WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2021–2022 class of fellows for the upcoming academic year.

 

The Clark is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Through RAP, the Clark hosts a residential fellowship program that welcomes top international scholars for periods ranging from two to nine months. To date, the community of Clark Fellows numbers more than 400 individuals hailing from thirty countries, forming a global network of scholars united through the shared experience of academic pursuits undertaken on the Clark's Williamstown campus.

 

While in residency at the Clark, each fellow pursues an independent research project and presents a free public lecture related to their work. The Clark's library collection—recognized as one of the leading art history libraries in the United States—serves as a central resource for researchers. Scholars live in apartments in a house close to the Clark's campus, providing a collegial environment that fosters collaboration, ongoing dialogue, and exchange of ideas.

 

Fellowships for the 2021–2022 academic year are awarded to:

 

Fall 2021

 

Beinecke Short-Term Fellow: Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, Director of the Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Accra, Ghana

 

Clark Fellow: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Research Scholar at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

 

Florence Gould Foundation Fellow: Roberto Conduru, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States

 

Beinecke Fellow: Cynthia Hahn, Hunter College, New York City, New York, United States

 

Clark Fellow: Keisha Oliver, University of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas

 

Center for Spain in America Fellow: Edward Payne, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

 

Clark/Oakley Humanities Fellow: Irene Small, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

 

 

Spring 2022

 

Critical Race Theory and Visual Culture Fellow: Vashti DuBois, The Colored Girls Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

 

Michael Ann Holly Fellow: Sarah Hamill, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, United States

 

Class of 1974 Fellow: Ingmar Lähnemann, Städtische Galerie, Bremen, Germany

 

Clark Fellow: Lisa Lee, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

 

Clark Fellow: Christelle Lozère, Université des Antilles, Martinique

 

Caribbean Art and Its Diasporas Fellow: Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

 

Clark/Oakley Humanities Fellow: Irene Small, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States