XULA Library Archives & Special Collections Student Assistant Starr Smith has been accepted into the Alliance of HBCU Museums and Galleries Summer Internship Program. The six- week practical conservation internship program is made possible by the Alliance of HBCU Museums and Galleries partnering with the University of Delaware and five host sites- the Brooklyn Museum, Fisk University Galleries, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, and Yale University Museum & Galleries.
Smith is one of ten students who will be participating in the annual program this summer. The first two weeks will be an overview and introduction to conservation at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. She will then spend the remaining four weeks of the program at a host site working on outdoor sculpture maintenance; pest identification as part of an integrated pest management program; inventory of prints, drawings, and photograph storage; and some condition assessment and treatment of the museum's American Collections for an upcoming re-installment. Intern travel and housing will be covered by the program and a $3,900 stipend provided.
Archives Student Assistant Starr Smith will be busy this summer with an Alliance of HBCU Museums & Galleries internship in practical conservation! https://t.co/xqZwjhEgdk pic.twitter.com/DClEiGJBiP
— XULA Library (@XULALibrary) April 11, 2023
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