Job Posting: Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowship (3 months) – Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA)

Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowship
Philadelphia Museum of Art
 
 
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is offering the remaining three months of a Samuel H. Kress Conservation Postgraduate Fellowship in Paper Conservation. The three-month fellowship will begin between October 1, 2014 and January 1, 2015 and end by March 31, 2015. The applicant should be a graduate of a recognized conservation training program or have equivalent experience. The work will focus on examining, conducting research, and performing treatment on 16th-century Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts in preparation for upcoming exhibition organized by the Museum. The Fellow will work with the two staff paper conservators in the state-of-the art laboratory and also will participate in preservation activities throughout the Museum.
 
A statement of interest and resume containing contact information for two professional references should be sent electronically as pdf files. The applicant will be contacted if more information is needed. Fellows must either be graduates of a U.S. or Canadian conservation program, or a U.S. or Canadian citizen who is graduating from a conservation program elsewhere.
 
Electronic materials should be sent to jobs [at] philamuseum__org and to nash[at] philamuseum__org.  Please include in subject line: “Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in PaperConservation.”