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1. Mist-Lining Workshop in Porto - March 2025 2. Graduate Summer Internship in Paintings Conservation at the Cleveland Museum of Art 3. Graduate Student 3rd/4th Year Internship in Paintings Conservation at the Cleveland Museum of Art 4. RE: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' 5. UPDATE! Application Extended to January 2: Object Conservator for Naval History and Heritage Command 6. RE: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.From: Marta Palmeira Posted: Monday December 30, 2024 6:45 AM Subject: Mist-Lining Workshop in Porto - March 2025 Message: Good morning everyone, Before the year ends, we would like to announce our 27th Masterclass, this time with the conservator Kate Seymour <https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-seymour-04133713/> and her assistant <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAERMdhcBXPl3qnmPYDIKY9au_1cvqFSgbDA>Carlota Vieira <https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlota-gaspar-vieira/> that will be teaching us about Mist-Lining technique for 3 days (26th-28th March), or if you prefer, you can come only to the lecture on the 26th. The workshop will take place at MMIPO - Museu da Misericórdia do Porto <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mmipo---museu-da-miseric%C3%B3rdia-do-porto/> on March 2025. Hope to meet you next year! Meanwhile, 20|21's team wishes you a Happy and Healthy New Year! ------------------------------ Marta Palmeira Conservator 20|21 Conservação e Restauro de Arte Contemporânea Porto ------------------------------ 2.From: Julianna Ly Posted: Monday December 30, 2024 6:46 AM Subject: Graduate Summer Internship in Paintings Conservation at the Cleveland Museum of Art Message: The conservation department of the Cleveland Museum of Art welcomes applications for a summer graduate internship in Paintings Conservation for the period June-August 2025. The intern will join a collaborative and convivial team in caring for, studying, and treating paintings from the Museum’s encyclopedic and renowned collection. The CMA maintains a full schedule of loans, rotations, and exhibitions, with associated assessment, documentation and treatment needs. The conservation department is also committed to ongoing research and investigation of paintings in the collection. Due to the diverse, encyclopedic collection at the CMA, the intern will work on a variety of painting conservation treatment and research projects providing opportunities to address complex cleaning, structural, and aesthetic condition issues. Projects may include paintings from the CMA’s permanent collections of Medieval, European (1500-1800), Modern European, American and Contemporary Art. The summer internship is also designed to provide the intern with hands-on experience. This may include further technical investigation of paintings through scientific analyses including X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), cross-section analysis, and additional analyses that may be available through a collaborative partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The Conservation team values outreach and accessibility, and the intern will have opportunities to present and share their conservation activities on social media and blog posts. A few hours a week of gallery maintenance will also be part of the intern’s responsibilities. Requirements: Candidates must be currently enrolled in a recognized conservation graduate program. The candidate must be eligible to legally work in the US. Salary: Interns are expected to work 35 hours per week. Summer graduate interns will receive $19/hour for the 8- or 10- week summer internship and will receive a $5,000 stipend that can be used to cover relocation costs and/or travel. All income will be subject to taxes. Application Procedure: Please submit application materials via the Cleveland Museum of Art’s website: https://www.clevelandart.org/internships <https://recruiting.ultipro.com/CLE1004CMA/JobBoard/85cb4420-40e1-440b-9c73-ab703c4fa94d/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=ec983681-82bf-4fdf-8781-a167bdd12911> Application materials must be received by end of day February 7, 2025, and interviews will be conducted in February. Questions should be addressed to Julianna Ly at [email protected]. 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 internship, including how working at the Cleveland Museum of Art aligns with professional goals curriculum vitae online portfolio (preferred) or examples of examination and treatment reports with images ------------------------------ Julianna Ly Associate Conservator of Paintings Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland OH ------------------------------ 3.From: Julianna Ly Posted: Monday December 30, 2024 6:46 AM Subject: Graduate Student 3rd/4th Year Internship in Paintings Conservation at the Cleveland Museum of Art Message: The conservation department of the Cleveland Museum of Art welcomes applications for a graduate third- or fourth-year internship in Paintings Conservation for the period September 2025-August 2026. The intern will join a collaborative and convivial team in caring for, studying, and treating paintings from the Museum’s encyclopedic and renowned collection. The CMA maintains a full schedule of loans, rotations, and exhibitions, with associated assessment, documentation and treatment needs. The conservation department is also committed to ongoing research and investigation of paintings in the collection. Due to the diverse, encyclopedic collection at the CMA, the intern will work on a variety of painting conservation treatment and research projects providing opportunities to address complex cleaning, structural, and aesthetic condition issues. Projects may include paintings from the CMA’s permanent collections of Medieval, European (1500-1800), Modern European, American and Contemporary Art. The graduate internship is also designed to provide the intern with hands-on experience. This may include technical investigation of paintings through scientific analyses including X-Ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), cross-section analysis, and additional analyses that may be performed through a collaborative partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The intern will have the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with conservators in other specialties, collections management colleagues, digital imaging specialists, curators, mountmakers, exhibition designers and production staff to gain well-rounded professional experience in the diverse responsibilities necessary for a paintings conservator working within a museum setting. The Conservation team values outreach and accessibility, and the intern will have opportunities to present and share their conservation activities on social media and blog posts. A few hours a week of gallery maintenance will also be part of the intern’s responsibilities. Requirements: Candidates must be currently enrolled in a recognized conservation graduate program. The candidate must be eligible to legally work in the US. Salary: Interns are expected to work 35 hours per week. The Museum offers funding to supplement support received from the intern’s graduate program, up to a total compensation of $33,000 (subject to taxes) which will be pro-rated for an internship of less than 52 weeks. The museum offers interns the opportunity to elect health and other benefits if needed; these costs will be deducted pre-tax from the CMA-paid salary amounts. Application Procedure: Please submit application materials via the Cleveland Museum of Art’s website: https://www.clevelandart.org/internships <https://recruiting.ultipro.com/CLE1004CMA/JobBoard/85cb4420-40e1-440b-9c73-ab703c4fa94d/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=76a31d77-1fe0-41fe-9a7c-126e0cf2f5e5> Application materials must be received by end of day January 17, 2025, and interviews will be conducted in February. Questions should be addressed to Dean Yoder at [email protected]. 