The National Gallery of Art is pleased to announce a postdoctoral curatorial fellowship for 2017–2020 funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This is a two-year fellowship with the possibility of renewal for a third year. The fellowship provides curatorial training and supports scholarly research related to the collection of the National Gallery of Art. The fellow is fully integrated into a specific curatorial department with duties, privileges, and status equivalent to those of an assistant curator. Time is divided between specific projects and general curatorial work within the department, including research on the collection and new acquisitions, work on the presentation of the collection, participation in aspects of special exhibition projects, and opportunities to give public lectures. The fellow will plan and complete a project in consultation with the supervising curator.

Through weekly gatherings and discussions, the fellow takes part in research sharing and sessions that explore the inner workings of the Gallery.

Fellowship Period

The fellow must be in residence at the National Gallery of Art during the fellowship period. The fellowship period is September 25, 2017, to August 23, 2019 (with possibility of a third year).

Eligibility

Consideration is given to candidates working in fields represented by the Gallery's permanent collection of European and American art. Placements are available in the departments of old master prints, sculpture and decorative arts, American paintings, modern and contemporary art, and photographs. The doctoral degree in art history (or the equivalent in countries outside the United States) must be or have been officially conferred within five years (preferably three years) of the start date of the fellowship. Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This is an international program.

Funding

The fellow will receive an annual salary of $54,000, plus research and travel expenses up to a maximum of $4,000.

The Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow is a full-time term employee of the National Gallery of Art and is eligible for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program. The fellow, using an authorized public transportation method, will receive an employer-provided fare subsidy to apply toward monthly transit costs.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for an internship, fellowship, or research assistantship without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, or any other protected status. The National Gallery of Art offers equal opportunity and treatment to all who apply and is committed to diversity.

How to Apply

All applications must be submitted online and in English. We will not accept applications or related materials via email, postal mail, or in person.

The online application will require you to provide the following:
- Cover letter addressing your interest in the fellowship position
- Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications
- A statement, not to exceed one thousand words, specifying your areas of research and their relationship to the Gallery's collection and activities. Include relevant experiences related to your chosen curatorial project area.
- Copy of a published paper or recent writing sample
- Contact information for three recommenders (at least one academic and one professional). Once you have submitted your recommenders' names, titles, and email addresses, they will automatically be emailed instructions for uploading their letters online. -
- Please note that each letter must include the recommender's complete title and contact information.

June 30, 2017, is the deadline for online applications. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Full-time, 35 hours per week, six-month funded position, hourly rate commensurate with experience and qualifications

The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curatorial Fellow catalogues and researches the Mead’s distinguished collection of 2,500 Japanese woodblock prints. The Curatorial Fellow reports to the Mead’s Head of Education and Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programs.

The Curatorial Fellow takes appropriate actions to support a diverse workforce and participates in the College’s efforts to create a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment.

Anticipated start date will be August or September.

Key Responsibilities
- Update and revise the museum’s database records for the collection of Japanese prints.
- Prepare concise interpretative texts about the collection’s most distinguished works.
- Assist the museum’s staff to develop long-range plans for the collection’s ongoing care.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required M.A. in Art History or related field
Expertise in some aspect of Japanese prints
Fluent in the Japanese language
Proficient in cataloguing Japanese prints according to museum standards
Strong organization and time management skills including able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detail and following specific instructions
Strong communication skills including being diplomatic, a clear writer, and rigorous researcher
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a small team
Preferred Ph.D. in Art History or related field

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information (e-mail and/or telephone number) for three professional references. Applications will be reviewed until position is filled.

Amherst College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply. The College is committed to enriching its educational experience and its culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff.

The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation gives annual awards of $1500 to individual artists living and working in the United States, and who are engaged in or planning a new craft or visual art project. The Foundation does not accept film, video, performance art or music submissions (except as those media are integrated into a larger craft or visual art project).

An independent jury of artists and/or art professionals will judge the submissions and make its recommendations to the Foundation Board of Directors for final approval. Between 4 and 7 awards are granted annually. Previous winners of a Foundation grant are not eligible for a second award.

Materials from the winning submissions will be retained by the Foundation and may be used by the Foundation for publicity purposes.

