The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellows 2014–2015 FELLOWSHIPS IN ART HISTORY ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND THE AMERICAS William Gassaway PhD candidate, Columbia University Mr. Gassaway was awarded a Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship to conduct research for his dissertation, “Extraordinary Bodies: The Art of Deformation in Postclassic Mexico.” Lucia Henderson PhD, University of Texas at Austin: 2013; Research Fellow, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Henderson was awarded a Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship to conduct research on the Museum’s Maya collection. Dunja Hersak PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London: 1981; Associate Professor, Università Libre de Bruxelles Dr. Hersak was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research on art from Songye and Kongo. THE AMERICAN WING Patricia Pongracz PhD, Brown University: 2003 Dr. Pongracz was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research on Tiffany Studios’ interiors made for Reform synagogues between 1885 and 1930. ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART Haider Almamori PhD, Kokushikan University: 2013 Dr. Almamori was awarded a Markoe Fellowship to write a comparative study of the artifacts from the ancient Sumerian site of Umm a-Aqarib and the Early Dynastic period artifacts in the Museum. Gina Konstantopoulos PhD candidate, University of Michigan Ms. Konstantopoulos was awarded a Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship to conduct research and writing for her dissertation, “They are Seven: Demons and Monsters in the Mesopotamian Textual and Artistic Tradition.”

Colette LeRoux PhD candidate, Columbia University Ms. LeRoux was awarded a Hagop Kevorkian Curatorial Fellowship to conduct research on the relationship between text and image in Uruk glyptics. ASIAN ART Yunru Chen PhD, National Taiwan University: 2009; Associate Curator, National Palace Museum, Taiwan Dr. Chen was awarded a Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship to conduct research for her book project, “Song Painting and Chinese Art Collecting in America: The Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art as an Example.” Aaron Rio PhD Candidate, Columbia University Mr. Rio was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research and writing for his dissertation, “Painting China in Medieval Kamakura.” Tahira Tanweer PhD, University of Peshawar: 2011; Deputy Director, National Archives of Pakistan Dr. Tanweer was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research and writing for her project, “Analytical Study of the Gandhara Art Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” DRAWINGS AND PRINTS Noam Andrews PhD candidate, Harvard University Mr. Andrews was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research for his dissertation on the study, teaching, and uses of polyhedral geometry by artists, artisans, and scientists in sixteenth-century Germany. Jamie Gabbarelli PhD candidate, Yale University Mr. Gabbarelli was awarded a Chester Dale Fellowship to conduct research for his dissertation, “Networks, Copies, Collaboration: Ventura Salimbeni, Philippe Thomassin, and Printmaking in Rome 1585–1620.”

DRAWINGS AND PRINTS AND THE ROBERT LEHMAN COLLECTION Pablo Vázquez Gestal PhD, Universidad Complutense: 2008. Associate Researcher, Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) / Centre Roland Mousnier (Université Paris-Sorbonne/CNRS). Dr.Vázquez Gestal was awarded a J. Clawson Mills Fellowship to conduct research for his book, “The Herculaneum Project: Managing the Antique in Eighteenth-Century Naples.” EGYPTIAN ART Sanda Heinz PhD, University of Oxford: 2013 Dr. Heinz was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research for her dissertation, “The Statuettes and Amulets of Heracleion-Thonis. EUROPEAN PAINTINGS Rodolfo Maffeis PhD, Università degli Studi di Firenze: 2007; Postdoctoral Researcher, Kunsthistorisches Institut-Max-Planck-Institut, Florence Dr. Maffeis was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research on Sebastiano Ricci’s interest in sculpture. Mauro Minardi PhD, Università degli Studi di Firenze: 2004; Adjunct Professor of Medieval Art History, Università degli Studi della Basilicata Dr. Minardi was awarded a Chester Dale Fellowship to conduct an in-depth analysis of the paintings of the Trecento Riminese school conserved in the Museum. Anna-Claire Stinebring MA, Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art: 2014 Ms. Stinebring was awarded a Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship to develop her understanding of early Netherlandish painting processes, with a particular interest in workshop copying practice. Kjell Wangensteen PhD candidate, Princeton University Mr. Wangensteen was awarded a Theodore Rousseau Fellowship to conduct research for his dissertation, “Hyperborean Baroque: Sweden and the European Landscape Tradition, 1644–1716.”

EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS Iris Moon PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2013; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Director for Mellon Initiatives, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Dr. Moon was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research and writing for her book project, “Objects of Lightness: The Architecture of Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine in Post-Revolutionary France.” Liza Oliver PhD, Northwestern University: 2014; Consultant, Veritas Fine Art Appraisals Dr. Oliver was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to turn her dissertation, “Mercantile Aesthetics: Art, Science, and Diplomacy in French India (1664–1757),” into a book manuscript. Maria Ruvoldt PhD, Columbia University: 1999; Associate Professor, Fordham University Dr. Ruvoldt was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research for her project, “Michelangelo in Multiple: The Afterlife of the Gift Drawings.” GREEK AND ROMAN ART Emma Sachs PhD candidate, University of Michigan Ms. Sachs was awarded a Bothmer Fellowship to conduct research for her dissertation project, “Stylistic Allusions in Campanian Wall Painting.” ISLAMIC ART Natalia Di Pietrantonio PhD candidate, Cornell University Ms. Di Pietrantonio was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research on her dissertation, “Visions of Desire: Awadhi Art, 1754–1857.” Fatima Quraishi PhD candidate, New York University Ms. Quraishi was awarded a Hagop Kevorkian Curatorial Fellowship to conduct research for her dissertation on the monuments of the necropolis of Makli, Pakistan. MEDIEVAL ART Silvia Armando PhD, Università della Tuscia: 2012; Adjunct Professor, Università di Urbino Carlo Bo Dr. Armando was awarded a Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellowship to prepare her dissertation on the corpus of Siculo-Arabic ivories for publication.

