James Renwick Fellowship in American Craft
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art, visual culture, and craft of the United States. Fellowships support independent and dissertation research. Terms of residency range from three to twelve months.
Modern and contemporary American craft is featured in the Renwick Gallery, a curatorial department of the museum. The gallery boasts a permanent collection of American crafts in glass, ceramic, wood, fiber and metal.
The James Renwick Fellowship in American Craft is available for research in American studio crafts or decorative arts from the nineteenth century to the present.
January 15 is the application deadline for fellowships to begin the following June.
For general information contact SAAM Fellowship Office at 202-275-1557 or e-mail fellowships@saam.si.edu. For applications call Office of Fellowships at 202-275-0655 or check out www.si.edu/research+study. The actual application form is available here.
2008-09 Fellows:
Janneken Smucker from the University of Delaware is the recipient of the 2008-2009 James Renwick Predoctoral Fellowship in American Craft. Her research topic is “From Rags to Riches: Amish Quilts and the Crafting of Value.” Her residency begins in January 2009.
2007-08 Fellows:
Cynthia Fowler and Caroline Hannah
2006 Fellows:
Marie Frank and Kimberly Hyde