The Research Associate position provides the opportunity to gain firsthand experience and professional training in curatorial work, specializing in works of art on paper. The postholder will be fully integrated into the department and will contribute significantly to exhibition planning, research, organization, and installation as well as other departmental activities. They will be trained in cataloging and handling of works on paper and in provenance research. The Postgraduate Research Associate will undertake research on works in the permanent collection and will gain training in acquisitions and collections development. The postholder will participate in the development of upcoming exhibition projects including William Blake; the origins and history of the mezzotint engraving technique; the Trinidadian artist Michel Jean Cazabon; and British pastels.

New Submissions – Deadline December 1, 2024
The purpose of the book and essay awards is to recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship in the field, as defined in our mission statement: prints depicting or reflecting North American history and culture, made either in America or elsewhere. Original research, fresh assessments, and the fluent synthesis of known material will be taken into account. The emphasis is on quality and on making an outstanding contribution to the subject.
Essays between 3,000 and 10,000 words will be considered. Works should be submitted in published form as a hard copy or digital attachment. The Society’s Newman Award Committee will serve as the jury to evaluate both books and article submissions. Jurors are all AHPCS members and include collectors, curators, and scholars of American prints.
Publications remain eligible from the year of publication through the following year, a period of approximately two years. Once a work has been reviewed by the jury, it will not be considered in a subsequent cycle except in a substantially revised edition. Submissions received by December 1st will be considered for the award announced the following spring.

Contact information
To submit material to the committee for consideration, please mail a copy to: Helena E. Wright, 4628 49th Street NW, Washington, DC 20016.
For additional information, please contact the Committee chair at: wrighthelena16@gmail.com
Publishers and authors, please note: if it is possible to provide multiple copies, it would facilitate distribution of the publications among the Committee and speed their work. Please contact the Committee chair for individual addresses. Thank you.

The AHPCS is a non-profit corporation that encourages the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of prints depicting or reflecting North American history and culture, made either in America or elsewhere. For further information about the Society, please visit the website at https://ahpcs.org . A list of all Newman Book Award winners to date can be found at https://ahpcs.org/newman-award-winners/ .

Workshop Dates: February 3-6, 2025

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Application Deadline: May 20, 2024

About the Seminar

Dieu Donné invites applications for an intensive four-day, hands-on workshop and seminar on hand papermaking in fine art for early- to mid-career curators and specialists in the field of prints and drawings. Participants will be selected through a competitive open call. All expenses will be paid.

The goal of the seminar is to empower curators and print specialists to better understand papermaking as a medium, artworks on and of paper, and the relationship of papermaking to printmaking and drawing. The seminar will include a hands-on papermaking workshop, demonstrations of Eastern and Western techniques, lectures on the history and contemporary practice of papermaking, close study of handmade paper artworks, and visits to collaborative print/paper studios and museums with major collections of paper works in New York City. Through gaining hands-on experience with a range of papermaking techniques, participants will unlock a deeper understanding of paper artworks and the artmaking process.

This program is made possible with generous support from Getty through The Paper Project Initiative.

Eligibility

Ideal participants include emerging to mid-career curators, with up to 20 years of experience, whose curatorial focuses are in print, drawing, or other related paper-based artworks. Dieu Donné will also consider applications from other kinds of print and drawing specialists, including independent researchers, conservators, doctoral candidates, post-docs, and other arts professionals. Affiliation with a museum or institution is preferred but not required. U.S.-based and international applicants are both encouraged to apply.

About Dieu Donné

Dieu Donné is the leading non-profit cultural institution dedicated to serving emerging and established artists through the collaborative creation of contemporary art using the process of hand papermaking. Since 1976, Dieu Donné has introduced artists to the vast potential of hand papermaking as an art medium through residencies, fellowships, exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, and publications. Our archive encompasses over 4,000 artworks made in handmade paper by over 800 artists over the course of our 48-year history, and works made at Dieu Donné are held in the collections of major museums, including The Getty Museum, MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of Art, among others. Through extensive collaborations with Master Papermakers, artists from a wide variety of practices explore the creative possibilities of hand papermaking – fostering experimentation and producing innovative works of art. Dieu Donné strives to teach a new visual language, providing a transformative experience that leads to artistic breakthroughs.

Application Instructions

Applications are only accepted via our online Slideroom portal. Please do not mail or e-mail application materials. Applicants are required to provide a CV, statement of interest, a letter of recommendation, and answer a few short questions regarding their background and research.

Application due on May 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT.

Please email dieudonne@dieudonne.org with any questions.

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).

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.

At its May, 2023, annual meeting, the AHPCS Board voted to add two essay awards to recognize shorter works published in journals and edited volumes, including exhibition catalogues and digital formats. Essays between 3,000 and 10,000 words will be considered. Works should be submitted in published form as a hard copy or digital attachment. The Society’s present Newman Award Committee will serve as the jury to evaluate these additional submissions. Jurors are all AHPCS members and include collectors, curators, and scholars of American prints.

The purpose of the book and essay awards is to recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship in the field, as defined in our mission statement: prints depicting or reflecting North American history and culture, made either in America or elsewhere. Original research, fresh assessments, and the fluent synthesis of known material will be taken into account. The emphasis is on quality and on making an outstanding contribution to the subject. Publications remain eligible from the year of publication through the following year, a period of approximately two years. Once a work has been reviewed by the jury, it will not be considered in a subsequent cycle except in a substantially revised edition. Submissions received by December 1st will be considered for the award announced the following spring.

Each annual cycle typically will result in one Book Award in the amount of $2,000 and two Essay Awards in the amount of $750 each. One of the essay awards will be designated for the best article in the AHPCS journal Imprint, as selected by the Committee. Awards are not necessarily presented each year but are determined by the quality of available submissions. Occasionally, there may be multiple winners in an individual year.

Submissions & contact information

Please contact the chair of the Newman Book Award committee for instructions on mailing a copy of the publication:

Helena Wright, chair
Email: wrighthelena16@gmail.com

Apply to the New Scholars Program by September 5

Established in 2000, the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) New Scholars Program strives to welcome researchers who have not previously published, lectured, or taught on bibliographical subjects by nurturing and promoting their scholarship. Each year, three New Scholars receive a cash award of $1,000, a $500 travel stipend, and the opportunity to present their work by participating in a two-pronged program:

Preceding the BSA’s Annual Meeting (held each January in New York City during Bibliography Week), each New Scholar presents a fifteen-minute talk that is based on their submitted proposal.
Expanded versions of the New Scholars’ papers are submitted to the Editors of the Society’s quarterly journal, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA) for publication, subject to peer review. Scholars can expect to work closely with the Editors throughout the submission and review process.
In addition to the $1,000 cash award and $500 travel stipend, New Scholars may apply in one of the next two subsequent years for a stipend of the same amount to attend a second Annual Meeting. New Scholars also receive a complimentary one-year membership in the BSA, which includes a subscription to the PBSA.

Applications are due on September 5, 2023. For more details on the New Scholars program, including eligibility and application submission information, please visit the BSA website. The Society’s YouTube Channel features a playlist of past New Scholars presentations and an applicant information session.

Contact Information
Barbara Heritage
Chair, New Scholars Program

The Bibliographical Society of America

Contact Email
new.scholars@bibsocamer.org
URL
https://bibsocamer.org/awards/new-scholars-program/

The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for research into the history of the early printed book (15th-18th century) in Antwerp, with the gracious support of the Thierry and Frédéric Nottebohm Grant of the Nottebohm Family Foundation.

Please visit the link for more information.

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.

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