Frans Masereel Centre is a place where national and international artists, researchers and graphic designers reside, meet and experiment. Three types of artist and scholar residencies are available for late 2019-2020, with application deadlines of June 2, 2019.

General Residency
Six weeks, between January and September 2020
Apply before June 2, 2019
The artist or designer realizes a print project that matches their personal oeuvre. The focus lies on development, creation, and production in the atelier. No prior knowledge of the graphic arts is required.

Research Residency
Six weeks, between January and September 2020
Apply before June 2, 2019
Scholars, artists and designers focus on researching the graphic arts. The wide range of printing techniques available at the Centre provides the opportunity to study technical aspects, innovative processes, and graphic visual elements. The infrastructure, time, and international network that we offer are ideal for creating a research lab. Knowledge of the medium is required.

Essay Residency
Four weeks, between January and September 2020
Apply before June 2, 2019
Critics, artists, and theoreticians reside at the Centre to write a critical text on a print-related topic. The essay may relate to one or several resident artists, to an exhibition on graphic media, or to research about the graphic medium.

You are invited to join us in Philadelphia 2019, where the paper revolution began in America. A call for demonstrations, talks, and panel discussions that explore paper’s revolution and launch into the future is now live!

Please visit the 'External Link' below for the call for papers and proposals (PDF) and submission guidelines.

About the Friends of Dard Hunter
The Friends of Dard Hunter is an organization in the United States that connects, encourages, and educates anyone interested in hand papermaking. It was founded in 1981 to preserve the collection of books, papers, equipment, and artifacts from all over the world that Dard Hunter had collected in his decades of research on hand papermaking. This collection is irreplaceable since he traveled before the devastation of World War II; it found a permanent home at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum in Atlanta, Ga. in 1992. Support for this collection is one of the primary goals of the Friends.

The Artist Studios program hosts artists and designers daily in open studios. Artists-in-residence receive space and support to develop new work and expand their practice, while welcoming dialogue with the public about their processes, materials, and concepts.

Founded in 2008, the program has provided studio space and financial support to over 160 artists-in-residence working in a range of interdisciplinary media.

Program Structure
The Artist Studios program offers one full-time MAD Artist Fellowship and six daily residencies per six-month session (February—July, August—January).

The full-time MAD Artist Fellow receive a $15,000 stipend and dedicated studio space, in which they work forty hours each week (formatted as fifteen “open studio” hours and twenty-five “closed studio” hours). Fellows are provided with additional professional development opportunities and meet regularly with a mentor in their creative field. The MAD Artist Fellow also benefits from a culminating Fellow Focus exhibition in the 6th Floor Project Space.

The six daily residents are assigned one day to work each week (Tuesday—Sunday) throughout the duration of the six-month cycle, for which they receive access to shared studio space and a stipend of $125 per studio shift. Daily residents also have the option of working a selection of Thursday evenings.

Program Benefits
Artist Studios residents benefit from studio space and a stipend, as well as:

Professional development and studio visits with museum staff
Public programming opportunities
Interaction with Museum visitors, generating exposure and reaching new audiences
Continued engagement through the community of Artist Studios alumni
Access to the Museum galleries, public programs, and exhibition openings

Program Eligibility
There are no fees are restrictions to apply for the daily residencies.

Candidates for the MAD Artist Fellowship must:
Be residents of New York City
Be thirty years old, or younger, at the start of their fellowship
Identify racially and/or culturally with a historically underrepresented community
Demonstrate the need for financial assistance to advance their artistic careers

Program Requirements
Successful candidates possess a mature body of work that reveals a mastery of techniques and processes within a developed conceptual framework.

Successful applicants will also display readiness to engage with and benefit from the “open studios” format unique to the Museum of Arts and Design.

The ´acePIRAR Artist-in-Residence International Program is offering four-week residencies and one-week micro-residencies that support contemporary visual art practices and trans-disciplinary projects (including performance, music and curatorial proposals) and promote exchange, debate, experimentation and collaborative work.

STUDIO / WORKSPACES:
Production Residency artists use the ´ace workshop: a large, quiet space with lots of light and equipment to facilitate a variety of traditional and new printing processes. Also, the Poliglota Room, a perfect space for performance, audiovisual installations, lectures, etc. Exploration residency artists work in The Tower: a quiet and luminous studio located on the second floor with an open view, accessible by a spiral staircase. It is ideal to research, study, write and create.

BUENOS AIRES:
Artistic residencies are a very nurturing way to grow as an artist, develop an international network and explore new disciplines and ways of thinking. Come to a multicultural city, one of Latin America's cultural centers with a wide offer of visual arts, theatre, cinema and music. Our ´ace team will guide you through all sorts of cultural and artistic activities happening in this pulsating Latin American city that hosts great events like ArteBA (contemporary art), FIBA (theatre), BAFICI (cinema), Performance Bienal (performance art), FILBA (literature), BAPhoto (photography) and many, many exhibitions, congresses and festivals more.

