Summer 2014 Native American Fellowships, Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), Salem MA
Posted February 7, 2014
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts announces summer fellowship opportunities for graduate students and cultural professionals of Native American, Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native background.
These paid, full-time, 10-week fellowships help prepare participants for leadership positions in the museum field and/or the nonprofit cultural sector. The program presents a comprehensive perspective on the theory and practice of museum leadership, in the context of a meaningful, in-depth project within a department of the museum. Weekly intensive workshops, field trips, lodging in Salem, MA, travel expenses and a stipend are included in the fellowship award. School credit is available upon official request
Graduate students and currently in-service cultural professionals affiliated with an indigenous community may apply. Application materials are due at PEM by February 28; the Fellowship program runs May 28-August 8, 2014. For detailed information, please see PEM’s website http://www.pem.org/about/_