To mark the launch of the digital resource “Sylvester Koehler: Exploring Print History,” the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will host a virtual symposium on Friday, May 3, 2024 from 10am-noon (EST).
In 1892, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837– d. 1900), the MFA’s first curator of prints and drawings, organized the “Exhibition Illustrating the Technical Methods of the Reproductive Arts from the 15th Century to the Present Time, with Special Reference to the Photo-Mechanical Processes.” This landmark MFA exhibition included more than 700 works that traced the history and technology of printing in Europe and the United States. “Sylvester Koehler: Exploring Print History” (https://www.mfa.org/beyond-the-gallery/sylvester-koehler-exploring-print-history) resurrects the exhibition and its catalogue, making them accessible in today’s digital age. Resources related to the show—and Koehler’s work more broadly—are available together online for the first time, anchored by an interactive version of the catalogue with links to database records of objects Koehler used (or may have used) in the original exhibition
The symposium aims to bring together a wide range of students, academics, historians, artists, and museum professionals from around the world to exchange ideas and research related to newly accessible material featured in the 1892 exhibition.
You are invited to submit a proposal for a brief virtual presentation (5-10 minutes) on past, current, or future research, or artistic practice linked to works, firms, artists, or printmaking processes featured in the 1892 exhibition. Please submit a 100-150 word proposal to koehlerproject@mfa.org by Friday, March 1, 2024. Selected presenters will be notified by Friday, March 8, 2024.
Invited presenters will receive an honorarium of $300.
The MFA’s collections of prints, drawings, and photographs, are available to view by appointment in the Morse Study Room.

Gallery Director oversees and coordinates the business operations of the nonprofit Tamarind Institute gallery, including print sales and marketing. With limited supervision, the Gallery Director coordinates the planning and execution of art fairs, gallery exhibitions, regional pop-up shows, public programs, and marketing campaigns to promote the vast print inventory. The successful candidate will have a background in gallery work, general knowledge of contemporary art and print history, familiarity with databases and design software, an outgoing, collaborative personality, and an ability to engage new collectors and established audiences around contemporary prints.

Apply through UNMJobs at unmjobs.unm.edu (Requisition 28259),

The Library Company of Philadelphia seeks undergraduate or graduate student candidates to assist in the processing of the William T. McAllister Collection of Graphic Materials. The Library Company is an independent research library concentrating on American society and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Free and open to the public, the Library Company houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. Our mission is to foster scholarship in and increase public understanding of American history before 1900 by preserving and interpreting the valuable materials in our care.

The Graphic Arts Department intern will work with the William T. McAllister Collection of Graphic Materials, a family archive containing over 200 items dated between the 1850s and early 1900s collected by a Philadelphia family that was at the center of early photography through their nationally known business as manufacturers and retailers of optical equipment, mathematical instruments, and commercial photographs. The collection of scrapbooks, albums, loose ephemera, photographs, and glass negatives includes McAllister family photographs, views of Philadelphia and Philadelphia suburbs, and family collectibles such as a sketchbook, St. Andrew’s Society certificate (society believed to be the oldest charitable membership organization in continuous existence in North America), and albums with cartes de visite depicting "celebrities" and popular art reproductions. The intern will further inventory, describe, arrange, accession, and house the collection, including the careful handling of glass negatives.

Other curatorial projects, time permitting, will include the inventory of a scrapbook that contains hundreds of later 19th-century Philadelphia-related trade cards and complementary commercial ephemera. The intern will also describe their work and progress through blog posts and other social media platforms used by the Library Company. The intern will be provided with an excellent introduction to curatorial work at a special collections institution with a long and continual history of collecting, preserving, and providing access to rare materials. Desired skills include attention to detail, conscientious handling of fragile materials, and responsiveness to feedback. The intern will be supervised by Curator of Graphic Arts and Director of the Visual Culture Program Erika Piola.

A stipend of $5000 is available for an 8-10 week period, 4-5 days per week on-site, between May and August 2024.

Please email your letter of interest with availability and resume to Erika Piola at epiola@librarycompany.org. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2024.

This internship has been made possible through the support of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

The Department of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston invites applicants for the position of Pamela and Peter Voss Curator of Prints and Drawings.

