Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution seeks to contract one individual to provide part-time Senior Research Cataloguer, Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design services.

The Request for Quote (RFQ) and Statement of Work (SOW), which contain the details regarding this contract opportunity are available upon request until March 11, 2026. Requests to obtain these documents will not be accepted after that date.

Bids are due by 5pm EST, March 15, 2026.

All correspondence regarding this request should include the subject line “Senior Research Cataloguer, DPGD”.

Please submit your request for the RFQ, SOW, and any questions to:

Jamie Kwan
Assistant Curator, Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
HRcuratorDPGD@si.edu

the vermillion zine fest will welcome zinemakers, distributors, and afficionados to vermillion, south dakota, on may 1 and 2, 2026.

tables are free for accepted vendors. vendors do not need previous zine fair/fest experience. small and large zine inventories are welcome. made one zine? come sell and trade. made 100? come sell and trade.

contact: ficklefreckled@gmail.com

The Ryobi Foundation, established by John and Kimiko Powers, is an operating foundation that supports the operations of the Powers Art Center, the Jasper Johns Study Center, and a 420+ acre ranch in Carbondale, CO. More information on the Powers Art Center and the Study Center may be found at www.powersartcenter.org. In 2025, the Ryobi Foundation established the Jasper Johns Fellowship, a nine to twelve month appointment for researchers and curators dedicated to advancing scholarship on Jasper Johns’ work. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage directly with an extensive collection of Jasper Johns's works on paper, comprising more than 400 prints, and archival material. An online view of some of the prints is available through a link in the job posting. It is the hope that fellows will contribute new insights into the life and legacy of one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century.

The Ryobi Foundation invites applications for the Jasper Johns Study Center Fellowship, an annual, project-based fellowship supporting emerging scholars, curators, writers, and practitioners engaged in research and interpretation of the work of Jasper Johns.

The 8–9 month fellowship supports projects in scholarly writing, curatorial research, archival work, education, and digital or public-facing initiatives. Proposals may be traditional or experimental in format, and hybrid approaches are welcome.

The fellowship includes a $8,000 stipend, with additional support available for approved travel and project expenses. Work is primarily remote, with limited, supported travel to Carbondale, Colorado.

Eligibility: Recent graduates and early-career professionals in art history, curatorial studies, museum practice, or related fields.
Application deadline: March 1
Fellowship start: May 1 (flexible)

Beginning in Summer 2026,Tamarind will offer an expanded program of immersive, one-week workshops in lithography. In response to a demand for more concentrated training for various levels and interests, Tamarind offers a series of workshops from basic to advanced training, geared towards beginning students, practicing artists, educators, curators, and experienced printmakers who want to hone their skills. Small classes limited to 8-10 participants, led by Tamarind Master Printer Brandon Gunn, will provide individualized attention and daily printing demonstrations.

2026 Workshops

Four-week Aluminum Plate Lithography Workshop – July 6-31
An in-depth four-week workshop dedicated to the theory and chemistry of lithography and the improvement of technical skills. Workshop includes numerous print demonstrations and covers drawing materials, image making techniques, etching, proofing, editioning, and color printing related to aluminum plate lithography.
Suitable for all skill levels.

Workshop application deadline: January 15, 2026
Workshop fee for four-week workshop: $2,000 plus materials

One-week Lithography for Artists Workshop – September 14-18
Designed for the artist/printer who wants to improve their technical skills while still retaining creativity in the process, this workshop focuses on mark making, additions, deletions, and effective proofing methods.
Suitable for all levels.

One-week Teaching Strategies Workshop – October 5-9
Geared toward educators who are seeking methods to effectively teach lithography, this workshop provides daily technical lectures and demonstrations, teaching methodologies, best practices, discussions, and educational resources.
Suitable for all skill levels.

One-week Stone Lithography Workshop – November 2-6
An introduction to the chemistry, materials, processing, and printing from a traditional stone matrix.
Suitable for all skill levels.

One-week Art of Collaboration Workshop – November 16-20
This workshop explores the role of the printer, proofing, project management, and effective strategies for successful professional collaborative printmaking.
For mid-level to advanced lithographers.

