Curatorial Fellowships
Open to students who have completed at least one year of course work, curatorial fellowships offer hands-on curatorial experience in a variety of museums and in Bryn Mawr's own Special Collections. The fellowships are named for two of Bryn Mawr's most distinguished alumnae, Mary Patterson McPherson, Ph.D. '69, former president of Bryn Mawr, and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, Ph.D. '58, Rhys Carpenter Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Emeritus.
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2021-22
| Name | Institution | Project |
| Mallory Fitzpatrick Classics |
Bryn Mawr College Special Collections | 15th Century Incunabula: Provenance Research and Cataloguing (Fall); Greek Pottery: Provenance and Provenience Research (Spring). |
| Elliot Krasnopoler History of Art |
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Permanent Collection Reinstallation |
| Emily Leifer History of Art |
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia | Carl Cheng Exhibition Research |
Recent Fellows
2017-18
| Name | Institution | Project |
| Laurel McLaughlin History of Art |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World |
| Amalia Wojciechowski History of Art |
Barnes Foundation | Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist |
2016-17
| Name | Institution | Project |
| Michelle Al-Ferzly History of Art |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Bryn Mawr Special Collections |
Islamic Object Collection |
| Mechella Ignace Yezernitskaya History of Art |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, European Paintings Department; Bryn Mawr Special Collections |
Christian Brinton Collection/Collection of Russian Objects |
| Michelle Smiley History of Art |
American Philosophical Society | Tools of Measurement and Perception Exhibition |
| Arielle Winnik History of Art |
Whitworth Gallery, Manchester | Late Antique and Medieval Egyptian Textiles |
| Arielle Winnik History of Art |
Bryn Mawr College Special Collections | Late Antique and Medieval Egyptian Textiles |
2014-15
| Name | Institution | Project |
|
Sarah Burford |
Insitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia | Barbara Kasten: Stages |
| Anna Moblard Meier History of Art |
Bryn Mawr College Special Collections | Japanese Collection |
| Danielle Smotherman Archaeology |
Bryn Mawr College Special Collections | Greek Vases |
2013-14
| Name | Institution | Project |
| Charlie Kuper Classics |
Dumbarton Oaks | Medieval Greek Summer School |
| Anna Moblard Meier History of Art |
Bryn Mawr College Special Collections | Bridges That Stand When All Else Falls Away: TriCo, Japan, and Melted Roof Tiles from Hiroshima 1945 |
| Anna Moblard Meier History of Art |
Bryn Mawr College Special Collections | Beneath the Printed Pattern: Display and Disguise in Ukiyo-e Beijing |
2012-13
| Name | Institution | Project |
| Alexander Brey History of Art |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | Medieval Islamic Lustreware |
| Johanna Gosse History of Art |
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | David Lynch: The Unified Field |
| Katherine Rochester History of Art |
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia | Jason Rhoades, Four Roads |
| Clair Wanquet French |
American Philosophical Society | Tempus Fugit: Time Flies |