Appel à candidature : « Center for American Art Summer Fellowships, Philadelphia Museum of Art »

philadelphia-museum-of-art-600Center for American Art Summer Fellowships, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Two summer fellows will be chosen to assist in the Museum’s Department of American Art, contributing to ongoing collection research and exhibition preparation. Graduate students in art history or related fields with an interest in curatorial studies and American painting and sculpture before 1945 are encouraged to apply. Fellows will be expected to work 10 weeks between June 2 and August 29, 2014. This fellowship includes a stipend.Please create a single document to upload as your application that includes a letter describing your interest and preparation for this position; a curriculum vitae including education, employment, publications, and honors; . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Post-doctoral Fellowship, Phillips Collection and George Washington University »

1637wThe Phillips Collection, in partnership with George Washington University, offers a postdoctoral fellowship to support research and teaching on topics in American, European, or non-western art, including photography, from 1780 to the present. The fellow is expected to be in residence in Washington, D.C., at The Phillips Collection during the fall and spring semesters throughout the term of the fellowship.

The fellow is also expected to teach one undergraduate or graduate course at the Center for the Study of Modern Art or at the George Washington University, present at least one public lecture at the Phillips, and participate in other programs and discussions with scholars, critics, museum staff, and students at the . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago »

resize__575__575__5__text_images__full_1308248977collectionThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) is one of Chicago’s major museum institutions and one of the nation’s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, offering exhibitions, performances, and programs of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945.

Considered one of the premiere curatorial training opportunities in the nation, the MCA’s Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellowship is intended to offer an exceptional graduate-level candidate the opportunity to gain professional curatorial experience in a major museum setting. The Fellow is primarily responsible for exhibition- and/or collection-related research, with additional duties as appropriate to specific projects. As a 12-month, 40-hour per week commitment, the Fellow is exposed to all . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Short-Term Research Fellowships, Newberry Library, Chicago »

Wing-MS-ZW-545-.S431-(Vault),-Alphabet-of-ornamental-capitals,-John-Scottowe,-letter-TShort-term fellowships are generally restricted to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, or holders of other terminal degrees who live and work outside of the Chicago area and who have a specific need for Newberry collection. The tenure of short-term fellowships is one continuous month, unless otherwise noted. Scholars who have an extensive need for use of the collections may request two months of fellowship support. The award is $2,500 per month for most short-term fellowships.

Applications must be received electronically by January 15, 2014, 11:59 pm C.S.T. This includes the applicant’s own materials and all letters of reference.

List of Short-Term Fellowships

Newberry Short-Term Resident Fellowships for Individual Research This fellowship provides access to the Newberry’s collection for PhD candidates or . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Getty Graduate Internships »

ImageShowGetty Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust — the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Foundation to students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Training and work experience are available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking.

Please see the list of internship position areas and host departments participating in 2014—2015 (PDF, 6 pp., 122kb)

Eligibility Internships are open to students of all nationalities. Applicants must be:

Students currently enrolled in a graduate program leading to an advanced . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2014-16, Frick Collection, New York »

the-frick-collection_v1_460x285The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the availability of a two-year predoctoral fellowship for an outstanding doctoral candidate who wishes to pursue a curatorial career in an art museum. The fellowship will offer invaluable curatorial training and will provide the scholarly and financial resources required for completing the doctoral dissertation. Internationally renowned for its exceptional collection of Western European art from the early Renaissance through the end of the nineteenth century, The Frick Collection, complemented by the equally significant resources of the Frick Art Reference Library, offers a unique opportunity for object-based research. The fellowship is best suited to a student working on a dissertation that pertains to one . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants »

A wide range of Terra Foundation academic awards, fellowships, and grants help scholars realize their academic and professional goals and support the worldwide study and presentation of the art of the United States. The deadline for all academic award, fellowship, and grant applications is January 15, 2014 unless otherwise indicated.

