James Renwick Fellowship in American Craft
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for the James Renwick Fellowship in American Craft. This fellowship is available for research in American studio crafts or decorative arts from the nineteenth century to the present. Fellowships support independent and dissertation research. Terms of residency range from three to twelve months.
January 15 is the application deadline for fellowships to begin the following June.
For general information visit www.AmericanArt.si.edu/fellowships or contact the American Art Museum’s Fellowship Office at 202-633-8353 or AmericanArtFellowships@si.edu.
The application form is available here.
2009-2010 Fellow:
Dana Byrd, Predoctoral Fellow, Yale University
“Reconstructions: The Material Culture of the Postbellum Plantation, 1861–77”
2008-2009 Fellow:
Janneken Smucker, Predoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware
“From Rags to Riches: Amish Quilts and the Crafting of Value.”2007-2008 Fellows:
Cynthia A. Fowler, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emmanuel College
“Hooked Rugs and American Modernism”Caroline Hannah, Predoctoral Fellow, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the History of Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture
“Between Art, Craft, and Design: Henry Varnum Poor and the Making of a Modern American Artist”
2006-2007 Fellows:
Marie Frank, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
“Denman Ross and American Formalist Aesthetics in the Early Twentieth Century”Kimberly Hyde, Predoctoral Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
“Louis C. Tiffany and the Business of Art”2005-2006 Fellows:
Vicki Halper, Senior Fellow,“Voices in Studio Crafts”
Heidi Nasstrom Evans, Predoctoral Fellow,
"The Aesthetic Evolution of Simple Living in Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead's Artistic Environs, 1860-1930"
2003-2004 Fellow:
Oscar P. Fitzgerald, Postdoctoral Fellow,
"In Their Own Words: The History of Studio Furniture Makers, 1925 to Present"
2002-2003 Fellow:
Tacey A. Rosolowski, Postdoctoral Fellow,
"Articulate Touch: Creating a Critical Language of Contemporary Art Jewelry"
2001-2002 Fellow:
Elissa Auther, Postdoctoral Fellow,
"Material that Makes a Difference: Fiber in Art and the Cultural Heirarchy of Art and Craft in the 1960s and 1970s"
1999-2000 Fellow:
Justine Walden, Graduate Fellow,
"American Textiles: Art, Craft, Design, and Industry, 1930-1950"
1998-1999 Fellows:
Elissa Auther, Predoctoral Fellow,
"Material that Makes a Difference: Fiber in Art and the Cultural Heirarchy of Art and Craft in the 1960s and 1970s"
Anna Fariello, Postdoctoral Fellow,
"The Appalachian Craft Revival: Production and Distribution Model for American Craft"
1997-1998 Fellow:
Kevin Melchionne, Postdoctoral Fellow,
"A Philosophical Inquiry into the Crafts"
1996-1997 Fellows:
J. Susan Isaacs, Postdoctoral Fellow,
"History of Twentieth-Century American Craft (concentration on post-1945)
Jo Buffalo, Senior Fellow,
"Ceramic Plates and their Makers"
1995-1996 Fellow:
Nancy Owen, Senior Fellow,
"Culture and Consumption: Rookwood Pottery, 1876-1917"
1994-1995 Fellows:
Jane Addams Allen, Senior Fellow,
"Modern American Studio Craft: A Quest for Identity"
Gerry Craig, Senior Fellow,
"Sensation and Spirit: Pre-Verbal Philosophies"
1993-1994 Fellows:
Margaret Carney, Senior Fellow,
"Charles Fergus Binns: His Life, Writings, Ceramics, and Justification of the Title, 'Father of American Studio Ceramics'"
Lynn Jones Ennis, Predoctoral Fellow,
"Penland School of Crafts: The Early Years"
1992-1993 Fellow:
Mary Douglas, Senior Fellow,
" The Craftsman as Yeoman: An Ideology of Craft"
1991-1992 Fellows:
Susan L.F. Isaacs, Senior Fellow,
"'Authenticity' and 'Tradition': The Meaning of Hand-Made Objects in Contemporary Society"
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Senior Fellow,
"The Development of Shibori/Tie-Dye/Shaped-Resist Dyeing in the U.S.A."
1989-1990 Fellows:
Matthew Kangas, Senior Fellow,
"Two Aspects of American Ceramics: Sculpture, Text"
Winifred Ownes-Hart, Senior Fellow,
"Black on Brown: African-American Clayworkers and Their Impact on American Culture"
1988-1989 Fellows:
Patricia Malarcher, Senior Fellow,
"An Investigation of Critical Approaches to Art in Craft Materials"
Nancy Corwin, Senior Fellow,
"A Critical History of Fiber Art as Part of the Post-World War II Crafts Revival in America"