Sweet Briar College invites applications for a one-year appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Painting and
Drawing to teach two courses during the 2020-2021 academic year. A landscape painting class is scheduled for the
Fall 3-week intensive term, and a second course in painting will be offered during the Spring semester.

The successful candidate will be a working artist well-versed in contemporary issues in painting and drawing. Applicants should demonstrate a broad approach and an openness to fresh, personal approaches to landscape. Visual arts courses are process oriented. Students taking visual art classes come from varied backgrounds, including Studio Art majors and minors. Studio classes are stacked, so the ideal candidate will be able to teach on many levels concurrently.

Candidates ready to work with a diverse student body are especially welcome. Sweet Briar prides itself on creating a learning environment that encourages young women to fulfill their highest potential. Leadership in all walks of life is fostered by the special connections our faculty make with their students, and Sweet Briar women translate their academic experiences into interesting and important lives.

Required Qualifications:
- An M.F.A. in painting and drawing;
- Demonstrated excellence in teaching; and
- A record of exhibiting and creative scholarship.

How to Apply:
To apply, visit the Sweet Briar College Career Center: https://sbc.edu/human-resources/faculty-staff-jobopenings/. All applications should include: 1) cover letter; 2) CV; 3) statement on teaching philosophy and research
interests; 4) the names and full contact information for three professional references; and 5) 20 examples of your
visual work and examples of students’ work if available. Items 1-4 should be in a single PDF file and a separate PDF
may be submitted for work samples. Review of applications will begin on March 2, 2020 and will continue until the
position is filled.

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information.

The RISD Museum at Rhode Island School of Design is pleased to announce an opening for an Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. Under the supervision of the department Curator, the Assistant Curator takes responsibility for the care and development of an important departmental collection, as well as its interpretation through exhibitions, publications, and participation in the RISD Museum teaching and educational programs. The successful applicant will recognize and value diversity as central to excellence and have a passion for works on paper that can be communicated to scholarly and general audiences.

Essential Functions

Responsible for the care of the collection. Document works on paper in the collection: supply basic cataloging information to Registrar for all objects acquired or already owned by the Museum; conduct inventories of objects in the collection; conduct and record or publish research on objects in the collection. Oversee the preparation of work sent to the photography studio. Preserve works on paper in the collection: with advice from the Curator and Conservator implement proper housing, storage, and presentation of the collection. Manage the proper storage of all objects to ensure safety and accessibility. Implement established handling procedures and oversee proper handling by fellows, interns, work-study students, and visitors. Make recommendations for loans, advising on their care. At the request of the Curator, serve as a courier. Work closely with the Museum Security Department to ensure the security of works of art.

With an inclusive lens, teach and make the collection accessible for RISD and Brown faculty and students, the broader academic community, and the general public. Answer scholarly and public inquiries.

With an inclusive lens, work collaboratively with Museum staff to interpret the collection through exhibitions, installations, publications, and educational programs.

With an inclusive lens, help develop the collection. Develop a sound knowledge of the art market, including the availability and value of objects. Develop contact with dealers and cultivate donors and potential donors. Through the Curator and the Director recommend purchases and gifts, as well as deaccessions and method of deaccessioning (sale, exchange, transfer). Assist the Curator by preparing information on purchases, gifts, and deaccessions.

Support the fundraising and public relations efforts of the Museum and the Development Office. Identify, cultivate, and educate supporters and potential supporters of the Museum through advice and special activities. Provide timely information necessary to prepare grants, budgets, and work plans for projects. Provide timely information regarding the collection and exhibitions to Marketing and support its efforts.

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

Masters or equivalent combination of education and experience required; Ph.D. preferred. Two to three years of curatorial or related experience; a record of scholarly publications and/or exhibitions. Preference will be given to candidates who have expertise in European works on paper pre-1900 and who have some knowledge of art beyond Western cultures. Proficiency in a language other than English. Familiarity with conservation and collection care; excellent research and writing skills; excellent speaking skills; collaborative, teamwork approach; flexibility; strong interpersonal skills; strong organizational skills.

