[Scmusenet] SMAC-AAM Fellowships available

[KOVERMAN, JILL]

The Small Museum Administrators Committee of AAM is offering four (4)
$750 Fellowships to the 2010 AAM Annual Meeting

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be current SMAC-AAM members and be a full-time paid or
unpaid employee of a museum with a budget of $350,000 or less. 

Only one applicant per museum per year is eligible. 

Applicant can join SMAC-AAM at the time of application.  See the AAM
website (www.aam-us.org) for more information about membership.

 

Number of Awards and Amount

Fellowship funds are to defray the cost of conference registration,
ticketed events and travel. 

Fellowship recipients will be eligible to register for the conference at
AAM's early bird rate.

* Four fellowships of $750 each will be awarded.

 

Recipients of the SMAC Fellowship must:

* attend the SMAC Business Meeting at the AAM conference, and

* submit a summary of one SMAC-AAM sponsored session for publication in
the newsletter.

 

Application

Eligible applicants should apply by sending:

* A letter (no more than 2 pages) which

o discusses your current responsibilities, activities (previous
workshops, conferences, professional service) and career goals, and

o indicates how attendance at the AAM conference will benefit both you
and your museum

* Current resume

* Brochure from your museum and proof of museum's budget size, and

* Letter of support from your institution (i.e. board member, executive
director).

Make sure your letter includes contact address, e-mail and telephone
number.

 

Send required application materials by mail postmarked by January 15,
2010 to:

Janice Klein

SMAC-AAM Fellowship Chair

1103 East Redondo Circle

Tempe AZ 85282

 

Questions

Contact Janice Klein, SMAC-AAM Fellowship Chair, jkhm at mindspring.com.

 

Respectfully submitted, 

 

Jill Koverman

Curator of Collections

McKissick Museum

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

(803) 777-3708

 

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