Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Peabody Essex Museum Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2014 Native American Fellowships

Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, Massachusetts 

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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 more information and to request application materials, please  contact Michelle Moon, the Assistant Director for Adult Programs at the Peabody Essex  Museum. 

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