Announcement of Awards: 2017 Grantees will be notified by the end of October and their names will be publicized on this website and on our Facebook page in early November. Due to the large volume of applications, only the award recipients will receive individual notification. The Foundation regrets that it is unable to return application materials.

YOUR APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS:

- Artist Statement: One page (maximum 75 words, PDF format) of information about yourself and your work. This page must contain your full name, mailing address, email address, and – if you have one – your website address.

- CV: A curriculum vitae (maximum two (2) pages, PDF format), which includes your full name.

- Project Description: One page (maximum 100 words, PDF format) describing the project for which you are seeking an award. The Project Description must include the amount of funding you are requesting and how the funds will be used. However, a detailed budget for your project is not required. This page must include your full name.

- Image List: One page (PDF format) inventory list of your .jpg images. The list must include the following: title of work, medium, dimensions, and date completed. On the same page, following the list, also include a single, brief description of how the collective images relate to your overall body of work or the project for which you are seeking an award. Include your full name.

- Images: Five (5) images of your work, as 300 dpi .jpg files, sized at 5×7 inches. Each .jpg file must be named with the title of the work. Images of work created before 2013 will not be considered. Please submit images that best represent your current work, or the work for which you are seeking an award.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
- You may submit your material in one of three modes: on a CD, a memory stick, or via email.
- Your materials must be divided into two (2) folders.
- In the first folder, include materials 1, 2, 3 and 4. Label the folder with your first initial, underscore, last name, i.e. Jane Smith as J_Smith. In the second folder, include your .jpeg images. Label the folder with your first initial, underscore, last name, and “images.” i.e. Jane Smith as J_Smith_Images.
- Please ensure that you have followed all instructions carefully. Incomplete applications or applications that do not adhere to the instructions will be disqualified. Do not send any additional materials, as these will not be considered by the judges.

Mail completed application to:

Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation
P.O. Box 1027
New York, NY 10040

Or email your application to pbunten@chenvenfoundation.org.

Applications will be accepted beginning May 15th, and must be either postmarked or emailed by NO LATER THAN July 15th.

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award: fully-funded PhD studentship

Making an impression: British women printmakers in the Long Eighteenth Century

Birkbeck College, University of London (School of Arts)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded PhD studentship researching the role, status and output of amateur and professional women printmakers in Britain during the long eighteenth century, drawing on the Victoria & Albert Museum’s strong collections of work by women printmakers of this period. The project will reconstruct and investigate the work of a number of women artists who have long been overlooked, thereby making a significant contribution to the history of art, design and the print.

This project will be supervised by Dr Kate Retford, Senior Lecturer in History of Art (Birkbeck College, University of London), who specialises in eighteenth-century British art, particularly gender and portraiture, and Dr Sarah Grant, Curator of Prints at the V&A, whose research interests encompass eighteenth-century prints, women artists and female Patronage.

Deadline: 5pm, Tuesday 23 May 2017
Interviews: Thursday 8 June 2017

The Art Institute of Chicago seeks a graduate fellow to serve as project manager and contributing author for a digital publication project featuring the museum’s holdings of paintings, drawings, and pastels by James McNeill Whistler. With a primary affiliation in the Department of Prints and Drawings, the Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Graduate Fellow will work closely with curators and conservators in the departments of Prints and Drawings, American Art, and Conservation to conduct research related to these works, write catalogue entries, and otherwise contribute to the planning and execution of this publication project. The successful candidate will have completed a Master’s degree or M.Phil. in the fields of Art History or American studies. He or she will be able to demonstrate specialized knowledge related to American, French, or British nineteenth-century art.

As a member of the Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies, the Art Institute of Chicago maintains one of the world’s most significant holdings of works by James McNeill Whistler. Together with other Lunder Consortium members—the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Colby College Museum of Art, and the University of Glasgow—the Art Institute seeks to nurture, produce, and disseminate original scholarship and critical analysis of James McNeill Whistler and his international artistic circles. In addition to the paintings, drawings, and pastels, which will be featured as the subject of this publication, the Art Institute’s collection also includes nearly complete holdings of Whistler’s etchings and lithographs. The opportunity to access these collections—as well as the museum’s broad holdings in American and European art of the long nineteenth century—will complement the project-specific work of the successful candidate.

