works of art.
  • Assists in advising curatorial, registration, and exhibitions staff on conservation requirements to ensure protection of works of art during exhibition, packing, and shipping. Assists in advising curators on the condition of works of art as related to exhibition, loans, and acquisition.
  • Examines and interprets the physical structure of works of art and liaises with scientists on the interpretation of scientific data.
  • Participates in courier trips of loaned works as required.
  • Assists in supervising seasonal (three-month) interns and conservation program trainees as requested.
  • Investigates, evaluates, and tests new materials used by contemporary artists. Researches, develops, and tests materials and techniques for conservation use. Keeps abreast of new technical and material developments in the art historical and conservation fields through attendance at meetings and readings of conservation, technical, and art historical literature.
  • Actively produces blogs posts and publishes research, and is encouraged to speak at related professional conferences.
  • Adheres to the AIC Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
  • Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.

REPORTS TO: Painting Conservators and other higher conservator titles

Stipend: $45,000 plus benefits and vacation, with $3,775 for research and travel.

Candidates must submit a statement of interest, a current CV, and a list of references to jobs@moma.org no later than March 1, 2018. Please reference the position title in the subject line.

The Museum of Modern Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.

The Museum of Modern Art’s Conservation Fellowship Initiative is made possible through the David Booth Conservation Center Endowment Fund.

The Mary and Samuel Somit Preservation Internship (Chicago, IL, USA)

2018 Summer Internship – University of Chicago Library

The University of Chicago Library is accepting applications for the 2018 Mary and Samuel Somit Preservation Internship. This Internship, established in 2006, has been made possible through the generosity of Dr. Albert Somit (AB ’41, PhD ’47), University of Chicago alumnus and past president of Southern Illinois University. Dr. Somit has established the Internship to honor his parents’ legacy, serve the needs of the Library’s collection, and prepare individuals for important work to preserve library materials and other scholarly works in all formats so that they are available for research and teaching.

The six-week Internship is intended to provide firsthand experience and a broader understanding of the care, treatment, and accessibility of library and archives materials in a large research library. The intern will work with the Preservation Librarian and other Department managers to learn about the operations, issues, and challenges of a comprehensive preservation and access program. Technical Services, the Digital Library Development Center, and the Special Collections Research Center are all partners in the Library’s preservation initiatives.  Under the guidance of the Preservation Librarian and other professional staff, the intern will undertake a project and prepare a final report.  During the internship, the intern will have the opportunity to collaborate with other library staff and give a presentation about the project and its findings.

Audio Recordings Description Project
Under the direction of the Preservation Librarian and the Metadata Analyst Librarian, the Intern will focus on a review and analysis of descriptive and administrative metadata for sound recordings held by the University of Chicago’s Digital Media Archive (DMA).  The DMA holds an extensive collection of audio and some video recordings primarily created by University of Chicago faculty in the course of their research.  The collection includes over 180 languages and dialects as well as ethnographic music recordings.  Collections reflect the teaching and scholarly interests of faculty and researchers who have worked at the University of Chicago over the past eighty years, and are of great research interest to linguists, anthropologists, and ethnomusicologists.  One of the Archive’s distinctive collections is the Mesoamerican Collection which includes field recordings from the 1930 – 1990s of the many dialects and endangered languages throughout Central America.  The University of Chicago Library also holds several paper-based archival collections that are closely related to the DMA’s Mesoamerican Collection of recordings.  The majority of recordings in the Digital Media Archive have been converted to digital form and some are available on the web (see http://dma.uchicago.edu/ for a fuller description and catalog of the DMA materials).

The goal of the project is to perform a critical assessment of the existing descriptive metadata that has been created for these language recordings.  Work will contribute to development of metadata guidelines for media collections that will enable the Library to ingest the collection into the Library’s Digital Repository, provide online access, and ensure its integration into and compatibility with the discovery systems for digital collections of other types and formats.  This project will support future planning for the delivery of both public and restricted media collections and the ability to share standardized metadata more broadly.

