Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Postgraduate Fellowship in Paintings Conservation
Listing Start Date: February 28, 2025
Expires: April 18, 2025
The Cleveland Museum of Art welcomes applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship Postgraduate Fellowship in Paintings Conservation. The fellowship is a one-year, post-graduate, advanced training fellowship with renewal of up to two additional years. There will be a particular focus on the Museum’s seventeenth and eighteenth century French and German paintings, in preparation for upcoming gallery reinstallations of the permanent collection. The fellowship offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and well-equipped paintings lab with experienced paintings conservators.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is renowned for the quality and breadth of its collection, which includes more than 66,500 objects and spans 6,000 years of achievement in the arts. A major renovation and expansion project completed in 2014 has transformed the museum into a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship, performing arts and art education. One of the top comprehensive art museums in the nation and free of charge to all, the Cleveland Museum of Art is located in the University Circle neighborhood. The city and surrounding areas contain excellent cultural institutions, outdoor parks, and schools. Cleveland has a robust arts and culture scene, including The Cleveland Orchestra, one of the world’s finest symphonies. Local resources and collaborators include Case Western Reserve University with its innovative maker space, think[box], the Cleveland Clinic, and ICA-Art Conservation, which is the nation’s oldest regional lab.
For more information on the department please visit https://www.clevelandart.org/conservation
Salary:
Full-time work is 35 hours per week, although occasional overtime might be necessary, for example, when traveling for work. The candidate must be eligible to legally work in the US.
Mellon Fellowship Salary: $48,360.00
Professional development and travel: up to $3,000
Application Procedure:
Please view the full job listing and submit an application online through the Cleveland Museum of Art’s website.
Deadline for applications is April 18, 2025
- For consideration, please submit the following materials in English. PDF format is strongly preferred, and please be sure to include your last name in the title of each document.
- · A letter stating your interests and intent in applying for the position.
- · Curriculum vitae
- · Online portfolio (preferred) or examples of examination and treatment reports with images
- · Contact list for three professional references
Please direct any questions about the Fellowship to Dean Yoder at [email protected]