Qualifications:

Excellent research and writing skills will be essential to this position.
Museum experience and previous experience with project management also preferred.

Term of position:
September 2017–June 2018, with possibility of short-term renewal

**Please submit a cover letter and CV, including two professional and/or academic references.
https://hrweb.artic.edu/recruit/applyjob.html

The Medical Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University is pleased to announce its tenth annual Ferenc Gyorgyey Research Travel Award.

The Medical Historical Library, located in New Haven, Connecticut, holds one of the country’s largest collections of rare medical books, journals, prints, photographs, and pamphlets. Special strengths are the works of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Boyle, Harvey, Culpeper, Priestley, and S. Weir Mitchell, and works on anatomy, anesthesia, and smallpox inoculation and vaccination. The Library owns over fifty medieval and renaissance manuscripts, Arabic and Persian manuscripts, and over 300 medical incunabula. The notable Clements C. Fry Collection of Prints and Drawings has over 2,500 fine prints, drawings, and posters from the 15th century to the present on medical subjects. The library also holds a great collection of tobacco advertisements, patent medicine ephemera, and a large archive of materials from Dr. Harvey Cushing, one of the founding fathers of neurosurgery.

The 2017-2018 travel grant is available to historians, medical practitioners, and other researchers who wish to use the collections of the Medical Historical Library. There is a single award of up to $1,500 for one week of research during the academic fiscal year July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018. Funds may be used for transportation, housing, food, and photographic reproductions. The award is limited to residents of the United States and Canada. Applicants will need to apply through our fellowship site, and upload a curriculum vitae and project description, including the relevance of the Medical Historical Library collections to the project, as well as provide two references attesting to the particular project. Preference will be given to applicants beyond commuting distance to the Medical Historical Library. This award is for use of Medical Historical special collections and is not intended for primary use of special collections in other libraries at Yale. Applications are due by Monday, MAY 1st, 2017. They will be considered by a committee and the candidates will be informed by June 2nd, 2017. Winners may be asked to do a blog post discussing their research.

The application period is now open! Please apply online at: https://yale.communityforce.com/Funds/Search.aspx

Requests for further information should be sent to:

Melissa Grafe, Ph.D
Head of the Medical Historical Library and John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Yale University
P.O. Box 208014
New Haven, CT 06520-8014
Telephone: 203- 785-4354
Fax: 203-785-5636
E-mail: melissa.grafe@yale.edu

Additional information about the Library and its collections may be found at: http://historical.medicine.yale.edu/

2017-2018 KALA FELLOWSHIP AWARD

For over 30 years, Kala Art Institute has annual awarded artists time, space, and financial support for their work through the Kala Fellowship award. The Kala Fellowship award is an international competition open to artists from the U.S. and around the world. Artists producing innovative work in all mediums including printmaking, digital media, installation art, social practice, photography, and book arts are encouraged to apply. Fellowship Awards are given based on conceptual creativity, originality, and artistic excellence as well as technical knowledge.

In 2017, Kala will award eight artists a $3,000 stipend, unlimited access to Kala’s facilities for up to six months, one Kala class, and a culminating show in the Kala Gallery. The award is geared towards supporting artists in completing specific projects or bodies of work that would benefit from Kala’s specialized equipment in printmaking and digital media.

Each Fellowship Award Includes:
Cash Award: $3,000
Studio Residency: Up to six months of studio residency at Kala Art Institute with 24/7 access to our communal studio spaces. An individual studio space may be also available depending on proposed projects and schedules.
Kala Class: One class or tutorial session that will provide training in a chosen area of printmaking and/or digital media
Exhibition: Each artist selected is included in our annual group exhibition of Fellowship artists. Public programs for artists are also possible and determined on an individual basis with each artist.
Community: Access to a community and network of approximately 75 artists working at Kala, participation in Kala events, and support of Kala staff.

Program Period
The 2017-2018 Fellowship residency period is October 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018. Artists must be able to schedule a 1 to 6 month residency during that time. The group exhibition is currently scheduled for July through September 2018.

