The Colonial Society of Massachusetts invites submissions for the Whitehill Prize in Early American HIstory. The prize recognizes a distinguished scholarly essay in American history to 1825 with $2500 and publication in The New England Quarterly. Essays must be previously unpublished and may address any aspect of the early history of New England.

See the website for further information and a list of past winners. We welcome queries and submissions from scholars at all stages, working in a variety of fields in early American studies.

Deadline to apply: July 23rd, 2023

Zygote’s National PRINT Residency is open to printmakers and printmaking artists in the U.S., or North America. This 2-week, intensive residency allows artists dedicated time to complete special projects in Zygote’s Northeast Ohio facilities.

Residency focus: Experienced Printmakers

Residency dates: November 6th-20th, 2023

Stipend: $500

Two hours of Shop Orientation

Shop flat file, locker, shared studio space, tools for the duration of the residency

Housing in ZPASS, our 2 bedroom apartment above the studio

An invitation to participate in Zygote’s annual members’ exhibition and sale

Zygote Community Patron Membership (value of $50) in the year of the residency, which grants access to Open Studio, and discounts on workshops and classes, and includes the ArtsPass membership with participating Cleveland arts organizations.

An independent advisory committee will review applications and make recommendations. Applicants should allow two to four weeks for the committee to make their decision.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 23rd, 2023

All application materials below must be in a single PDF file no larger than 5MB

To apply, email the following materials to michael@zygotepress.org :

(1) A letter of interest (500 word limit)

(2) A portfolio of recent work (5-10 images)

(3) Short Bio (one paragraph)

(4) Resume or CV

Zygote Press is excited to offer three (3) paid fellowship seats to local Black, Indigenous, and People of Color art educators, artists, or creatives.

The fellowship is a 10 week program which gives artists the opportunity to learn a variety of printmaking techniques, including silkscreen, etching, lithography, monoprint, relief, and RISO.

Residency applicants should demonstrate an interest in sharing their knowledge with other artists through educational programming.

Residency focus: Local BIPOC Artists/Educators

Residency dates: October 3rd - December 12th, 2023

Stipend: $500

Two hours of Shop Orientation

Shop flat file, locker, shared studio space, tools for the duration of the residency.

Twenty hours of instruction with Zygote staff/teaching artists.

Work with a cohort of 3 artists in a collaborative studio environment.

Zygote Community Patron Membership (value of $50) in the year of the residency, which grants access to Open Studio, and discounts on workshops and classes, and includes the ArtsPass membership with participating Cleveland arts organizations.

An independent advisory committee will review applications and make recommendations. Applicants should allow two to four weeks for the committee to make their decision.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 1st, 2023

All application materials below must be in a single PDF file no larger than 5MB

To apply, email the following materials to michael@zygotepress.org :

(1) A letter of interest (500 word limit)

(2) A portfolio of recent work (5-10 images)

(3) Short Bio (one paragraph)

(4) Resume or CV

A special issue of the international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal Arts dedicated to “Queerness in 18th- and 19th-Century European Art” and edited by Andrew Carrington Shelton (Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University) seeks essays on a wide variety of topics that subvert or disrupt heteronormative interpretations of the art and visual culture of this period. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to: works of art produced by or under the auspices of personages who can plausibly be identified as attracted to members of the same sex; works or creative situations that can be construed as expressing or eliciting same-sex sexual desire or attraction; works or creative situations in which the heteronormative polarity of the processes of identification and desire can be perceived as having been collapsed or scrambled; works or creative situations that involve gender-bending or gender fluidity; works or creative situations that either deepen or complicate our understanding of sexuality and/or sexual identity; and works that eroticize individuals or situations that are normally regarded as lying outside the realm of the erotic.

Interested scholars should send an abstract (maximum 250 words) and CV via email to shelton.85@osu.edu, cc’ing sylvia.hao@mdpi.com, by August 15th, 2023. Final manuscripts must be submitted for blind peer-review no later than 30 November 2023. Due to journal restrictions, all articles must be submitted in English.