FEES AND SUPPORT:
No application fee. Residencies have a basic fee and the artist can select other options: lodging, materials or technical assistance. Basic fee covers studio space, access to equipment, reviews from a professional team, meals and refreshments at studio hours, studio accident insurance, guidance through the city and cultural events, public transportation card, networking. The residency fee does not include travel, health insurance and shipping expenses.

DISCIPLINES, WORK EQUIPMENT AND ASSISTANCE:
We are focused on traditional and contemporary printing techniques and their interweaving with other mediums, such us photography, installation, video art, digital media, performance, sound art, urban intervention, public art, mural painting, textile art, painting, illustration, artist book...

We have a fully equipped workshop for non-toxic print media techniques such as photolithography, engraving, screen printing, woodcut, mokuhanga, mokulito, monotype, algraphy, bookbinding and more. Our workshop has presses, tools, an assistant and a Master Printer who works in direct contact with our resident artists to secure safe work methods, a permanent feedback during the creation process and active learning through first-hand experience and experimenting.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Candidates must complete the application process through our website. They should fill out the respective form according to the type of requested residency, present a project or research subject for their stay and accompany this proposal with a full CV and material documenting previous works. We do not accept physical applications; CVs are to be sent by email in .pdf format and works in .jpg format, or a link to video hosting sites.

The selection process considers the presented project or research subject, its relevance to local and international art standards and its feasibility, the availability of the selected dates and how artists from different parts of the world and different backgrounds or mediums may interact enriching each other's processes.

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information on available residencies and to submit an application.

The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (HWT) seeks an innovative leader to fill this new position. The hire will manage a dynamic organization; direct fundraising and marketing; develop a strategic vision; oversee collection development; supervise staff and their development; manage financials; create policy, and foster good relations for HWT.

This non-profit museum is located on the shores of Lake Michigan in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Milwaukee. HWT holds significant printing history collections, notably the world's largest collection of wood type. As a working museum it is a site of learning, practice, and research. The museum was founded as a legacy to type making at the original Hamilton company and continues as a community touchstone. Through the efforts of its four talented staff members HWT has become an internationally recognized printing history museum. 2019 marks its 20th anniversary.

In recognition of HWT's success and growth, its Board of Directors has created the new position of Executive Administrative Director to guide and support the museum for its future.

Required: college degree with 4 years' experience in administrative leadership position; proven fundraising track-record; and an excellent communicator/collaborator.

Full-time position with $70-80,000 annual salary range and competitive benefits package.

Supervises: Museum Director, Artistic Director, Assistant Director, and Office Manager

Selected applicants will be interviewed in May 2019.

The Art Market Dictionary (AMD) is the first reference work providing encompassing information on commercial art galleries, dealers, auction houses, fairs and advisers in Europe, the USA and Canada in the 20th and 21st centuries. Its c. 5,000 entries present basic data, overviews of company/individual histories and networks, information about artists exhibited/represented, bibliographies and archival information. Due to appear in 2020, the AMD will be published as an online searchable database and in print.

Written by an established international network of hundreds of authors, the AMD is edited by Dr. Johannes Nathan together with a team of international Section Editors and dedicated editorial staff at De Gruyter Publishers, Berlin. The AMD is also supported by a distinguished international advisory board and a number of specialized institutions such as the Getty Research Institute, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, or the Archives of American Art.

Thanks to fantastic support from authors and institutions worldwide, we will soon accomplish the remaining steps and are now calling scholars and students who may have been unaware of the AMD. We are currently particularly focused on North American, Italian, French, Netherlandish, and Belgian subjects. However, authors with expertise in other areas are also welcome to send inquiries as a few further entries are still unassigned. We are also keen to get in contact with authors who may be willing to write several entries on selected areas.

Authors’ remuneration depends on employment status and the number of entries they write. If you would like to request more information about the available entries or to contribute, please visit the AMD’s website at artmarketdictionary.com or contact Sarah Goodrum, AMD Editor: sarah.goodrum@degruyter.com

The Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) seeks an accomplished and creative professional to serve as its Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Collections. The Curator will be primarily responsible for developing, managing and actively promoting the use of RBML Medieval & Renaissance collections through programmatic outreach, reference work, awareness, public programs and instructional activities. The Curator will also oversee and advocate for RBML’s ancient writing surfaces (papyrus, ostraca, cuneiform and epigraphy).

Reporting to the Director, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Collections will develop RBML holdings in Medieval and Renaissance in all formats (e.g., print and manuscript) through purchase and donation. The Curator will also steward relevant collections that are in place, prioritizing their organization, description, conservation, digitization, and security. The Curator will help to create relevant guides, directories, and finding aids to the collections while contributing content and metadata to initiatives like the Digital Scriptorium and Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI). The Curator will provide proactive outreach and instruction for Columbia University faculty and students as well as for faculty and students in the greater NYC area and beyond. One of eight full-time curators in RBML, the Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Collections will contribute to unit wide decision-making about acquisitions, exhibitions, public programs, and other forms of outreach, and contribute to the general RBML public services program. He or she will liaison with relevant Library bibliographers and other special collections staff and with colleagues in the field.