Workshop application deadline for all 2026 workshops: January 15, 2026
Workshop fee for one-week workshops: $500 plus materials

Application here: https://tamarind.unm.edu/education-new/summer-workshops/

The Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture (HECAA) invite emerging scholars studying the art, architecture, and visual culture of the long eighteenth century (c. 1660-1830) around the globe to participate in a virtual showcase to promote their research. Each scholar will be given 3-5 minutes to present their work, followed by an open question and answer session.

We currently plan to hold our session in March or April 2026, in conjunction with presenters' schedules. Applications are due by Saturday, January 24 at midnight (EST).
PLEASE VISIT THE LINK BELOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT.

Direct any questions to Sarah Lund: hecaa.emergingscholarsrep@gmail.com

Eligibility:
- Emerging Scholars may be current graduate students (MAs or PhDs) and early career researchers who have received their PhDs in the past five years.
- Emerging Scholars may participate more than once with different projects, different aspects of the same project, or an “update” on how the project develops. However, we ask that presenters apply no more than once every three years to allow for as many individuals as possible to participate.
- Please note that you do not have to be a member of HECAA to apply to participate in the Emerging Scholars Showcase.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
EDITORS: Natalie Phillips and Cindy Torgesen
Deadline for abstracts: Monday, March 2nd, 2026 5:00pm Eastern Time

Birth, care, and maintenance have long been framed as “women’s work,” often rendered invisible, undervalued, and sanitized in visual and cultural representation. Yet they are also profound sites of creativity, power, and resistance. Labor Pains: The Art and Politics of Reproductive and Domestic Work invites essays that examine the visual cultures surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, and domestic or reproductive labor, from the sacred to the taboo, the everyday to the spectacular.
This edited volume seeks contributions that trace how artists, designers, filmmakers, and activists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have represented, contested, and reimagined the labor of making and sustaining life. We welcome work grounded in art history, visual and material culture, media studies, design history, performance, and feminist or queer theory. Essays might explore how artistic practices have visualized reproductive autonomy, the economies of care, and the politics of cleanliness, domesticity, and the body. We especially encourage intersectional and transnational approaches that address how race, class, sexuality, and disability intersect with reproductive and domestic labor.

Possible areas of focus include but are not limited to:
- Artistic and activist interventions around childbirth, parenting, or reproductive justice
- Histories of maternity, midwifery, and maternal health in visual culture
- Representations of domestic or care labor
- The aesthetics of cleaning, maintenance, and domestic technologies
- Visual rhetorics of gendered labor, intimacy, and bodily discipline
- Reproductive technologies, biopolitics, and ecofeminist perspectives
- Art practices engaging fertility or loss
- The proposed length of each chapter will be 6000-8000 words.

Please send your 300-word abstract and a short bio to both Natalie Phillips nephillips@bsu.edu and Cindy Torgesen at cetorgesen@ung.edu
Deadline for abstracts: Monday, March 2nd, 2026 5:00pm Eastern Time

Undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for a 10-minute talk on any art historical topic of their choosing. We welcome research informed by any and all theories and methodologies and encourage interdisciplinary exploration.
Submissions may include a version or part of an undergraduate thesis, an exceptional course paper, or independent research.
Please send your title and abstract of no more than 300 words to Professor Keely Heuer at heuerk@newpaltz.edu.

Note: A bibliography is not necessary. Your submission should also include your name, your major, academic year, institutional affiliation, and email. Students will be notified by the end of February 2026.

Amélie Folliot, Louise Quentel and myself, doctoral students in Art History at the universities of Rennes and Poitiers in France, along with our thesis director Ms. Estelle Leutrat, are organizing a one-day symposium called Rethinking Early Modern Print Today: New Questions & New Approaches, that will be held on 24 September 2026 at the University of Poitiers. We are really happy to share with you the call for papers for this event, details of which can be found below and in the attached document.

