{"id":13604,"date":"2015-12-01T08:56:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T13:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=13604"},"modified":"2015-12-01T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T13:56:12","slug":"job-posting-post-graduate-conservation-fellowship-painted-wooden-objects-american-museum-of-natural-history-nyny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/12\/01\/job-posting-post-graduate-conservation-fellowship-painted-wooden-objects-american-museum-of-natural-history-nyny\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Post-Graduate Conservation Fellowship, Painted Wooden Objects &#8211; American Museum of Natural History (NY,NY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Post Graduate Conservation Fellowship \u2013 Painted Wooden Objects<\/strong><br \/>\nAn assistant conservator with experience in objects or painting conservation and a desire to explore material science aspects of ethnographic works of art is sought for a joint project between Bard Graduate Center and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).\u00a0 The project involves exploration of issues related to material technology and conservation, and in particular of coating removal and paint issues on the museum\u2019s totem pole collection. Scientific analysis will be undertaken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, under the supervision of museum scientists. Successful candidates will have a master\u2019s degree in conservation along with extensive analytical experience.\u00a0 \u00a0In addition to undertaking analytical work pertaining to the museum\u2019s Northwest Coast collection, the accepted candidate will teach or assist in teaching conservation-related courses at Bard Graduate Center.<br \/>\nAppointees will also contribute to graduate advising and are expected to participate fully in the intellectual life of the Bard Graduate Center. In consultation with the Dean, the fellows will also organize and chair events and guest lectures within Cultures of Conversation. Fellows will receive office space at Bard Graduate Center, a salary of $40,000, and a travel and research budget of $1,500. Housing is available. The appointment will begin 1 July 2016 and continue through 30 June 2017.<br \/>\nApplications should include: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement explaining the importance of this project to the candidate\u2019s professional and intellectual development, sample publication (SASE), and three letters of recommendation. Applications should be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:fellowships@bgc.bard.edu\">fellowships@bgc.bard.edu<\/a>. Materials may also be sent by post to: Mellon Fellowship Search Committee, c\/o Dean Peter N. Miller, Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, 38\u00a0W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024.All application materials must be received by 15 December 2015. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.<br \/>\nPlease direct questions to the Mellon Fellowship Search Committee via email (<a href=\"mailto:fellowships@bgc.bard.edu\">fellowships@bgc.bard.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post Graduate Conservation Fellowship \u2013 Painted Wooden Objects An assistant conservator with experience in objects or painting conservation and a desire to explore material science aspects of ethnographic works of art is sought for a joint project between Bard Graduate Center and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).\u00a0 The project involves exploration of issues &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/12\/01\/job-posting-post-graduate-conservation-fellowship-painted-wooden-objects-american-museum-of-natural-history-nyny\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Job Posting: Post-Graduate Conservation Fellowship, Painted Wooden Objects &#8211; American Museum of Natural History (NY,NY)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":13605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13604","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\/13604","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=13604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}