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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum & Williams College
Each year, one Steamboat Scholar is selected from the junior class at Williams College to work as an undergraduate curatorial intern at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, recognized as one of the world’s great small museums.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is at once an intimate collection of art and a vibrant, innovative venue for contemporary artists and scholars. Housed in an atmospheric Venetian-style palace, with three stories of galleries surrounding a garden courtyard, the Gardner Museum is a delightful and unique setting for art. The Museum’s collection consists of more than 8,000 works - including paintings, sculpture, furniture, books, and drawings - and houses an extensive archive on Isabella Gardner. Among the collection’s highlights are works by Titian, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Whistler, and Sargent, along with significant examples of Asian, Islamic, and Roman art.
The Steamboat Scholar works alongside the curators at the Gardner Museum, participating in the planning and execution of small, focused exhibitions. The Steamboat Scholar is mentored by Alan Chong, Curator of the Collection or Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator of Contemporary Art. These Senior Mentors introduce the Scholar to a wide range of the museum’s activities, including research for exhibitions, preparation of education materials for the web, work with visiting contemporary artists, and preparation for symposia.
Important Dates
On-Campus Information Session - November 16, 2011, 7:00pm
Applications Due - January 6, 2012
Semi-Finalist Interviews - February 22, 2012
Finalist Interviews - TBD
Scholar Notification - Early March
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Program Application
If you are currently a junior and would like to apply to become a Steamboat Scholar at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, download the application here:
Deadline: The deadline for the 2012 application is January 6, 2012.
UNIVERSITY REVIEW COMMITTEE
The University Review Committee is comprised of dedicated members of the administration and faculty.
Zirka Filipczak
Chair & J.Kirk Varnedoe '67 Professor of Art, Department of Art
Peter Low
Associate Professor of Art, Department of Art
Nancy Mowll Mathews
Senior Curator, Williams Museum of Art
Susan Silitch
Director of Communications and Strategy, Williams Museum of Art
John Stomberg
Deputy Director & Lecturer of Art,
Williams Museum of Art
Cynthia Way
Director of Education and Visitor Experience, Williams Museum of Art
Past Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Scholars
Adam Weber
2006
Kim Dacres
2007
Matthew Lincoln
2008
Emma Steinkraus
2009
Clare Quinlan
2010
Amanda Esteves-Kraus
2011