Special Instructions
Use this link to apply. Full consideration will be given to candidates who submit their application by April 6, 2020.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art seeks a curator with an exceptional record of exhibitions and publications to oversee the museum’s distinguished collection of 120,000 European, North American, and Japanese prints. Reporting directly to the Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, you will join the curatorial team during a period of transformation within the department and the museum. This position requires a broad-based knowledge of prints and the print market. Candidates at the assistant, associate, and full curatorial levels will be considered.

Please visit the 'External Link' below for the full description of position responsibilities, background and education requirements, and to apply.

The Association of Print Scholars invites thematic proposals for its sponsored session at the 2021 College Art Association (CAA) annual conference to be held in New York City, February 10-13, 2021.

The APS-sponsored session may be related to any period, theme, or aspect of print scholarship. We encourage proposals that transcend chronological or geographic boundaries, as well as those that engage current theoretical interests in materialism, archival theory, bibliographic studies, history of ideas, or social history, including feminisms and critical race studies.

If you are interested in chairing the panel, please submit a title and 250-word abstract that describes the subject of your session. Co-chaired sessions are welcome. Once the theme and chair of the panel are selected, this session will solicit contributors through CAA’s open call. Chair or co-chairs must be members in good standing of APS and CAA.

Submissions should include a CV and should be sent to Cabelle Ahn at: caacoordinator@printscholars.org

The deadline for consideration is April 6, 2020.

Are you an art historian at post-doctoral level with a commitment to a curatorial career in the field of Italian drawings and a desire to learn more about collections-based museum work?

We are looking for an Ashmolean-Getty Paper Project Research Fellow to join us on our Italian drawings project funded by the Getty Foundation (The Paper Project).

The Ashmolean’s Italian drawings collection is held in the Department of Western Art, together with internationally eminent collections of European fine and decorative arts from the late Middle Ages to the present day. The Western Art collections are housed in twenty-three permanent Museum galleries, in the Print Room (open to the public) and in reserve collections.

As the Ashmolean-Getty Research Fellow, you will carry out research and writing mainly on the 17th to 18th-century Italian drawings as part of a major project of cataloguing the Ashmolean’s Italian drawings collection, working closely with Prof Catherine Whistler and consulting with other drawings specialists. Your duties will include activities relating to cataloguing, interpreting and documenting the Italian drawings collections; research travel; digitization; and student and public engagement. Based in the Department of Western Art, you will collaborate on the project with curators, collections staff, conservators and other colleagues across the Museum. The Research Fellows are supported by the Getty Foundation as part of The Paper Project, an initiative focused on training and professional development in prints and drawings curatorship.

You will have completed a PhD/DPhil in History of Art and have specialist knowledge of Italian drawings, along with a scholarly record of research publications in Italian art history or evidence of the potential for such publications. An understanding of research methodologies in relation to museum graphic arts collections is essential, as is an awareness around collections care and conservation. Excellent communication – with proficiency in Italian, organisational, time management and IT skills are also essential. Specialist knowledge of Italian 17th century drawings is desirable.

This role involves lifting and carrying boxes of drawings or albums of drawings, and occasionally using library ladders to access boxes of drawings on higher shelves, in accordance with manual handling training and other safety procedures.

This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 18 months.

You will be required to upload a CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Wednesday 8 April 2020 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 4 May 2020.

Harvard University invites applications and nominations for the Philip Hofer Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts (P&GA) at Houghton Library. The Curator provides vision, leadership, advocacy, interpretation, and passion for the collection and serves as catalyst and coordinator for a dynamic group of activities and individuals dedicated to connecting the holdings of P&GA to Harvard faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and an international community of scholars, artists, and other researchers and enthusiasts.

The Curator will have enthusiasm and demonstrated ability for sharing and interpreting the collection in the classroom, in the reading room, in the digital sphere, in publications, and through exhibitions and programming, and for communicating the value, power, and contemporary relevance of printing and the graphic arts to expert and general audiences. The Curator will have an extraordinary opportunity to build and shape the collection and will develop and implement a strategy that incorporates diverse cultures, new and evolving technologies, and the role of printing and graphic arts in social and political change.