The Voss Curator will be part of a close-knit curatorial team and will also work closely with conservators and collections care specialists in the MFA’s Virginia Herrick Deknatel Paper Conservation Laboratory. In liaison with colleagues from across the Museum, the Voss Curator will have the opportunity to advance the Museum’s strategic plan by developing and contributing significantly to exhibitions, installations, programs, collections research, and acquisitions. The Voss Curator will support critical administrative tasks including responding to scholarly and public inquiries related to the collection and undertaking paperwork for acquisitions as well as the department’s outgoing loan program. As with all team members in Prints and Drawings, the Voss Curator will actively engage in the vital responsibility of deeper cataloguing and documentation of the current collection and support public-facing activities in the Morse Study Room. The Voss Curator will also help manage donor relationships and assist with programming for the department’s Curators Circle, its friends and support group. The ideal candidate will champion collaboration and help galvanize excitement around prints and drawings by building connections across the whole range of its collection, engaging directly with its historical depth, and envisioning new ways to make this material accessible, relevant and important to the lives of our visitors today.
Prints and Drawings collaborates and engages closely with colleagues across the Museum and supports in critical ways the initiatives of the Center for Netherlandish Art, an innovative research center at the MFA for the study and appreciation of Dutch and Flemish Art. The department is committed to ensure visitor and student access to the collection through the Morse Study Room for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. We also embrace our responsibility as a place of training and engagement with works on paper through our internship and fellowship programs.

The Leigh and Mary Carter Director’s Research Fellowship provides art history graduates with an interest in pursuing a museum career the opportunity to assist the Director and (at his direction) members of the museum’s curatorial staff in scholarly, collection-, and/or exhibition-related research connected with projects undertaken by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Fellow will receive work direction from the Director and/or the relevant curator and participate fully in the intellectual life of the institution. The incumbent will conduct in-depth art historical investigation connected with projects consistent with the museum’s long-standing reputation for scholarly inquiry and stature as a major international center for object-based study.

The Leigh and Mary Carter Director’s Research Fellow will gain experience working with one of the finest collections and most accomplished curatorial teams in the country. Experience for a recent graduate or PhD candidate will include the opportunity to collaborate with museum professionals in the Director’s Office and Curatorial, Conservation, Library and Museum Archives, Education, Exhibitions, and Design departments. The incumbent will also have the opportunity to hone their skills in research, writing, and public speaking.

The Fellowship is a two-year position, with an option for a third year of renewal. Candidates should be recent graduates of an accredited PhD program in art history or a related field, or PhD candidates who have completed their coursework and exams who are writing their dissertations. Approximately 80% of the fellow’s time will be dedicated to work in support of museum projects; the remaining 20% of the time can be spent on the fellow’s own research or dissertation. Candidates should demonstrate scholarly excellence and promise and a strong interest in pursuing a museum career. Generous funding in the amount of up to $7,000 will be allocated to the Fellow to support work-related travel.

In 2018, the Cleveland Museum of Art was the first art museum in the USA to publish a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan. The CMA recognizes that the museum is greatly enriched by the diversity of its staff and visitors; among the goals of the DEI plan is to recruit, mentor, and retain employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to ensure the CMA’s position as a global leader among museums. The CMA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status or any other legally protected status. Members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. This position will provide an opportunity for an emerging art historian with a diverse background to participate in curatorial work in the setting of an encyclopedic art museum.

While all those with an interest in the position are encouraged to apply, fields of academic specialization closely related to current museum projects will be of particular interest. Candidates interested in contemporary art or candidates interested in the history of photography are especially encouraged to apply for this fellowship.

Photography: Candidates who specialize in the history of photography, with a particular interest in 19th-century European photography and/or photographs of India are especially welcome. The latter has been an area of focus for the museum in terms of collecting for several years, and the museum continues to acquire robustly in this area. A third possible avenue of research would be assisting with the preparation of an exhibition of German-born Argentinean artist Grete Stern’s Surrealist photomontages known as the Sueños or Dreams; a reading knowledge of Spanish would be a prerequisite for that project.

