{"id":12383,"date":"2015-05-20T15:29:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=12383"},"modified":"2015-05-20T15:29:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:29:32","slug":"job-posting-mellon-postgraduate-fellowship-in-conservation-of-furniture-and-woodwork-philadelphia-museum-of-art-philadelphia-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/05\/20\/job-posting-mellon-postgraduate-fellowship-in-conservation-of-furniture-and-woodwork-philadelphia-museum-of-art-philadelphia-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Mellon Postgraduate Fellowship in Conservation of Furniture and Woodwork &#8211; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MELLON POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN CONSERVATION OF FURNITURE AND WOODWORK &#8211; PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART<br \/>\nThe Philadelphia Museum of Art is offering a Mellon Postgraduate Fellowship in the conservation of furniture and woodwork beginning on <strong>August 1, 2015<\/strong> and ending on <strong>October 30, 2016<\/strong>. <sup>\u00a0<\/sup><br \/>\nThe applicant should be a graduate of a recognized conservation training program or have equivalent experience. Work will include technical examination, treatment, research, and preservation activities on European, American, and Asian furniture and architectural woodwork in the Museum&#8217;s collections.<br \/>\nEach fellowship includes a yearly stipend of $35,198, health insurance, $3,000 in travel funds and $2,000 for research support. Applications should be sent electronically and include: pdf files containing statement of interest, resume, transcripts of graduate courses, and three examples of examination and treatment records with photographs. Please include any published treatments or research.<br \/>\nFor electronic submissions please use a file sharing service (such as DropBox or WeTransfer) to gdiefenderfer@philamuseum.org.<br \/>\nConfidential supporting letters from two conservation professionals familiar with the candidate\u2019s work should be sent directly to Behrooz Salimnejad, Elaine S. Harrington Senior Conservator of Furniture and Woodwork, Philadelphia Museum of Art, P.O. Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA\u00a0 19101-7646.<br \/>\nQuestions can be addressed by email to <a href=\"mailto:bsalimnejad@philamuseum.org\">bsalimnejad@philamuseum.org<\/a> or by telephone at 215-684-7557.<br \/>\nAll application materials must be received by <strong>June 15, 2015<\/strong>.<br \/>\nChris Wasson<br \/>\nConservation Administrator<br \/>\nPhiladelphia Museum of Art<br \/>\n215 684 7542<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cwasson@philamuseum.org\">mailto:cwasson@philamuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MELLON POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN CONSERVATION OF FURNITURE AND WOODWORK &#8211; PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART The Philadelphia Museum of Art is offering a Mellon Postgraduate Fellowship in the conservation of furniture and woodwork beginning on August 1, 2015 and ending on October 30, 2016. \u00a0 The applicant should be a graduate of a recognized conservation training &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/05\/20\/job-posting-mellon-postgraduate-fellowship-in-conservation-of-furniture-and-woodwork-philadelphia-museum-of-art-philadelphia-pa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Job Posting: Mellon Postgraduate Fellowship in Conservation of Furniture and Woodwork &#8211; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":12384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12383","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=12383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}