Training in the Conservation of Paintings - Calouste Gulbenkian ...

TRAINING IN THE CONSERVATION OF PAINTINGS
5. The students work on material from small museums and private
collections.
6. In the third year the student will serve an internship in an
approved conservation department or laboratory in a museum or
gallery, under supervision.
Award
7. On the satisfactory completion of the course the student will be
awarded a master of arts degree in the conservation of historic and
artistic works.
Students
8. The annual intake of students is ten, and after the first year of
the course there will be twenty students working at the Centre. The
ten final year students will be serving their internships elsewhere.
Entry Qualifications
9. Generally candidates are expected to have a four-year bachelor's
degree or its equivalent in art history or science from an accredited
college or art school. The candidate must also have some experience
of painting and drawing, besides showing manual aptitude. The
average age of entry is 22/23.
Finance
ro. The Centre is part of the Cooperstown Graduate Programme
and as such is financed by the State University College at Oneonta.
XI. THE CONSERVATION CENTRE OF THE
INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK
1. The Institute of Fine Arts, an Institute of New York University
provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the history of
art and archaeology, which lead to New York University degrees.
2. The Institute is situated in the James B. Duke House on the
corner of Fifth Avenue and 78th Street, within a few minutes of the
Metropolitan Museum.
3. The Institute has an extensive library and photographic collection.