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

Master Drawings journal is excited to announce our Second Annual Ricciardi Essay Prize for Young Scholars. The prize is awarded to the author of the best new and unpublished article on a drawings topic (of any period) submitted by a young scholar under the age of 40.

In 2018 the inaugural prize received nearly 30 submissions from young scholars. Master Drawings salutes Elizabeth A. Eisenberg, winner of the first annual Ricciardi Prize of $5,000.

Deadline for submissions for the second annual prize: December 15, 2019.

Please submit your essay, illustrations, and CV (including birthdate) to administrator@masterdrawings.org.

The Summer Fellow will work with the Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings on a project related to 19th-century French drawings in the CMA’s collection funded by the Getty Foundation’s Paper Project. The fellowship will primarily involve reviewing and building object files for drawings through primary and secondary research. The fellow will also edit and add information to the collection database about these works to make them available online. They will have the opportunity to learn about various aspects of exhibition and publication development by working closely with the curator on related tasks. The timing of this fellowship can be flexible (i.e. it could take place later in the summer or potentially into the fall) depending on the candidate’s schedule. The fellow will receive a stipend and funding to cover the costs of housing in Cleveland. Responsibilities include:

Adding new information to the museum's collection database, Athena, and to object files. The research and work involved may also lend itself to the creation of a digital Artlens tour or blog content. Advanced candidates may produce content for a publication related to the French drawings project, and didactic text for a related exhibition.

Learning about and gaining experience in object-based research, including provenance research. They will also learn basic information about the techniques of prints and drawings through direct interaction with curatorial and conservation staff. As well, they will learn how to use Athena and further develop writing skills.

Conducting extensive library and archival research. This work will be broken up by sessions examining drawings in the paper lab with curatorial and conservation staff, and regular meetings with the curator to discuss the French drawings exhibition and publication. The fellow will join the curator for meetings directly related to this project.

The ideal candidate for this fellowship is a Master's level student in art history. We will also consider recent graduates (May 2018 or later) with an interest in French art, 19th-century art, or prints and drawings. An advanced undergraduate student will also be considered. For consideration, candidates should display excellent writing and research skills. A basic reading knowledge of French is also helpful but not required.

Position details: 35 hours/week for 12 weeks. $7,200 stipend and $2,250 housing allowance.

The Frick Collection is an art museum consisting of more than 1,400 works of art from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, displayed in the intimate surroundings of the former home of Henry Clay Frick. The residence, with its furnishings and works of art, has been open to the public since 1935. The Frick Art Reference Library is an internationally-recognized research library that serves as one of the most complete resources for the study of Western art. Founded in 1920, the Library today holds more than one million study photographs, 285,000 books, 80,000 auction catalogs, and 2,250 periodical titles. It is open to interested individuals from all over the world.

Job Summary:
Assistant Conservator has the primary responsibility of performing basic, mid-level, and advanced conservation treatments on library and archival material. The Assistant Conservator will carry out a wide range of conservation treatments and construct protective enclosures for institutional collections. The Assistant Conservator may also participate in a variety of conservation tasks including digitization projects, housing initiatives, condition surveying and collection assessment, and training.

Treatments may include re-sewing, re-backing, repairing damaged paper, repairing existing covers, constructing new covers, washing paper, humidifying paper and parchment, deacidifying paper, and encapsulating brittle or fragile items. Preservation tasks may include construction of protective enclosures, measuring books for commercial protective enclosures, maintaining emergency supply bins, and monitoring the library’s enviroment using data loggers. The position also trains new employees and interns in performing basic preservation and conservation procedures, proper handling of library materials, and use of scanning equipment. Other tasks may include maintaining laboratory equipment, organizing and ordering supplies, maintaining accurate statistics for all completed work, and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements:
-Recognized qualification in conservation of books, paper or library materials, or equivalent training and experience
-Detailed knowledge and experience with current conservation principles and practices
-Demonstrated knowledge of conservation treatment of library/archives collections, including knowledge of historic and modern book structures, sewing styles, and bookbinding; -understanding of a variety of conservation treatments for bound materials, including leather; familiarity with the diverse material formats and concerns of archives collections
-Excellent hand skills and attention to detail
-Excellent interpersonal skills; high standard of written and verbal communication, including the ability to communicate with staff and readers on all levels
-Ability to work effectively and constructively both independently and as part of a team
-Ability to solve problems creatively and adapt quickly to changing priorities
-Excellent time and workflow management; ability to meet deadlines
-Competency with IT including email, Microsoft Office and use of spreadsheets as well as a familiarity with digital photography
-Active engagement in professional development, seeking relevant training and education

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information, including the full position description, benefits summary, and instructions for submitting an application.