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The Curators Committee offers financial support to curators in the form of fellowships and an exchange program. Two fellowships are awarded each year to attend the annual American Association of Museums Conference. Please visit www.curcom.org for additional information. 2010 CurCom Fellowship Award Applicants Two recipients will be awarded $1,000 each. These two $1,000 fellowships are intended to help defray the cost of attending the May, 2010 AAM Annual Meeting, held next year in Los Angeles, CA. Please note that fellowship winners will be expected to attend the CurCom business luncheon at the Annual Meeting, where they will be recognized. Application Eligibility: · An applicant must never have attended an AAM Annual meeting. · An applicant’s major job responsibility (at least 75% of their regular duties) must be the care and interpretation of their institution’s collection.
To apply, please send: A) A cover letter expressing: · How your participation in the AAM annual meeting would benefit the applicant and their institution · How your professional development is important to the applicant’s career and to furthering the mission of their institution · A brief description of how collections are significant to your work and · An explanation of your institution’s financial need for him/her to receive this fellowship. B) A letter of recommendation from the immediate supervisor, emphasizing his/her contribution to the profession C) An up-to-date resume D) An explanation of your institution's organizational chart, listing appropriate job titles and hierarchy All materials must be submitted together. Send originals, plus two sets of photocopies to: Andrew Grilz CurCom Fellowship 21 Nursery St. Salem, MA 01970
2009 CurCom Fellowship Awardees
The Curators Committee and Crystalizations Systems, Inc. congratulates 2009 CurCom Fellowship Awardees, Stephanie Gaub, Collection Manager, Orange County Regional History Center and Jennifer Kozik, Manager for Collections & Exhibitions, Washington County Historical Society & Museum.
The Curators Committee would like to extend its gratitude to Crystalizations Systems, Inc. for their generous contribution to the 2009 Curators fellowship program. Thanks to their support the Curators Committee was able to continue offering two curators $1,000 fellowships designed to help defray the cost of attending the AAM Annual Meeting. |
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CurCom News |
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September 2009 eBlast |
In this issue:· 2010 CurCom Fellowship Applications · 2010 Global Curator Exchange Program · 2010 Excellence in Exhibition Competition · CurCom Membership Survey · CurCom Members Only Forum
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If you haven’t signed up for the CurCom Members Only Forum, check it out today! To gain access to the forum, you will first need to become a registered member of www.MuseumProfessionals.org. Don’t forget to activate your membership in order to have full access to the site (be sure to check your spam box as the activation notice sometimes ends up there!). Once you have activated your membership, send a message via the “contact us” section of the site expressing your interest in becoming a member of the CurCom Forum. You will need to include your name, title, and institution in the message in order for the administrator to verify your eligibility. Once you have been added, you will be notified by email. This is an exciting opportunity for the membership to connect with one another and to engage in discussions with others in the profession. |
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The Historians’ National Network of Museums Australia and Curators’ Committee of the American Association of Museums are pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 Global Curator Exchange Fellowship Program. This program is open to one curator from Australia and one from the United States. Each will be awarded a stipend to attend the other’s national conference. The conferences are the largest national gathering of museum professionals and host an array of professional workshops, sessions and activities. The Australian curator will receive US $1,500 to help defray the cost of attending the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, 23-27 May, 2010. The US curator will receive AUD $3,200 to attend the Museums Australia conference in Melbourne, 28 September – 2 October 2010. Support for the 2010 Australian leg of the Global Curator program is generously provided by Museum Historians’ NN and ICOM Australia. Closing date: 30 January 2009 For further information and details of eligibility, please contact Deborah Tout-Smith, Museum Victoria, at dtoutsm@museum.vic.gov.au; ph (03) 8341 7386, or Valarie J. Kinkade, Museum and Collector Resource, kinval@aol.com. Please put “Global Curator” in the subject line. |
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Please take time to complete the CurCom Membership Survey. Your responses will help us to improve your membership benefits and understand your needs. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mk7wiqBlPXDcO0HZKUIMvQ_3d_3d Thank you, Margaretta Frederick Chair, Membership Committee |
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Entries are currently being accepted for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition. The competition recognizes outstanding achievement in exhibition from all types of museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and non-commercial institutions offering exhibitions to the public. All exhibitions regardless of size or budget will be considered. The exhibition must have opened to the public between November 30, 2007 and November 30, 2009. Institutions submitting entries must have one team member who is a member of AAM. The deadline for entries is January 11, 2010 (Postmark Date). Winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums in Los Angeles in 2010, and will receive national recognition in the AAM publication Museum News. In addition, all entries will be displayed at the Marketplace of Ideas. |