{"id":14207,"date":"2016-05-05T14:31:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T19:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=14207"},"modified":"2016-05-05T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T19:31:06","slug":"fellowship-samuel-h-kress-fellowship-in-objectspaintings-conservation-at-the-smithsonian-american-art-museum-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/05\/05\/fellowship-samuel-h-kress-fellowship-in-objectspaintings-conservation-at-the-smithsonian-american-art-museum-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship: Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in Objects\/Paintings Conservation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Samuel H. Kress<\/strong><strong> Fellowship in Objects\/Paintings Conservation\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5\">at the Smithsonian American Art Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in Painted Surfaces by Folk and Self-Taught Artists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2016-2017.<br \/>\nThe Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) is accepting applications for a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in the conservation of painted surfaces. Objects and Paintings Conservators may apply. The Kress Fellowship will focus on the treatment of works by twentieth-century, self-taught artists. SAAM has a large collection of work by self-taught artists that includes paintings with original painted frames, sculptures and works of art on paper.<br \/>\nThe Kress Fellow will be encouraged to pursue avenues of research related to technical art history as well as aspects of conservation theory and ethics related to conservation treatments. A primary mission of the Lunder Conservation Center is to serve the professional and public communities through outreach. The Kress Fellow will actively participate with staff in planning a professional outreach activity related to the project(s). The Fellow will also participate in some of the routine activities of the Objects\/Paintings conservation labs in order to prepare them for a museum job in the future.<br \/>\nThe Fellowship includes a stipend of $32,000 and is to begin in September or October and run for a term of 12 months.\u00a0 The Fellowship is open to Objects and Paintings Conservators. Candidates should have completed a master\u2019s degree in conservation.\u00a0Fellows must be either a resident or citizen of the U.S. or Canada, or a recent graduate from a conservation graduate program in the U.S. or Canada. This Fellowship is supported by a grant from the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation, funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.<br \/>\nTo apply, please submit a statement of interest, a C.V. and two letters of recommendation to Tiarna Doherty at the address below (by email).<br \/>\nThe deadline for application materials is June 22, 2016. Interviews will be conducted by phone at the end of June with a final decision anticipated by the middle of July.<br \/>\nTiarna Doherty, Chief of Conservation<br \/>\nLunder Conservation Center<br \/>\nMRC 970 P.O. Box 37012,<br \/>\nWashington DC 20013-7012<br \/>\nemail to: <a href=\"mailto:Dohertyt@si.edu\">Dohertyt@si.edu<\/a>; telephone: (202) 633-5802<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in Objects\/Paintings Conservation\u00a0at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in Painted Surfaces by Folk and Self-Taught Artists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2016-2017. 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