| Fellowship Program
I. General Information for Applicants:
The Center for the History of Collecting in America was established to stimulate awareness and study of the formation of fine and decorative arts collections, from Colonial times to the present, while asserting the relevance of this subject to art and cultural history. The Center’s academic and public programs provide a forum for thoughtful exchange that may expand and further stimulate scholarship in this discipline.
The Center is pleased to announce its new Fellowship Program. Through its fellowships, the Center seeks to encourage research on the history of collecting in America. At present, a number of short-term fellowships are available for graduate and pre-doctoral students, and for post-doctoral and senior scholars. Preference will be given to researchers whose projects are particularly appropriate to the resources available at the Frick Art Reference Library.
Two short-term fellowships will be granted for Winter/Spring 2009 (February-April), one to a junior (pre-doctoral) scholar, and one to a senior (post-doctoral) scholar. The following two short-term fellowships will be granted for Summer 2009 (July-September).
II. Conditions of Appointment:
Eligibility: Applicants may come from the academic or museum worlds, or from other relevant professional backgrounds. They may be full- or part-time students, full- or part-time employed, or independent art historians, historians, and/or curators.
Time: Recipients of a short-term fellowship will come to the Center for a period between 6 and 8 weeks. Fellows are expected to be in residence for the entire period of the fellowship.
Funding: Each short-term fellowship for a junior scholar is $5,000. Each short-term fellowship for a senior scholar is $10,000. In all cases, the stipend is expected to cover round-trip travel from a Fellow's town of residence to New York and all local expenses. No additional allowances will be given by the Center for housing, travel, photography or other related expenses.
Candidates are encouraged to couple short-term fellowships from the Center with other research and travel grants made by sister institutions elsewhere in the United States.
Offices: Fellows will be provided with a work station in the Frick Art Reference Library. Each work station includes a computer, connected to The Frick Collection’s network, as well as access to fax and photocopy equipment.
Frick Art Reference Library: Fellows will receive full access to the collections of the Frick Art Reference Library (FARL), which houses more than 200,000 books, 80,000 auction sales catalogues, and a photo-archive of more than one million items. The Library’s resources are of particular value to scholars engaged in the history of collecting in America. Fellows will receive privileges which include full stack access to library materials, interlibrary loans, database searching, and reference assistance. In addition, Fellows may consult the Archival Collections, which include the institutional records of The Frick Collection, Frick Art Reference Library, and the Helen Clay Frick Foundation.
The Frick Collection: Fellows will have access to The Frick Collection, a world-renowned collection of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts. The Frick Collection includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture, superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains, Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality. Fellows will also be able to have informal communications with members of The Frick Collection’s curatorial staff.
Sister institutions: When appropriate, the Center will do its best to facilitate the Fellows’ access to other libraries, museums, and research institutions in the New York City area.
Obligations: Fellows are expected to present a short informal seminar or talk while in residence at the Center. At the end of their term, Fellows are asked to submit a statement of 1,500-2,000 words outlining the status quo and recent progress of their research project.
Housing: No housing will be made available to Fellows. The Center regrets that it cannot be of any further assistance in this matter, and encourages Fellows to make appropriate housing arrangements well in advance.
Nationality and visas: Applicants may be residents of any country and can be enrolled at any university. Once selected, the Fellows must have a valid social security number and are expected to have requisite authorization from the INS allowing them to engage in the activities for which they have been designated as Fellows of the Center. The Frick Collection does not provide legal or administrative support to expedite visa applications. A letter documenting details of the fellowship can be provided to a prospective Fellow upon completion of the selection process.
III. General Application Instructions:
All applicants are required to complete and sign the Application for Fellowship (short-term).
The following materials must be attached to the completed form:
- Cover letter briefly stating the purpose of the research planned and indicating how a fellowship would be beneficial
- Project Proposal (max. 1,500 words): A detailed description that situates the project within the context of existing research on the history of collecting in America, and that explains how it will benefit from a short-term fellowship at the Center
- Curriculum Vitae
IV. Application Submission and Deadline:
Applications for the fellowships to be awarded for Winter/Spring 2009 must be e-mailed or postmarked no later than October 15, 2008. Applications for the fellowships for Summer 2009 must be postmarked no later than February 15, 2009.
Please print the application (either the Web version or the PDF version) and send to:
Center for the History of Collecting in America
Frick Art Reference Library
10 East 71st Street
New York, New York 10021
Attn.: Fellowship Program
Or send by e-mail with attachments to center@frick.org.
Applications mailed after the deadline or received too late in the review process cannot be considered.
Notification of decisions will be mailed on November 15, 2008 (for Winter/Spring 2009) and March 15, 2009 (for Summer 2009).
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