Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

The programs of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts include fellowships, internships, meetings, research, and publications. These are privately funded through endowments and grants to the National Gallery of Art. The permanent staff includes three deans, an administrator, and seven support staff members. In addition, postdoctoral research associates support the research projects of the Center’s deans and professors. A board of advisors, comprising seven or eight distinguished historians of art or related disciplines appointed to rotating terms, meets annually to consider policies and programs. Members of the board as well as other invited scholars make up selection committees to review applications for fellowships at the Center. Fellowship, professorial appointments, and internships are recommended to the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art for approval. Fellows have access to the notable resources represented by the art collections, the library, and the image collections of the National Gallery of Art, as well as to the Library of Congress and other specialized research libraries and collections in the Washington area.

Members of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts resident community of scholars include the Kress-Beinecke Professor, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor, the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor, the A. W. Mellon Lecturer in the Fine Arts, and approximately 21 fellows at any one time, including senior fellows, visiting senior fellows, research associates, postdoctoral fellows, and predoctoral fellows. In addition, the Center supports approximately ten predoctoral fellows who are conducting research wherever in the world they need to be.

Fellows and professors who relocate to Washington are provided with housing in apartments near the National Gallery of Art, subject to availability. They are also provided with studies in the East Building of the National Gallery. Lectures, colloquia, shoptalks, and other scholarly gatherings complement the fellowship program.

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The deadline for senior and postdoctoral fellowship applications is October 15
The deadline for predoctoral fellowship applications is November 15
The deadline for spring/summer visiting senior fellowship applications is September 21
The deadline for fall/winter visiting senior fellowship applications is March 21

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For more information about our fellowship program, including links to apply, please visit: https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/fellowships.html