Jennifer Ball PhD, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University: 2001; Associate Professor, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY Dr. Ball was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research for her project, “Habit Forming: Representations of Byzantine Monastics, 9th–15th Centuries.” Agnieszka Szymanska PhD candidate, Temple University Ms. Szymanska was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to complete her dissertation, “Vehicles of Memory: Paintings of the Red Monastery Church in Upper Egypt.” MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART Rosalind McKever PhD School of Art and Design History, Kingston University: 2013; Lecture in Art History, University of Sussex Dr. McKever was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research on her book-length project on Umberto Boccioni’s sculptures. Tina Rivers Ryan PhD candidate, Columbia University Ms. Rivers was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research for her dissertation project, “‘Lights in Orbit’: The Howard Wise Gallery and the Rise of Media in the 1960s.” Emily Warner PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania Ms. Warner was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research and writing for her dissertation, “Painting the Abstract Environment: The Abstract Mural in New York, 1935–1960.”

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART – LEONARD A. LAUDER RESEARCH CENTER FOR MODERN ART Trevor Stark PhD candidate, Harvard University Mr. Stark was awarded a Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art to conduct research for his dissertation, “For a Total Expansion of the Letter: Cubism, Dada, Mallarmé.”

Vérane Tasseau Diplôme d’études approfondies, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne: 2002; Researcher, Picasso Administration Ms. Tasseau was awarded a Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art to conduct research on the four Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler sales held between 1921 and 1923 following the sequestration of his gallery’s stock. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Heike Fricke PhD, Freie Universität Berlin: 2011; Research Fellow, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Prussian Cultural Heritage Dr. Fricke was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research on the Museum’s woodwind instruments, specifically clarinets. PHOTOGRAPHS Anjuli Lebowitz PhD candidate, Boston University Ms. Lebowitz was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research for her dissertation, “Faith in the Field: French Photography, Archaeology, and Science in the Holy Land 1840–1860.” Shana Lopes PhD candidate, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey Ms. Lopes was awarded a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to conduct research and writing for her dissertation on the intersection of German and American photography in the nineteenth century. POSTDOCTORAL CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIPS ARMS AND ARMOR Rachel Parikh PhD, University of Cambridge: 2013; Research Associate, Art Institute of Chicago Dr. Parikh was awarded a Curatorial Research Fellowship to research and catalogue a group of approximately 1,400 pieces of arms and armor from India and South East Asia. EUROPEAN PAINTINGS AND MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART Eva Reifert PhD, Free University of Berlin: 2010 Dr. Reifert was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship to assist with research for the forthcoming exhibition, “Unfinished.”

ISLAMIC ART Matthew Saba PhD, University of Chicago: 2014 Dr. Saba was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship to catalogue and produce finding aids for The Ernst Herzfeld Papers and The Nishapur Excavation Records and to work with the Department of Islamic Art and other relevant departments in the Museum to develop ways of facilitating access to these materials. MEDIEVAL ART Julia Perratore PhD, University of Pennsylvania: 2012 Dr. Perratore was awarded a Curatorial Research Fellowship to research and catalogue the Museum’s medieval sculpture (1100–1520). FELLOWSHIP

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MUSEUM EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PRACTICE

EDUCATION Margaret Lind MAT in Museum Education, The George Washington University: 2008 and MA in History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art: 2004; Associate Director for Academic Programs and Public Education, Smith College Museum of Art Ms. Lind was awarded a Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship to research and develop new strategies for connecting the Museum with college and university professors across disciplines to encourage gallery-based teaching and direct encounters with works of art for students. FELLOWSHIPS IN CONSERVATION ARMS AND ARMOR CONSERVATION Sean Belair MA, Conservation of Historic Objects, University of Lincoln: 2013 Mr. Belair was awarded an Annette de la Renta Fellowship to study the conservation of Islamic arms and armor. OBJECTS CONSERVATION Parviz Holakooei PhD, Università degli Studi di Ferrara: 2013 Dr. Holakooei was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research on the technology and conservation of Islamic ceramic materials and the pigments used on stucco decorations excavated from Nishapur.

PAINTINGS CONSERVATION Peter Van de Moortel MA, Art Science and Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: 2011; MA, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp: 2009. Mr. Van de Moortel was awarded a Sherman Fairchild Fellowship to study Western paintings conservation, materials and practices. PAPER CONSERVATION Amy Hughes MA, History of Art, Advanced Certificate in Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University: 2014. Ms. Hughes was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to research and test new aqueous cleaning solutions and techniques. PHOTOGRAPH CONSERVATION Janka Krizanova PhD, Paper and Photograph Conservation, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia: 2013. Dr. Krizanova was awarded a Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation to continue a systematic survey and characterization of the photographic material in the Diane Arbus Archive. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Elena Basso PhD, Università degli Studi di Pavia: 2004; Assistant Professor, Università degli Studi di Pavia Dr. Basso was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct a study of the early sgraffito wares from the Museum’s Nishapur collection. Anna Cesaratto PhD candidate, Politecnico di Milano Ms. Cesaratto was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to study and research organic colorants and techniques for the analysis of cultural heritage materials. Chika Mori PhD, Kanazawa University: 2002; Fellow, Smithsonian Institution Dr. Mori was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research for her study of plant materials in works of art, particularly African plant materials.

TEXTILE CONSERVATION Maria Lopez Rey PhD candidate, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ms. Lopez Rey was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to study textile conservation and expand her knowledge of alternative cleaning methods to aqueous cleaning.