Questions or concerns can be addressed to shelton.85@osu.edu or sylvia.hao@mdpi.com

Houghton Library seeks an Assistant Curator to support managing, building and sharing the Library's Printing and Graphic Arts (P&GA) collection. Reporting to the Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts, the Assistant Curator performs a range of administrative, outreach, collection-development, and book-arts functions. Part of a highly visible and active department, the Assistant Curator collaborates with all areas of the Library including Public Services, Technical Services, Public and Scholarly Programs, and other curatorial departments.

The successful candidate will possess strong subject knowledge in at least one area of strength in the P&GA collection, and will, ideally, also bring expertise in an area of printing and graphic arts outside of the collection's current strengths. The successful candidate will also possess the capacity to master over time the broad range of formats, subjects, and time periods represented in the P&GA collection, and the flexibility required to develop facility in the numerous skillsets used in curatorial work.

The Department of Printing and Graphic Arts was founded in 1938 by legendary curator, collector, and connoisseur Philip Hofer. The department holds original artifacts from all periods illustrating the book arts and the materiality and historical development of the book, whether manuscript or printed. Its strengths reside mainly in European and American traditions of manuscript and printed book illustration, printing technologies, typography, calligraphy, book design, and early photography. 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 Intent to Apply form for the final round of the Getty Foundation’s The Paper Project is due by June 1, 2023. Visit the link below for more information

The Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) is happy to announce its 2nd Annual Mini Gems Print Exhibition. Due to the success of our 1st Mini Gems, we are able to increase capacity by 50% this year. Hundreds of miniature prints will be exhibited in SAGA Gallery, located in Union Square, New York City, and will run on September 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, and by appointment during September 2023.

The V&A is currently recruiting a Curator of Prints, with expertise in either early or early modern prints. Please do circulate/forward to anyone you think might be interested. The deadline is 23:59, Tuesday the 30th of May. Please visit the link below for more information.

The Association of Print Scholars invites submissions for its sponsored sessions at the Renaissance Society of America conference, to be held in Chicago, Illinois from March 21-23.

APS-sponsored session proposals may be related to any theme of Renaissance and Early Modern printmaking, or any aspect of print scholarship for the era 1300–1700. RSA is a multidisciplinary society, and we especially welcome session proposals that transcend geographic and disciplinary boundaries, as well as those that engage current theoretical interests in historiography, materialism, archival theory, bibliographic studies, or social history.

Series of sessions in honor or in memory of an individual scholar are limited to two sessions per honoree. Co-chaired sessions are welcome; junior and senior scholars are encouraged to collaborate.

You do not need to be a member of RSA to submit a session proposal to APS, but all accepted participants must become RSA members for 2024 and register for the conference. Please note that proposing a session or a paper indicates your commitment to attend.

Chair or co-chairs must be members of APS, however, please note that those currently serving as APS officers, whether elected or appointed, may not submit conference proposals for panels sponsored by the organization during their tenure, although are welcome to participate in the selected panel.

How to submit a session proposal for APS sponsorship:

To propose an APS-sponsored session, please submit your session title along with a 250-word abstract describing the topics and issues of printmaking that your session will address. Applicants do not need to propose a full panel of presenters in order to submit a session proposal. Submissions should include a two-page CV for each chair. In the subject line, please indicate “APS-Sponsored session proposal RSA 2024” and send to rsacoordinator@printscholars.org

DEADLINE:

Submission deadline for all session proposals is: Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Acceptance decisions will be communicated to submitters by Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking a committed, proactive person to support the work of the Library in the critical area of collection conservation and preservation. This is an opportunity for an experienced conservator to undertake condition assessments and conservation treatment of paper and book material from the remarkable collections of Maynooth University Library.

The conservator will work closely with staff in Special Collections and Archives, and also other departments of the Library and will report to the Assistant Librarian with Responsibility for Special Collections and Archives. They will be expected have the skills and knowledge to plan, manage and track their work to ensure that deadlines are met in support of the overall objectives of the University Library. They must be able to communicate effectively with people at all levels, and be able to keep clear, consistent and accurate records of all activities undertaken.