The Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African Art is the only facility in the United States dedicated exclusively to the exhibition and preservation of Africa\u2019s traditional and contemporary arts.\u00a0 With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Museum is pleased to offer a post-graduate fellowship in conservation that provides the opportunity to further refine examination and treatment skills, and to pursue collection-based research.\u00a0 The fellow will gain experience working in our small, collaborative museum environment, which has access to the resources at the Museum Conservation Institute and the larger Smithsonian research community. Beginning in fall 2017, the one-year fellowship (renewable for a second year) is part of an initiative designed to promote conservation training, diversity in the profession, and African art scholarship.<\/p>\n
The fellow\u2019s own interests will help dictate the selection of objects to be treated and a research direction, and the incumbent may participate in work generated by the museum\u2019s exhibition and acquisition schedule.\u00a0 There is the opportunity to treat contemporary as well as traditional artworks. The fellow will pursue a research project that contributes to African art conservation and\/or art history and participate in the mentoring of undergraduate \u2018explorer\u2019 interns and pre-program interns.<\/p>\n
The fellowship is open to US and International citizens who are recent graduates from a recognized conservation training program, or have equivalent experience, and who have proficient English language skills (written and spoken).<\/p>\n
Applicants must register and submit an online application via the Smithsonian Online Academic Appointment system (SOLAA)<\/a>.\u00a0 After registering, sign onto the SOLAA system.\u00a0 At the top of the screen, select \u201cStart your Application\u201d; Select \u201cFellowship\u201d\u00a0 and\u00a0 \u201cNational Museum of African Art\u201d from the drop-down program lists.<\/p>\n Stipend: $43,000\/year plus a healthcare stipend of $2500\/year and a travel\/research stipend of $4000\/year<\/p>\n Deadline for application: February 15, 2017<\/p>\n For further information contact:\u00a0 Dana Moffett, Senior Conservator moffettd@si.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Dana Moffett<\/p>\n Senior Conservator The Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African Art is the only facility in the United States dedicated exclusively to the exhibition and preservation of Africa\u2019s traditional and contemporary arts.\u00a0 With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Museum is pleased to offer a post-graduate fellowship in conservation that provides the opportunity to further … Continue reading “Job Posting: Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Objects Conservation at Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":13684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16271","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\/16271","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\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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