Under the supervision of the Curator in Charge, the Assistant Curator provides support to the curatorial staff for the day-to-day operation of the Prints and Drawings Department, known as the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. This position contributes to the care and interpretation of the collection of more than 90,000 works on paper. This position works effectively and collegially with a broad range of staff, donors, trustees, curatorial support group members, and the general public. A strong customer service orientation and the ability to achieve and sustain best curatorial practices are essential.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

Permanent Collection: Manages rotations for the permanent collection galleries in consultation with senior staff. Works with conservators and other staff to ensure the conservation and care of the Achenbach collection. Keeps informed of current activity in the areas of departmental interest through museum and gallery visits and publications, and conveys observations and information to department colleagues.
Research: Researches and catalogues the collection and related archives; answers related inquiries from the public and scholars, making the collection accessible to diverse audiences. Performs research for exhibitions including research on artists, periods, styles, and specific works.
Documentation: Works closely with the Registration department to ensure proper documentation of the collection. Assigns and expedites work / technician / photo services requests as required to ensure the appropriate care and maintenance of the collection in gallery and storage areas.
Exhibitions: Assists with and/or executes loan exhibitions and installations based on the permanent holdings in the exhibition spaces at the de Young (Gallery 17 and Herbst Gallery) and the Legion of Honor (Gallery 22, Logan Gallery, and Rosekrans Galleries). Proposes and assists the development of exhibition concepts and of new and engaging ways of displaying the permanent collection and the new acquisitions.
Publications: Assists with and/or executes the preparation of catalogues, checklists, wall and gallery labels, and other exhibition graphics. Participates in and contributes to social media promotions related to collection awareness.
Outside Requests: Corresponds with scholars or members of the public regarding objects in the collection. Coordinates appointments for the Roberts Seminar Room and hosts classes/groups as necessary.
Supervision: Manages activities of volunteers and interns, as necessary.
External Relationships: Builds and maintains departmental relationships with critics, dealers, museum colleagues, institutions of higher learning, and collectors. This also involves patron and collector development. Presents lectures and docent talks, and conducts tours of the collection and temporary exhibitions for donors, trustees, and the general public as the need arises. Represents FAMSF at public and private functions that further the FAMSF mission and institutional objectives.
Fundraising: In keeping with Museums-wide curatorial practice, supports the fundraising and public relations efforts of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in correspondence with the Museums and its Development department. Actively participates in meetings and programs, including fundraising programs, of the Achenbach Graphic Arts Council and its board.
Administrative: Prepares documentation for meetings of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees. Helps with the implementation of department policies and procedures, educational programs for the public, and storage management procedures. Collaborates on budget preparation. Prepares documents, manages departmental files including exhibition and object files, and manages database records.
Courier: Subject to the approval of the Curator in Charge and Director of Curatorial Affairs, serves as FAMSF courier for loaned works of art from the collection.

The Visual Culture Program invites applications for a 2024–25 short-term fellowship. Past fellows have studied topics as varied as the relationship between text and images in American primers for children, the graphic arts in Philadelphia from 1780 to 1880, and the intersection of science, art, and the environment in the production of photographs.

Searchable catalogs to our collections are available online at https://librarycompany.kohacatalog.com/ with a number of visual culture collections searchable at https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Aroot

See individual fellowship description below for more information and instructions on how to apply.
For a complete listing of all LCP fellowship opportunities, visit https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2/short-term/#/.

For a list of frequently asked questions and answers regarding LCP fellowships, please visit https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-faq/#/.

The William H. Helfand Fellowship for American Visual Culture
The fellowship is designed to promote scholarship in visual culture through the study of textual and graphic sources from the 16th through early 20th centuries held in the Library Company’s collections. Possible research topics include the production and consumerism of printed graphics; the histories of printing and photographic processes; popular iconography; ephemera; incunabula; the illustrated book trade; and historical depictions of gender, race, and class. Fellows will have the opportunity to attend the Library Company’s public programs and events, participate in the vibrant scholarly community of Philadelphia, and present a lecture about their research.

The stipend is $2500 for a one-month fellowship, which may be fulfilled between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025.

Please share this announcement with those who might be interested. Application materials are due February 1, 2024.

To apply, please fill out the online application form.

For more information about fellowships offered by the Library Company’s Visual Culture Program, contact program director Erika Piola (epiola@librarycompany.org).

Call for contributions - A volume in celebration of Christina of Sweden’s 400th birthday.

