Study at the Hamilton Kerr Institute

Internship

Internships are offered for up to two years in the conservation of paintings. The internship will include case-based tuition in techniques employed at the Institute, working in group projects and working under supervision on individual projects. Interns are also able to pursue research related to the projects they undertake. Applications will be considered from those wishing to concentrate mainly on practical work in the studio under the close supervision of staff, or from those wishing to specialise in the scientific examination of paintings.

Internships at the Institute provide valuable additional experience for those having trained elsewhere. The Institute at present accepts on average two primary students every other year, maintaining a high staff/student ratio for careful supervision. This, combined with the facilities of the studios and science laboratory, and the Institute’s responsibility for a major museum collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, as well as other public and private collections, offers interns experience of many differing conservation problems and treatments. The range of environmental problems encountered, notably in private houses, has led to the Institute gaining particular experience in the treatment of panel paintings. In addition studio space at Whittlesford allows the conservation of very large works both on canvas and on wooden supports.

Applications should be received by 31 January for entry the following September. Please send a curriculum vitae and the names and address of two referees to:

The Administrator
Hamilton Kerr Institute
Whittlesford
Cambridge CB22 4NE
hki-admin@lists.cam.ac.uk