SAAM 2017-2018 Fellows Announced!

Senior curator Dr. Eleanor Harvey guides 2015-2016 fellows.

Fellowship opportunities at the The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) include researching American art and American history and the cross-cultural study of art in the United States. SAAM will be hosting 16 new fellows in the 2017-2018 academic year, adding to their growing list of hundreds of scholars who have studied for senior, predoctoral, or postdoctoral fellowships at the institution. This year’s fellows will be researching a variety of topics, ranging in time period from the 19th century to modern era, and encompassing themes of abstract art, currency, three-dimensional art, and ancient Rome.

You can learn more about the 2017-2018 museum fellows here.

Sculpture curator Dr. Karen Lemmey (right) introduces SAAM fellows to artwork by Harold Tovish.