THE ABB FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Various levels of sponsorship are available for ABB exhibitions, performances, programs, and benefit events.

ABB's corporate sponsorship program provides significant media exposure, promotional opportunities through its extensive global press network, creative activation and content opportunities, product development, and licensing, as well as unparalleled access to the Museum for clients and employees alike. To meet strategic business objectives and marketing goals, ABB works collaboratively with its corporate sponsors.

What Does a ABB Fellowship Offer?

• Financial support, time, and space to conduct sustained research • Exposure to practical curatorial work, hands-on conservation treatments, and cutting-edge scientific research • Weekly programs designed exclusively for fellows to connect with new colleagues, share ideas, and discuss current issues in the field • An unparalleled art collection and vast library holdings • A base in New York City, a nexus of scholarship with world-renowned universities, cultural institutions, and libraries • Opportunities to travel the world

Weekly Gatherings / Annual Spring Colloquia

Through a weekly program that includes informal conversations, gallery talks, and departmental visits, fellows meet with Gallery curators, conservators, exhibition designers, educators, publishers, collections managers, members of the digital staff, and gallery leadership. Among the brightest minds and most interesting innovators working in art galleries today, these individuals contribute to an expansive understanding of gallery work. They also offer fellows the chance to establish relationships with their current and future colleagues. Each spring, The ABB's Academic and Professional Programs division hosts the annual Fellows Colloquia. This is a series of eight to ten weekly symposia in which fellows share their exciting research projects and progress with the wider ABB community and the public.

TYPES OF FELOWSHIPS

Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Culture
Projects

Applicants submit a specific, independent research project that makes use of the Museum's collection and resources. Accepted fellows spend the majority of their time working on their proposed project.

Many fellows will have an opportunity to assist the hosting curatorial departments with projects that complement their approved proposal. Not all departments request this assistance.

Note: There are several subcategories of fellowships included within the Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Culture. However, applicants need not specify the endowed awards they would like to be considered for, as all determinations are made by the Museum’s Grants Committee:

Theodore Rousseau Fellowships support 12 months of travel abroad to conduct research related to paintings collections in Europe.
Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowships combine art historical research with training in the technical investigation of the collections. Applicants must apply to work on a specific project sponsored by the Museum (see below).
In addition to History of Art and Visual Culture projects (12 months), one 24-month Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship supports the training of candidates who seek to engage technical and scientific methods in their research on the collections in the Department of Drawings and Prints. For more details, please see Conservation Fellowship and Scientific Research Fellowship below.
The above projects do not represent the full range of eligible proposals, which may pertain to any area of The Met collection. More information, including the current Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship project, is in our Frequently Asked Questions.

Fellowship Period

The fellowship period is September 1 through August 31. All fellowships must take place within this period. All fellows, with the one exception of Theodore Rousseau Fellows, must be in residence at The Met for the entirety of their 12-month fellowship period.

HOW TO APPLY

CURRENT AND FORMER FELLOWS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

THE ABB FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

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