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FELLOWSHIPS AT THE CLARK

SEMESTER FELLOWSHIPs - Fall (September–december) or spring (february–mid-june)

BEINECKE FELLOWSHIP

The Beinecke Fellowships, endowed by the former chair of the Research and Academic Program Trustee Committee, Frederick W. Beinecke, are awarded to senior scholars.

CARIBBEAN ART AND ITS DIASPORAS FELLOWSHIP

This fellowship supports art historians, artists, critics, and writers who engage with the complexity of critical Caribbean scholarship, art, and visual practices today.

CLARK FELLOWSHIPS

These fellowships are open to scholars working on any aspect of visual art, material culture, art history, and adjacent fields.

FUTURES FELLOWSHIP 

This fellowship supports artists with research-based projects who are reimagining the possibilities of museums, scholarship, and public engagement. 

GOULD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP

Dedicated to French-American cultural exchange, this fellowship is awarded annually to a senior scholar or curator, with priority given to an applicant from a French museum or institution of higher education or to someone pursuing a project in French art and visual studies.

Meslay and Margerie Fellowship

This fellowship is awarded to international scholars and museum professionals in art history working outside of the United States. We welcome projects with any geographic or temporal focus. The fellowship honors former Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute, Olivier Meslay, and his wife, Laure de Margerie, a foremost scholar of French sculpture, both of whom were Clark Fellows from August 2000 to June 2001.

MICHAEL ANN HOLLY FELLOWSHIP

Named in honor of the Starr Director Emerita of the Research and Academic Program, the Holly Fellowship prioritizes supporting a project that engages a senior humanities scholar in an exploration of the visual from a critical or historiographic perspective.

wyeth fellowship for american art histories

The Wyeth Fellowship welcomes research projects addressing the art, artists, and material culture of the United States from the colonial era to mid-twentieth century. This fellowship is supported by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.

SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPs - 8 weeks (SEPTEMBER–JUNE)

BEINECKE FELLOWSHIP

The Beinecke Fellowships, endowed by the former chair of the Research and Academic Program Trustee Committee, Frederick W. Beinecke, are awarded to senior scholars.

CLASS OF ’74 SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP

Honoring the first class of the Williams/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art, this fellowship is for a scholar working on any aspect of visual art, material culture, and art history, who wishes to be in residence for a shorter period of time.

Meslay and Margerie Fellowship

This fellowship is awarded to international scholars and museum professionals in art history working outside of the United States. We welcome projects with any geographic or temporal focus. The fellowship honors former Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute, Olivier Meslay, and his wife, Laure de Margerie, a foremost scholar of French sculpture, both of whom were Clark Fellows from August 2000 to June 2001.

Summer FELLOWSHIPs - 5 weeks (mid-july–mid-august)

CLARK FELLOWSHIPS

These fellowships are open to scholars working on any aspect of visual art, material culture, art history, and adjacent fields.

Jacqueline Lichtenstein CFHA-CLARK FELLOWSHIP

Sponsored by Le Comité français d'histoire de l'art and the Clark, this fellowship is for a curator or academic based in France or its overseas territories. Named in honor of Jacqueline Lichtenstein, it supports path-breaking research in art history, museum studies, or visual arts. 

CLARK/OAKLEY HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP - academic year (september–june)

In conjunction with the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Williams College, the Clark offers this fellowship for a scholar in the humanities whose work takes an interdisciplinary approach to some aspect of the visual. The fellow will have an office at the Oakley Center, be housed at the Clark scholars’ residence, and participate in the intellectual life of both research institutes.