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Travel Grants to the United States The Terra Foundation offers Research Travel Grants to enable scholars outside the United States to consult resources that are only available within the United States. These grants provide support for research on topics concerning American art and visual culture prior to 1980. Six to twelve grants are awarded annually: up . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : L’art du portrait politique aux Etats-Unis et en France (ca. 1776-1814).

L’Art du portrait politique aux États-Unis et en France durant les périodes révolutionnaire et fédérale, circa 1776-1814 National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 25-26 septembre 2014 Appel à communication

En août 1814, les troupes britanniques sous les ordres du général Robert Ross pillèrent Washington D.C. et brûlèrent le Capitole ainsi que de splendides portraits officiels de Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette, cadeaux offerts environ trente ans plus tôt par la monarchie française au Congrès américain. Le bicentenaire proche de cet évènement va donner aux spécialistes français et américains une rare occasion de se rencontrer et de partager leur expertise concernant des aspects de l’art du portrait en date de . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : « Artists, Audiences, and Collectors of Biblical Imagery » (17 janvier 2014, New York)

New York City, Museum of Biblical Art, January 17, 2014 Deadline-CFP: 29 nov. 2013

They Who Gathered Much: Artists, Audiences, and Collectors of Biblical Imagery Symposium

Organized in conjunction with Sacred Visions: Nineteenth-Century Biblical Art from the Dahesh Museum Collection, on view at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) from October 17, 2013, to February 16, 2014, this symposium will interrogate the intersection of two dramatic shifts in nineteenth-century culture: first, the reconfiguring of biblical representation amid shifts in Bible historicism. Second, the emerging markets for buying, selling, and exhibiting biblical art amid a rise of a new middle-class art patronage and the opening of the first modern museums for the . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Art and the American Midwest » (Nottingham)

University of Nottingham, UK, April 22 – July 18, 2014 Application deadline: 29 nov. 2013

International Visiting Fellowships: Art and the American Midwest

Applications are sought from early career researchers for the 2014 University of Nottingham International Office Visiting Fellowship Scheme, to contribute to the project Art and the American Midwest, based in the Department of Art History. The VFS allows early career researchers from outside the European Union (EU) the opportunity to complete a three month period of research in Nottingham, carrying out identified research projects from Tuesday 22 April – Friday 18 July 2014.

The Art and the American Midwest project investigates the ways in which the American Midwest . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Winterthur Research Fellowship Program, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Delaware »

Winterthur, a public museum, library, and garden supporting the advanced study of American art, culture, and history, announces its Research Fellowship Program for 2014-2015. Winterthur offers an extensive program of short- and long-term fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, including advanced graduate students, to support research in material culture, architecture, decorative arts, design, consumer culture, garden and landscape studies, Shaker studies, travel and tourism, the Atlantic World, childhood, literary culture, and many other areas of social and cultural history. Fellowships available to foreign applicants include 1-2 semester dissertation fellowships and 1-2 month short-term fellowships.

Dissertation Fellowship

Doctoral candidates conducting research or writing a dissertation receive four- to nine-month . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Long-term fellowships – Newberry Library, Chicago »

Long-term fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars who want to be in residence at the Newberry for periods of four to twelve months. Applicants for postdoctoral awards must hold a PhD at the time of application (unless otherwise noted). These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows’ seminar. The stipends for these fellowships are $4,200 per month; awardees must indicate in their applications how many months they intend to be in residence at the Newberry. Applicants may combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other stipendiary support. Scholars may apply for any of the long-term fellowships . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Art History Fellowships – Metropolitan Museum of Art »

The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers fellowships in art history for PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and senior museum professionals. Predoctoral art history fellows can be asked to assist the hosting curatorial departments with projects that complement their approved scholarly subject. Not all departments request this assistance. Senior fellows are generally expected to spend all of their time on their approved fellowship projects. However, if a senior fellow would like to contribute a portion of his or her time to the department it is usually welcomed. Fellows may be asked to give gallery talks to the public during their fellowship term and will be expected to participate in a . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Getty Library Research Grants – Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles »

The Getty Research Institute invites applications for its Library Research Grants. Getty Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Getty Research Institute.

