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

 

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
History of Art

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