2017 Competition
The 2017 Fellowship competition will be juried by Kala’s Artist Director and a panel that includes one Fellowship alumni artist and one invited bay area arts professional (TBA). Deadline: May 18, 2017

Click here to Apply through Slideroom.

A Full Application Includes:
-Completed Application Form
-Statement of Interest in working at Kala Art Institute and how a Fellowship Award will affect a specific future project and/or how it will impact your overall practice.
-Artist CV
-Documentation of recent work (see specifications on the online application for guidelines according to discipline)
-Two References
-$30 Application Fee

Please note:
– This is a studio residency only; housing is not included.
– Students who will be enrolled in a degree granting program in the 2017-2018 academic year are not eligible for the award.

For questions about the online application guidelines, e-mail Program Manager, Amber Hoy at amber@kala.org.

The IFPDA Foundation provides grants to museums and non-profit organizations in support of exhibitions, publications, and educational projects that promote a greater awareness and understanding of printmaking as an artistic medium.

Proposals are accepted online via our proposal submission platform. It is easy to use and allows applicants to save their work in progress and return to finish their application or upload digital documentation. Upon completion, applicants receive a confirmation receipt which includes complete documentation of the submission. Applicants may also provide supplementary materials by mail to accompany their online application.

Deadline: Submission of all materials must be completed by April 7.

The IFPDA Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its new website (ifpdafoundation.org) which includes an archive of programs and accomplishments since its inception in 2009. We hope this site will become a resource for the projects we fund each year including profiles on past Grants, recipients of the Richard Hamilton Acquisition Prize, artists who have participated in the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Lecture (including video highlights!) and profiles of each year’s Curatorial Interns.

For any questions, please contact Rachel Decareau at 212.674-6095 or Rachel@ifpda.org.

In honor of James P. Danky's long service to print culture scholarship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Historical Society, is again offering its annual short-term research fellowship (http://www.wiscprintdigital.org/fellowship/).

The Danky Fellowship provides $1000 in funds for one individual planning a trip to carry out research using the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society (please see details of the collections at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/collections/).

Grant money may be used for travel to the WHS, costs of copying pertinent archival resources, and living expenses while pursuing research here. If in residence during the semester, the recipient will be expected to give a presentation as part of the colloquium series of the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture (http://www.wiscprintdigital.org/) .

Preference will be given to:
-proposals undertaking research in print culture history
-research likely to lead to publication
-researchers early in their career
-researchers from outside Madison

Prior to applying it is strongly suggested that applicants contact Lee Grady at the Wisconsin Historical Society (lee.grady@wisconsinhistory.org or 608-264-6459) to discuss the relevancy of WHS collections to their projects. Wisconsin Historical Society staff may be able to identify potential collections of which you may not otherwise be aware.

There is no application form. Applicants must submit the following:

1) A cover sheet with name, telephone, permanent address and e-mail, current employer/affiliation, title of project, and proposed dates of residency.
2) A letter of two single-spaced pages maximum describing the project and its relation to specifically cited collections at the society and to previous work on the same theme, and describing the projected outcome of the work, including publication plans. If residents of the Madison area are applying, they must explain their financial need for the stipend.
3) Curriculum vitae.
4) Two confidential letters of reference. Graduate students must include their thesis adviser.

Applications are due by May 1. The recipient will be notified by June 1.

Please use your last name as the first word of all file names (for example: Name CV.pdf) and email materials to:
Anna Palmer
Coordinator, Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture
printculture@slis.wisc.edu
608-263-4452

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art invites applications for the 2017/2018 Davidson Family Fellowship. The fellowship provides support for scholars holding a PhD (or equivalent) or PhD candidates to work on research projects in American art that advance scholarship by connecting with objects in the museum’s permanent collection (including its large print collection!). The stipend rate is $3,000 per month for a minimum one-month to a maximum four-month period of full-time research at the museum.

The application deadline is May 30, 2017, for a fellowship to begin on or after October 1, 2017, and end by September 30, 2018. Housing and travel expenses are to be managed by the fellow.

Full description, including application guidelines, is at:
http://www.cartermuseum.org/library/davidson-family-fellowship

Samuel Duncan
Head of Library and Archives
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107
t. 817.989.5042 f. 817.989.5039
www.cartermuseum.org