{"id":11919,"date":"2015-02-11T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T20:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=11919"},"modified":"2015-02-11T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T20:20:57","slug":"job-posting-andrew-w-mellon-fellowship-in-textile-conservation-denver-art-museum-denver-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/02\/11\/job-posting-andrew-w-mellon-fellowship-in-textile-conservation-denver-art-museum-denver-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Textile Conservation – Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Art Museum<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Textile Conservation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Denver Art Museum is inviting applications for a one-year, full-time, fellowship in the conservation of its textile collections. There is potential to renew for a second-year.\u00a0 The museum continues to expand its exhibit, storage and working spaces dedicated to textiles and is poised to offer excellent, advanced-level training in textile conservation.
\nThe scope of this fellowship will require working closely with several curatorial departments on objects of Western, Asian, Native Arts, Modern and Contemporary, and Decorative Arts origin and manufacture.\u00a0 The fellow will perform examination and conservation treatment of museum objects as assigned. Assignments will vary according to museum and department priorities that reflect an active exhibition schedule.\u00a0 Additional responsibilities will include review of objects for acquisition and loan purposes; assure accuracy and completeness of records and reports; and share general laboratory duties as assigned. The candidate must also have the ability to undertake research and willingness to participate in symposia, conferences, publications, as well as public programs in PreVIEW, a dedicated space for interpretation of textiles and conservation-related activities.
\nSuccessful completion of graduate-level conservation training, or equivalent is required at the time the position commences.\u00a0 Preferred experience with aqueous treatment, stabilization techniques, dyeing of support fabrics, and preventive conservation methodologies including integrated pest management (IPM) practices.\u00a0 High-level of manual dexterity, excellent color matching, and familiarity with hand tools and the basics of mount design and preparation are required.
\nThe fellow will be supervised by the Associate Textile Conservator and report to the Director of Conservation. Sound work habits, personal initiative and organizational skills, excellent written and verbal communication abilities are essential. Candidate will uphold collegial and collaborative working relationships with conservation staff and other museum departments.
\nApplications will be accepted through 5 PM, April 3, 2015.\u00a0 Please direct inquiries to Sarah Melching, Silber Director of Conservation, 720.865.5029, semelching@denverartmuseum.org<\/a>.
\nProjected start is October, 2015. The museum offers a full benefit package.\u00a0 Salary is $34,000 per year with $3,000 allocated for research and travel.
\nTo apply, please submit a letter of application, resume and contact information for three references, plus three conservation treatment examples to:<\/p>\n

Denver Art Museum
\n100 West 14th<\/sup> Avenue
\nDenver, CO 80204
\nAttn. HR
\nhrcoordinator@denverartmuseum.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver Art Museum Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Textile Conservation The Denver Art Museum is inviting applications for a one-year, full-time, fellowship in the conservation of its textile collections. There is potential to renew for a second-year.\u00a0 The museum continues to expand its exhibit, storage and working spaces dedicated to textiles and is poised to … Continue reading “Job Posting: Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Textile Conservation – Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}