Volume Editors:
Theresa Kutasz Christensen, Camilla Kandare, Ylva Haidenthaller

Project Summary:
In celebration of Christina of Sweden’s 400th birthday celebrations in 2026, we plan to organize a volume that highlights and expands scholarship on Queen Christina and her lasting influence. This book will present interdisciplinary work on the queen with a transnational focus on her social, religious, political, artistic, intellectual, and academic engagement and reception in the 17th century. The essays will consider the vast material already published on Christina, as well as new avenues of research on the queen, reflecting on the almost mythical status she holds with the aim of establishing the current state of research, with particular weight given to the exploration and exploitation of her movement and influence as both a woman and a queen. Persistent thematic approaches and scholarly trends are re-addressed through investigations into Christina’s self representation, networks, and reception from within the context of her own place and time. This can be accomplished through the assessment or reassessment of primary source material and/or through the location of Christina within established bodies of scholarship addressing themes including early modern networks, queenship, fashion, or writing.

Project Timeline:
We plan to notify contributors of their selection by February of 2024. Once the project is contracted with a press, we anticipate final essays of no more than 5,000 words will be due in draft by early Fall of 2024 with the goal to publish in time for the anniversary celebrations in 2026.

Working Title of the Volume:
Christina in Context: A Celebration of Queen Christina of Sweden at 400.

Volume Abstract:
Scholarship on queen Christina has often projected later values and methodologies onto her, failing to account for the nuances of her seventeenth-century lived experience, her agency, and the context of her contemporary reception. Moving away from narratives that discuss the queen as an anomaly or an exception to period norms, the essays in this volume will instead locate her within the broader networks and contexts in which she operated. We seek to lift the veil of exceptionality which has long concealed her navigation of the norms, influences, and expectations of her time, thereby allowing for a more nuanced view of her person and influence.

We encourage authors of these essays to take as their foundation the seventeenth-century context in which Christina lived. We welcome contributions on topics that address Christina as both a queen and a woman who operated in diverse locations throughout her life, situating her within early modern female networks, women’s agency, power, and queenship. This can include, but is not limited to, investigations of Christina's participation in the art, literature, philosophy, education, religion and spirituality, scientific history, and the performing arts of her period.

Keywords: Queen; Christina of Sweden; Transnational; Women and Gender; Interdisciplinary; Primary Source; Seventeenth Century.

Applications:
To apply, please submit the following materials in a single PDF to queenchristina1626@gmail.com no later than February 1, 2024.
- Name, affiliation
- 1 page CV
- Provisional essay title
- A 700 - 1000 word abstract
- Number of illustrations anticipated

The Rijksmuseum Fellowship Programme gives successful candidates the exceptional opportunity to conduct part of their research at the museum. Our aims here are to support first-rate academic research, to strengthen ties between the Rijksmuseum and universities, and to contribute to the exchange of knowledge.

Our fellows have access to our collections, library and laboratories, and to the expertise of our academic staff. They also get the opportunity to participate in workshops and field trips.

We look forward to hearing from you if you have a proposal for high-quality research offering new perspectives on the Rijksmuseum’s collection, history or activities.

Please visit the link below for more information.

Reporting to Curator & Department Head, Photography and Prints & Drawings, the Acquisitions Administrator assists the Department Head, Curators, Associate Curators, and Assistant Curators with acquisitions, purchases, donations, promised gifts, and joint acquisitions. They will also liaise with Registration, Collections Management, CIDA, Conservation, Photo Services

Responsibilities:
Coordinates logistics of acquisitions, including liaising with donors and LACMA’s registrar, creating TMS entries and completing all registrarial forms required.
Gathers all information needed for quarterly acquisitions meetings.
Tracks invoices and payments.
Drafts thank-you letters for Dept Head.
Confirms accuracy of all object information in database.
Uploads new acquisitions to Collections Online.
Tracks the issuing of LACMA memberships to artists in collection (CALM).
Coordinates digitization of collection objects.
With guidance from curators, communicates with artists to secure hi-res files and permission to make exhibition prints.
Maintains statistics to quantify annual acquisitions activity.
Creates necessary work orders for movement of collection (photography, conservation, display, etc.)
Maintains collection files (paper and electronic).
For large acquisitions, contributes to project planning to anticipate the resources and time required for processing.
May be the first and/or primary point of contact with potential donors and vendors.
Assists in assigning tasks and reviewing work of interns and volunteers.
Special projects and other duties as assigned by Dept Head TBD.

Benefits:
The expected hourly for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $21.63 - $22.12, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Art History or other relevant field (e.g. Fine Art, Film, History, Anthropology, Critical Theory, etc.).
Previous experience in a gallery, research, library, or museum setting preferred.
Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and handle multiple tasks to meet established deadlines.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word and Google suite.
Previous experience with The Museum System a plus.
Analytical, detail-oriented, flexible and efficient.