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 internship, including description(s) of previous conservation experience and internships curriculum vitae online portfolio (preferred) or examples of examination and treatment reports with images ------------------------------ Julianna Ly Associate Conservator of Paintings Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland OH ------------------------------ 4.From: Ann-Marie Miller Posted: Monday December 30, 2024 6:46 AM Subject: RE: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' Message: Hi Alice, There is a copy held by Dulwich College Archive, that Shackleton presented to Kipling. It was used for the Folio Society facsimile and was exhibited a few years ago in an exhibition at the V&A. Best wishes, Ann-Marie Miller ------------------------------ Ann-Marie Miller Principal London ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Original Message: Sent: 12-22-2024 11:56 From: Barry Knight Subject: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' Dear Alice, There are certainly copies in the British Library, Cambridge University Library, The Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and Christ's College Cambridge. Also the National Library of Scotland. Regards, ------------------------------ Barry Knight Conservation Scientist St Albans UK ------------------------------ Original Message: Sent: 12-21-2024 09:41 From: Philippa Räder Subject: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' Hi Alice, Royal Collection Trust has a copy in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (where I used to work). https://www.rct.uk/collection/1121970/aurora-australis-1908-09 <https://www.rct.uk/collection/1121970/aurora-australis-1908-09> I will send you a message privately about this. If you are able to share your findings eventually, that would be fantastic! ------------------------------ Philippa Räder Dragon Press Bindery [email protected] <[email protected]> Original Message: Sent: 12-18-2024 02:54 From: Alice Evans Subject: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' Dear all, In preparation for working on the Bodleian's copy of 'Aurora Australis', the book printed and bound on Shackleton's journey to Antarctica in 1908, I am hoping to find out a bit more about the location and condition of other copies (it's estimated between 70 and 100 were made), and in particular if/how they have been conserved and digitised. Any information about other copies would be gratefully received. Best wishes, Alice Alice Evans Book Conservator Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford 5.From: Yoonjo Lee Posted: Monday December 30, 2024 2:24 PM Subject: UPDATE! Application Extended to January 2: Object Conservator for Naval History and Heritage Command Message: Please Note: Application for this position has been extended to January 2, 2025! The Naval History and Heritage Command's (NHHC) Conservation Branch (COBRA) is seeking an objects conservator. The selected candidate will work in the Conservation Branch's official Navy laboratory at the Collection Management Facility (CMF) in Richmond, Virginia, which houses a varied collection of material culture from the United States Navy. The selectee will work with four five additional conservation staff, seven curatorial staff, and multiple contractors in a dynamic environment to support the conservation needs of multiple Navy collections and 10 Navy museums around the country. The selected candidate will also provide conservation services in support of the development and opening of the new National Museum of the United States Navy. The position is listed as a GS-1015-9/11 Staff Curator (Museum Management), but it is a position for qualified degreed conservators with experience working in a professional conservation laboratory setting. This full-time, permanent position will be open to all U.S. Citizens and has a salary range of $62,579 - $98,426 per year. The position will only be advertised for five (5) days with an opening date of appx. December 26, 2024. It will close appx. January 2, 2025. Despite the limited application window, there are no internal or preferred candidates. The position is truly open to all U.S. Citizens, and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply. Application packages must include complete resumes with relevant experience, job titles, duties, and accomplishments. Resumes must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week, and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. Applicants must also complete an assessment questionnaire and provide all required supporting documentation. Use the following link for the GS-1015-9/11 Staff Curator position: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825129400 <https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825129400> Very Respectfully, Yoonjo Lee Sr. Conservator NHHC- Conservation Branch Defense Supply Center Richmond 6090 Strathmore Rd. Bldg. 54, South Tower, First Floor Richmond, VA 23237 [email protected] <[email protected]> ------------------------------ Yoonjo Lee Senior Conservator Naval History & Heritage Command Chester VA (804) 301-6066 ------------------------------ 6.From: Cynthia Kapteyn Posted: Monday December 30, 2024 7:32 PM Subject: RE: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' Message: Hi Alice, We have a copy here at the Huntington: The Huntington Library <https://catalog.huntington.org/search?/XAurora+Australis&SORT=DZ/XAurora+Australis&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=Aurora+Australis/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=XAurora+Australis&SORT=DZ&2%2C2%2C> It has not been digitized. I'm happy to send images of the binding if you would like and discuss our copy further. Please contact me by email at [email protected] Best, Cynthia ------------------------------ Cynthia Kapteyn Book and Paper Conservator/Digitization Coordinator The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens San Marino CA ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Original Message: Sent: 12-18-2024 02:54 From: Alice Evans Subject: Looking for information about copies of book 'Aurora Australis' Dear all, In preparation for working on the Bodleian's copy of 'Aurora Australis', the book printed and bound on Shackleton's journey to Antarctica in 1908, I am hoping to find out a bit more about the location and condition of other copies (it's estimated between 70 and 100 were made), and in particular if/how they have been conserved and digitised. Any information about other copies would be gratefully received. 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