The successful candidate will possess deep knowledge of printing history and graphic processes particularly as these relate to book illustration; the ability to master over time the broad range of formats, subjects, and time periods represented in the collection; enthusiasm for working with faculty and students; proclivity for adopting new technologies and methods that will improve access to and use of P&GA holdings; and a collaborative and collegial outlook and spirit.

The Department of Printing and Graphic Arts was founded at Harvard in 1938 by legendary curator, collector, and connoisseur Philip Hofer. The department holds an extensive collection of original artifacts from all periods illustrating the book arts and the materiality and historical development of the book, whether manuscript or printed. In addition to facilitating teaching and research based in the collection, the department administers a vibrant set of programs including the Frances and Philip Hofer lecture series, the Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art, workshops on letterpress printing, and other activities core to the department's mission and spirit.

The Department of Printing and Graphic Arts is one of the main curatorial departments of Houghton Library, Harvard's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, literary and performing arts archives, and more. The library is a destination for students and scholars on campus and around the world, and each year welcomes thousands of researchers and students into its reading room and classrooms. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century America. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects.

Please visit the 'External Link' below to review the full list of job-specific responsibilities, qualifications, and to apply.

The Clark Art Institute is pleased to announce the Clark-Getty Curatorial Fellowship in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper. This two-year fellowship is funded by the Getty Paper Project and offers exceptional scholarly and professional training to an emerging works-on-paper curator. The focal point of the fellowship will be participating in the planning of a major international exhibition of French drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), an exhibition being organized by the Clark Art Institute for winter 2022/23. The BnF’s collection of French drawings is vast, with holdings of extraordinary quality. The Clark-Getty Curatorial Fellow will be a fully integrated member of the exhibition team, as well as of the curatorial staff at the Clark, with opportunity to pursue his/her/their own scholarly interests alongside research for the exhibition. The fellow will gain unparalleled experience and mentorship in preparation for a career as a works-on-paper curator, including several research trips to Paris in the company of Clark curatorial staff, and will be involved in the full range of activities at the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, including helping to organize a French drawings study day in the second year of the fellowship.

The fellowship will begin in September 2020 and continue for two years. The exhibition is expected to open at the Clark in December 2022.

Applications submitted before April 15 will be given priority. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Major Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
Participate in the planning of a major international exhibition of French drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), including several research trips to Paris in the company of Clark curatorial staff.
Conduct in-depth research on French drawings and other topics in areas of scholarly interest
Visit international public and private collections.
Attend Master Drawings Week in New York, Salon du Dessin in Paris, and other fairs and professional gatherings focused on works on paper.
Help to organize a French drawings study day in the second year of the fellowship
Present public lecture on selected research topic (if desired).
Work closely with senior curators and other Clark staff on exhibition preparation, acquisition research, and other ongoing activities of the department; receive practical training in a broad spectrum of curatorial skills.
Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Training, and Skills:
PhD or ABD in Art History required
Demonstrated interest and prior accomplishment in the field of European works on paper, through academic study and/or museum experience
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively
French-language proficiency
Resourcefulness, strong initiative, adaptability, and creativity
Strong organizational skills
Interest in and enthusiasm for museum work, with preference given to applicants intending to pursue a curatorial career

Work Experience:
Minimum of six months of relevant experience preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:
Ability to sit at a desk/workstation and use a computer for prolonged periods of time.
Ability to stand for up to four hours.
Ability to physically move and handle artwork, which requires being able to lift up to 30 pounds occasionally.
Work Environment: Work will be performed in an office environment and museum spaces. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Some travel, including internationally, is required.

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information and to apply.

Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art invites submission of 500-word proposals for feature articles focused on Digital Art History to be published as part of the new initiative, “Towards a More Inclusive Digital Art History,” which is supported by a major grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Panorama (journalpanorama.org) is the first peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication dedicated to American art and visual culture (broadly defined). The Journal encourages a broad range of perspectives and approaches within an interdisciplinary framework encompassing both local and global contexts and is published by the University of Minnesota Libraries.