Tasks during the internship may include:

  • Examining current metadata and controlled vocabulary used in the Archive
  • Reviewing of metadata schemas in use for the Library’s existing digital collections and for similar collections at selected other institutions
  • Making recommendations for the use of existing metadata, methods for crosswalking to other schemas, enhancement of metadata with additional data (such as ISO language codes), or adoption of additional standards
  • Preparing a final report about the work of the project and recommendations
  • To the extent possible, making some desired changes or enhancements to metadata; identifying relationships and ways to connect the DMA collections to related Library collections; providing inventories of other media collections for digital conversion
  • During the project, the intern will have the opportunity to collaborate with Preservation, Technical Services, and IT and Digital Scholarship staff.

Eligibility and Requirements
The Internship is open to recent graduates and currently enrolled students of a recognized library school of information or related program; or students with equivalent experience and training in preservation, digital collections and metadata.  Whether through coursework or previous practical application, the Somit intern must be familiar with preservation principles, and the creation and management of metadata for media collections. The applicant should possess the ability to work collaboratively and independently to accomplish project goals. Familiarity with spreadsheets, databases, and metadata schemas for media collections is highly desirable.  Background in linguistics or anthropology is a plus, but language expertise is not required.

The 2018 Internship provides a $4,000 stipend.

To apply for the Internship, individuals should electronically submit a letter of application, resume, list of completed relevant coursework or training, and contact information (name and email address) for two professional references. To be considered, individuals must currently be authorized to work permanently in the US and be able to commit to six consecutive weeks of full-time work between approximately June 4 and August 31.

The deadline for applications is Monday, March 5, 2018. Submit electronic applications to: somitinternship@lib.uchicago.edu.

For more information please see our Somit Preservation Internship website (https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/directory/departments/pres/somit/) or contact: Sherry Byrne, Preservation Librarian, University of Chicago Library, sbyr@uchicago.edu.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity/ Disabled / Veterans Employer.

Senior Paintings Conservator & Assistant Paintings Conservator (Carlisle, PA, USA)

These job announcements were previously advertised on October 3, 2017. To see them, go to: Asst. Paintings Conservator, and Sr. Paintings Conservator.

Hartmann Fine Art Conservation Services, Inc. in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA (a private conservation corporation providing conservation services for government, museum, corporate, & private collectors for 35 years) is posting two positions for “Professionally Trained” paintings conservators.

We are seeking candidates for full-time employment, with benefits and commensurate salary, for an ASSISTANT PAINTINGS CONSERVATOR (3 – 5 years of experience desired) and a SENIOR PAINTINGS CONSERVATOR (7 – 10+ years’ experience desired), both of which will report to the President/Chief Conservator of our corporation, John Hartmann – Fellow Member of AIC. Both positions will remain open until filled.

Candidates recently graduated, or soon to be graduated from a recognized Conservation Graduate School/Program with less experience than requested, will be considered for the Assistant Conservator position. Work will primarily be based out of our conservation facility in Pennsylvania, but may occasionally require on-site work at project sites nationwide. The Senior Conservator position’s primary job responsibilities will include personally undertaking complicated conservation treatments; completing conservation reports; and overseeing the daily operations of junior staff, project work; and deadline scheduling at our conservation facility.

If you are interested in either of these positions in our active private conservation business, feel that you are driven, self-motivated, and work well with a team; please send a cover letter, resume and curriculum vitae, three professional or academic references, available start date, salary requirements, and a sample Condition Report and Treatment Report example to info@hartmannconservation.com, contact our business office at 717-258-3009, or send correspondence by mail to: Hartmann Conservation, 321 West Old York Road, Carlisle, PA 17015, USA.

We look forward to having interested applicants join our team. Please use the following links for more information about each active job posting at Hartmann Conservation:

  1. Assistant Paintings Conservator description: www.hartmannconservation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Announcement-of-Job-Opportunity-Assistant-Paintings-Conservator-2.htm
  1. Senior Paintings Conservator description: www.hartmannconservation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Announcement-of-Job-Opportunity-Senior-Paintings-Conservator-2.htm