David Whitehouse Research Residency for Scholars

The David Whitehouse Research Residency for Scholars is open to scholars who want to utilize the Museum’s resources, especially the extensive holdings of the Rakow Research Library, to inform their research about any period of glass. The residency is named for the former executive director of The Corning Museum of Glass, David Whitehouse — a highly-regarded scholar who worked to build the resources of the Rakow Library and was a major supporter of scholars researching glass today. This residency gives scholars the opportunity to delve into topics and further their knowledge or to provide research for a project.

Residencies will be up to three weeks in length. Scholars will be provided with transportation to and from Corning, as well as room and board. Residents will have access to the Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass, and the Museum’s staff experts. The residency manager will facilitate meetings with Museum experts and other resources.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic applications for 2022 are not currently being accepted.

2021

Karime Castillo Cardenas

Karime Castillo‘s research is based on a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates archaeology, history, ethnography, with materials science principles and methods. She has a primary interest in Mexican Historical Archaeology and Colonial...

Melania Ruiz Sanz De Bremond

Melania Ruiz Sanz De Bremond researches reverse painting on glass in the Hispanic world, an area of focus that has not been actively studied despite the survival of several works. She brings together questions about authorship and production as well...

Freyja Hartzell

Freyja Hartzell is interested in the ways in which we interact with objects and how they interact with us, both historically and in contemporary life. Currently an associate professor at Bard Graduate Center in New York, she examines how domestic...

Crawford Alexander Mann III

Since April 2017, Crawford Alexander Mann III has been the curator of prints and drawings at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. “I strive to organize exhibitions and produce scholarship that helps people engage more closely with works of art,...

Nicole Georgopulos

Art Historian and Stony Brook University Ph.D. Candidate Nicole Georgopoulos’ dissertation examines the production of mirrored glass in France during the Industrial Revolution, and how the resultant proliferation of mirrors led to its frequent...

Joseph Larnerd

Stanford University Ph.D. Candidate Joseph Larnerd is interested in developing a social art history of cut glass during the height of its popularity. By researching the medium, its much-discussed manufacture, and the discourses around each afforded...

Jake Short

University of Georgia, Associate Professor of Art History, Jake Short is interested in examining the 19th-century convergence of artisanal labor, commerce, art and autodidact science through emerging global networks of natural history and trade....

David Whitehouse Research Residency for Artists

If you are an artist who is interested taking a deep dive into glass topics to further your knowledge or to provide research for a project, consider applying for the David Whitehouse Research Residency for Artists. The purpose of this residency is to allow artists to utilize the Museum’s resources, including the permanent collections and the holdings of the Rakow Research Library, to inform their practice.

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