Description
Samuel H. Kress Post-Doctoral Associate in Paintings Conservation
New York University: NYU - NY: Institute of Fine Arts (IFA)
Location
New York
Open Date
May 09, 2022
Deadline
Jun 10, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
Full-Time, August 1, 2022 – July 31, 2024.
The Kress Program in Paintings Conservation was established in 1989 with
support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to instill a sensitive aesthetic
approach and perpetuate a time-tested pedagogical method for the next
generation of Old Master painting conservators. The Program also undertakes
the conservation treatment and long-term preservation of approximately one
thousand paintings in the dispersed Kress Collection, principally located in
eighteen museums and twenty-three study collections across the United States.
Qualifications
The Samuel H. Kress Post-Doctoral Associate in Paintings Conservation is open
to candidates with significant experience and expertise in the examination,
restoration, and conservation of Old Master paintings, primarily of the
Italian Schools. The Post-Doctoral Associate must hold an advanced degree from
a recognized post-baccalaureate art conservation program (MA or MS) and a
recent PhD (in Art History, Art Conservation, or Preservation) from either
the United States or abroad. The demonstrated ability to conduct research and
publish is necessary. In addition, a minimum of five years of conservation
practice after the M.A. or M.S. is required. The candidate should be
proficient in the study of paint samples and be familiar with the theory and
application of a wide range of analytical and technical imaging techniques.
Excellent English writing skills are required and a reading knowledge of
Italian is desirable. The candidate's principal interest must be the
examination and treatment of Old Master paintings, primarily of the Italian
Schools.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Samuel H. Kress Post-Doctoral Associate in Paintings Conservation will
report to the Chair of the Conservation Center, and will work together with
Dianne Dwyer Modestini, Conservation Consultant to the Samuel Kress
Foundation, Conservator of the Kress Program, and Clinical Professor Emerita
of the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, as well as with
the junior Kress Fellow. Duties encompass teaching and mentoring students, as
well as the research and treatment of Kress pictures, including: teaching the
Kress Class, a two-semester course that introduces students to the
conservation of Old Master pictures; advising students in the program;
participating in admissions and faculty discussions; visiting Kress Collection
sites; selecting Kress paintings for study and treatment; carrying out and
teaching the technical analysis of the paintings placed on loan to the Center,
including imaging, pigment analysis and the preparation and analysis of cross-
sections; treating paintings from the Kress Collection with more challenging
problems; directing the work of the junior Kress Fellow; conducting paintings
research and writing documentation for the Kress Web Project; conducting
research, presenting it at conferences and publishing scholarly work;
attending relevant conferences.
Application Instructions
Applications should include a brief cover letter, CV, a one-page statement
describing the applicant's Old Master painting conservation and teaching
experience, and a list of three referees and their contact information.
Letters of recommendation are not required at this time. Using the Interfolio
link to submit application to search committee chair Michele Marincola,
Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation and Chair,
Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search.
Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all
application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free
of charge.
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