MRCG News & Announcements
Job post: paper conservator at the Saint Louis Art Museum
The Saint Louis Art Museum seeks a collegial, collaborative, and energetic paper conservator to join its dynamic conservation team. As part of its strategic plan, the Museum has initiated a collection condition survey of its works of art on paper. This project is planned for a two-year period, 2021-2023.
Time to register for our Fall/Winter lecture series!
The lecture series has ended; stay tuned for recordings of the talks (exclusive of Dr. Cathleen Baker’s lecture on Audubon’s Birds of America, which could not be recorded), which will be available to MRCG and CACG members.
The Conservation of 6 Rose O’Neill Kewpie Full-page Sunday Weekly Comics
Before Mickey Mouse, there was the Kewpie doll – a much beloved elf-child created by illustrator Rose O’Neill. The Kewpie was introduced to the world in 1909 in a cartoon published in the Ladies’ Home Journal. The frolics and impish pursuits of the Kewpies soon became so popular that they moved off the page 1…
Job post: Associate/Full Objects Conservator - Saint Louis Art Museum
The Saint Louis Art Museum seeks a collegial, collaborative, experienced, and energetic objects conservator to join its dynamic conservation team. SLAM’s encyclopedic collection consists of works in a wide-range of media spanning ancient to contemporary artistic practice from a variety of cultures.
2020 MRCG Annual Symposium cancelled
Regrettably, after extensive discussion, the board for MRCG has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s physical annual conference, which was to be in Kansas City, hosted by the Nelson-Atkins Museum and KU Libraries. It was clear to the board that to continue to plan for a physical conference this year….
Post-Graduate Fellowship in Photo Conservation at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The two-year advanced training Fellowship in the conservation of photographs will begin on or after October 2020 and end August 2022. The Fellow will work under the supervisor of Fernanda Valverde, Conservator of Photographs, and participate in all departmental activities including examination, documentation, analysis, and treatment on the Amon Carter Museum’s extensive collection of photography, and will contribute significantly to the institution’s program of exhibitions.
Post-Graduate Fellowship in Paper Conservation at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The two-year advanced training Fellowship in the conservation of works on paper will begin on or after October 2020 and end August 2022. The Fellow will work under the supervisor of Jodie Utter, Senior Conservator of Works on Paper, and participate in all departmental activities including examination, documentation, analysis, and treatment on the Amon Carter Museum’s extensive collection of art on paper, and will contribute significantly to the institution’s program of exhibitions.
2020 MRCG Annual Symposium
We are very excited to announce that the 2020 MRCG Annual Symposium will take place in Kansas City, Missouri and Lawrence, Kansas. This year, we will have a joint meeting between the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the University of Kansas libraries, which will take place November 13th-15th 2020. So mark your calendars!