The goal of “Toward a More Inclusive Digital Art History” is twofold—to increase both inclusivity and access. First, in order to encourage a more comprehensive approach to the history of American art, we seek to publish digital art history scholarship that focuses on the contributions of constituencies that have historically been marginalized and/or under-researched, and to make this available worldwide, for free and with open access. Second, our priorities will be accessibility, manageability, and sustainability. To that end, we seek proposals, both collaborative and individual, from scholars with all levels of knowledge about the digital humanities and will prioritize supporting scholars who may have little or no institutional support for digital scholarship. We aim to provide a model for sustainable digital art history research that can be accessible to a wide range of scholars, including those who will need to learn digital humanities methods without institutionally provided technical assistance. We also encourage computational approaches to art-historical analysis that employ low-cost, open-source applications. In this way, the project will provide models for other scholars to emulate regardless of financial or institutional support. Finally, we plan to encourage the accessibility and sustainability of digital art history by doing something that is all-but unprecedented in the field: We will publish and preserve the datasets underlying scholars’ peer-reviewed research along with their articles and project narratives. This will enable other scholars to view and test the data on which the research is based and employ the data for their own teaching and research, thereby expanding the project’s reach.

Panorama invites submission of proposals for feature articles to be published as part of this new initiative, “Towards a More Inclusive Digital Art History.” Selected authors will be invited to participate in a Digital Humanities workshop in Washington, DC, in October 2020. This workshop will give participants the opportunity to develop their research projects with Panorama’s editorial team and experts in the field of digital publishing. The first article in this series will be published in 2021.

To submit a proposal, send your c.v. and an abstract of approximately 500 words that summarizes the topic of the proposed essay, how it represents scholarship on understudied areas of American art, and why it could benefit from a digital art historical approach. Authors do not need to identify precisely which digital methods they would like to use—this will be addressed at the workshop and determined in collaboration with Panorama editors. Instead, use the abstract to explain why the research questions addressed in the essay could benefit from—or even demand—a digital approach.

The Terra Foundation has also provided some funding to support attendance at the Workshop, so please also let us know if you require assistance with accommodation and travel expenses.

Proposals should be sent to journalpanorama@gmail.com with the subject heading “Digital Art History CFP response” and are due April 15.

The Institute of English Studies (School of Advanced Study, University of London) and the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded doctoral grant from October 2020.

Research will examine the origins and curatorial history of engraved and etched copper plates within the Bodleian’s collections, addressing historical and contemporary questions raised by the preservation of these three-dimensional printing matrices within a special collections library.

The focus will be on 750 engraved and etched copper plates from the 17th and 18th centuries, part of the major collection of medieval manuscripts, books, and other antiquarian material bequeathed by Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755). The Rawlinson copper plates are part of a larger group of over 2000 intaglio printing plates preserved in the Bodleian Libraries.

This project will be jointly supervised by Dr Elizabeth Savage (SAS) and Dr Alexandra Franklin (Bodleian). The student will be expected to spend time at both University of London and the Bodleian, as well as becoming part of the wider cohort of CDP funded students across the UK. The award holder will be appropriately embedded for a period within the Department of Special Collections at the Bodleian Libraries.

This studentship is funded for 3 years and 9 months (45 months) full time or part-time equivalent (with the possibility of extension for training for professional development opportunities).

Applicants may come from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (e.g. archive and information studies, art history, book history, conservation or conservation science, heritage studies, history of collections, intellectual history, librarianship, literary or cultural studies, museum studies, or print history).

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information.

The part-time Program Coordinator assists with administrative duties and tasks related to the planning and implementation of a five-day traveling seminar for curators featuring the museum print collections and printmaking workshops of Los Angeles.

Some responsibilities include: prepares and submits call for applications; manages review process and notify selected participants; coordinates with partner hosts (museums and printmaking workshops) to finalize the itinerary; coordinates participant travel arrangements; organizes catering and ground transportation; monitors and tracks program budget; collects participant surveys for a formal evaluation and works with Development to submit grant report; performs all other duties, as assigned; maintains regular and reliable attendance.

The qualified candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art, Art Education, or Art History and at least two years of administrative experience, including experience organizing programs and/or events.

Please visit the 'External Link' below to apply.