Eligibility Library Research Grants are intended for scholars of all nationalities and at any level who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Research Library, and whose place of residence is more than eighty miles from the Getty Center. Projects must relate to specific items in the library collection.

Terms Library Research Grants are intended to provide partial support for costs relating to travel and living expenses. . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship – Metropolitan Museum of Art »

This two-year fellowship provides curatorial training and opportunities for scholarly research at the Metropolitan Museum. The fellow is fully integrated into one of the Museum’s curatorial departments and exposed to the full range of curatorial work, while devoting his or her time to a specific Metropolitan Museum project. The individual works directly with one or more curators, who serve as supervisors and mentors throughout the term of the fellowship. The fellow also has the opportunity to undertake an independent project in consultation with his or her supervising curator. One curatorial fellow will be selected for 2014–2016.

Department Areas

Applicants whose work falls in one of the following areas may apply:

Departments of . . . → En lire plus

Workshop : Bourses et stages aux États-Unis

Vous êtes intéressé par la recherche ou souhaitez travailler dans un musée américain? Votre thèse ou mémoire nécessite un séjour aux Etats-Unis? Vous avez terminé votre thèse et cherchez un post-doc? Vous souhaitez savoir comment les Américains organisent leur CVs et leurs propositions de projet?

Si la réponse est oui, le Workshop – Bourses et Stages aux États-Unis est fait pour vous! Rendez-vous le mardi 24 septembre 2013 de 15h à 17h en salle Vasari (INHA). La session couvrira une grande variété d’informations, y compris: les différentes opportunités offertes aux étudiants et chercheurs Français, la façon dont les Curriculum vitae américains sont rédigés, des informations sur l’obtention des . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship – Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), Washington D.C. »

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces a postdoctoral fellowship supported by a grant from the A. W. Mellon Foundation. One fellowship is awarded each year for two consecutive academic years. The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will reside in Washington. During the first year the fellow will carry out research and writing for publication. The fellow will also design and direct an intensive weeklong seminar for the seven predoctoral fellows at the Center, focusing on a topic related to the applicant’s field of interest and with a special emphasis on methodological issues. In the second academic year, while continuing research and writing in residence, the A. . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Fellowship Program at the Clark Art Institute, 2013-2014 »

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute combines a public art museum with a complex of research and academic programs, including a major art history library. The Clark is an international center for discussion on the nature of art and its history.

Clark Fellowships

The Clark offers between fifteen and twenty Clark Fellowships each year, ranging in duration from six weeks to ten months. National and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals are welcome to propose projects that extend and enhance the understanding of the visual arts and their role in culture.

Stipends are dependent on salary and sabbatical replacement needs. Housing in the Institute’s Scholars’ Residence, located across the street from . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : « American Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration »

The Archives of American Art announces an upcoming symposium, American Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration, to be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, DC, on Friday, November 15. This will be followed by a one-day workshop at the Archives of American Art on Saturday, November 16. We seek proposals for Friday’s presentations and applications for participation in Saturday’s moderated workshop.

The purpose of the symposium is to convene scholars, archivists, librarians, graduate students, technical experts, and the public to consider American art history in a digital world. The symposium will examine ways to integrate digital tools and/or resources into . . . → En lire plus

Appel à contribution : « Cultural Exchange: Russia and the West II »

Cultural Exchange: Russia and the West II

University of Cambridge, 10th December 2013

Following the highly successful Cultural Exchange: Russia and the West conference, held at the University of Bristol in 2011, Theodora Clarke and Cinthia Willaman are pleased to announce a follow up postgraduate symposium at the University of Cambridge.

Cultural Exchange: Russia and the West II is an opportunity to re-examine the artistic links between the two regions both before and after the Revolution of 1917. Russian history is marked by key moments of contact and exchange which have shaped and transformed its cultural heritage. The conference will challenge the notion that Russia was isolated by geography and politics by considering the development of Russian art within . . . → En lire plus