The symposium aims to bring together established researchers, early career scholars, PhD candidates, and students — in art history or related disciplines — to present and discuss current research and perspectives on prints in the early modern period (15th - 18th centuries). It seeks to provide a forum for exchange devoted to recent approaches and ongoing projects, whether they focus on the practices and techniques of printmaking, on its networks of production, circulation, and exchange, or on the place of the printed image within visual and material culture.

Presentations, lasting around twenty minutes, may address, without geographical restriction, any aspect of the production, circulation, or reception of prints, from historical, artistic, material or theoretical perspectives. As part of the “Creation, Corpus, Heritage” program of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for History, Art History, and Musicology, the symposium will take place at the University of Poitiers and will also be available via videoconference.

Submission guidelines:

Please submit an abstract with a title (in French or English) of no more than 2,500 characters (including spaces) and
 a short biographical note (institutional affiliation, contact details, and research topic(s)) by february 16, 2026 via: je.rechercheestampe@gmail.com

Classification: Part-Time/Limited (minimum 16 hours/week, for a limited term)
Salary: $27.74 - $30.91 hourly; salary placement based on skills, knowledge, and experience.

Under the supervision of the Director and Chief Curator, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, the research assistant will support the research, planning, and implementation of a works on paper projects, with a special emphasis on modern and contemporary artworks. Major research duties include research and writing of bibliography, chronology, and short texts for exhibition catalogues; checklist research and development; compilation of publication materials in conjunction with exhibitions. Major administrative duties include corresponding with curators and colleagues in the field; organizing and maintaining exhibition files and various departmental filing systems; preparing drafts and final correspondence, memoranda, and other documents; management of rights and reproduction requests.

Requirements:
-M.A. in art, art history, or Curatorial Studies, with working knowledge of works on paper and particularly modern/contemporary art
-Proven curatorial research skills and experience.
-Excellent communication skills, including oral, written, editing, and proofreading; demonstrated ability to compose routine business correspondence with correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
-Excellent interpersonal skills to interact and effectively deal with artists, outside vendors, and other institutions, as well as diverse student, Museum and university staff population.
-Highly organized, efficient, and attentive to detail, with excellent follow-up skills.
-Self-starting, resourceful, proactive, and motivated in performing and excelling in responsibilities.
-Proven skill in using a PC and experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Access, Outlook and Excel; familiarity with Adobe Acrobat.
-Ability to sit for extended periods, stand, walk, reach, push, pull, occasionally lift up to 25 pounds, talk, hear, and see (vision requirements include color vision, depth perception, central and peripheral vision, close vision, and distance vision).
-Preferred: 2 to 3 years of art museum experience and knowledge of museum operations, standards, practices, and procedures or related research experience.

Application: Please email resume to resumes@hammer.ucla.edu and include "Grunwald Research Assistant" in the subject line. Priority will be given to applications received before December 12. Selected applicants will be contacted. Due to the volume of resumes that we receive, we are regretfully unable to respond to phone calls and emails regarding the status of applications and the recruiting process. This is a limited appointment position.

CFP | Undergraduate Symposium: New Work in Material Culture Studies

Deadline: November 29, 2025
We invite undergraduate students who have taken classes in material culture studies, art history, design history, fashion studies, museum studies, and related disciplines to submit abstracts for fifteen-minute presentations that will share new research in our dynamic field. We especially welcome studies grounded in a specific object or set of objects.
 
To submit a proposal for a presentation, email the following materials as a single Word document to Professor Joseph H. Larnerd at JHL73@drexel.edu by 11:59pm EST on November 29, 2025:
 
Page #1: a cover page that includes your name, the title of your proposed paper, your
university/college, and your academic major and year of study
 
Page #2: a 200-word abstract that introduces your object(s), foregrounds your paper’s thesis and/or central interpretation, and briefly explains how you intend to support it
Your proposal should be double spaced and in 12 pt. Times New Roman font. The document name and subject of your email should read as follows: “H-MC Symposium Abstract—Your Last Name.”
 
Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of scholars active in the field of material culture studies who will also serve as session respondents. Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by December 13. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to email JHL73@drexel.edu.
 
HECAA member Emily C. Casey (University of Kansas) will be presenting the keynote lecture at this event, and encourages those members with teaching appointments to share this opportunity with students!