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In 1942, The Cranbrook Art Museum, designed by world-renowned Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen, opened on the Cranbrook Academy campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The building incorporated a stained glass window, Scenes from the Book of Genesis, designed in 1921 by German painter and stained glass artist Wilhelm Rupprecht (1886-1963) and produced in 1923 by the Zettler Royal Bavarian Glass Staining Company in Munich. The Genesis window is an example of Munich-style stained glass, known for its superior materials and skillful fabrication. 24 of the 34 panels originally produced were assembled and interspersed with panes of clear glass, into the 7' 7" square window. The other 10 panels remain in storage at Cranbrook.
During an extensive renovation of the Cranbrook Art Museum, which began in December 2008, the Genesis window was taken out for conservation. ICA has been cleaning the glass panels, repairing the lead cames and steel reinforcements, replacing deteriorated caulking materials, and mounting the window into a new aluminum frame. The conservation treatment will reveal the artist's vision: Gothic-inspired elongated figures enlivened by the strong colors and bold drawing of German Expressionism. The window will be reinstalled inside a plate glass window protecting it from the elements for the grand reopening of the Cranbrook Art Museum this fall.
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As part of its educational mission the ICA offers two conservation internships and a professional fellowship. Positions periodically become available as appropriate projects allow. Internship opportunities fall into the following categories:
Pre-Program Internships are required before students can apply to one of the three graduate programs in fine arts conservation in the United States. Final-Year Graduate Conservation Internships are required of all final year students in fine arts conservation graduate programs. Two-Year Advanced Training Fellowships are offered as funding permits to recent graduates of conservation programs in the fields of paper, paintings, and object conservation. This type of post-graduate work experience is required of a conservator before s/he assumes a professional placement. Positions are highly competitive and applications are accepted from the United States and abroad. No two-year fellowships are currently available. Interested in learning more about these programs, or in applying for a future internship? Check out our website, or contact Jennifer Souers Chevraux at the ICA. |
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Golya Mirderikvand is a graduate student from the Art Conservation program at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, specializing in paintings conservation. As part of her program's requirements, she has chosen to complete a 3-month summer internship at ICA, where she has had the opportunity to work on the conservation of a variety of paintings under the supervision of senior painting conservators.
One major project on which Golya is currently working is the conservation of a series of LeRoy Flint's large-scale mural paintings from 1940. These paintings are representative of the many Works Projects Administration (WPA) public art projects set in motion by President Roosevelt's "New Deal" in the 1930's. The restoration of these murals has been extremely challenging due to the variety of damage incurred over the years, such as fire and water damage, physical abrasions, paint loss, and deformations of the Masonite support.
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Emma Schmitt is currently the pre-program conservation intern at the ICA. Emma grew up outside Buffalo NY and graduated in 2010 from the College of Wooster, where she received a BA in archaeology with a focus in art history. She is interested in pursuing a focus in textile conservation, though her internship with the ICA allows her to experience work in numerous departments. This fall, Emma will continue pre-program work while applying to graduate programs in Art Conservation.
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On June 1st, Jennifer Souers Chevraux began serving as the Education Outreach Officer at ICA. Jennifer has over 15 years of experience in the museum profession as an exhibits director, project manager, curator, educator, and creative consultant. Given her diverse background, she is uniquely qualified to assist cultural institutions like the ICA achieve their programming goals. In addition to her museum staff experience, Jennifer has served on the Board of the Ohio Museums Association for 8 years, and is currently Vice President. She also teaches a course in Exhibition Development and Design at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.
In her new role at ICA, Jennifer looks forward to planning educational outreach programming that personalizes constituent interactions, and utilizes new media approaches to cultivate ICA's next generation of enthusiastic patrons, ensuring the organization's vision and vitality for the future.
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 Jennifer Souers Chevraux, Education Outreach Officer
ICA-Art Conservation
p: 216-658-8700 f: 216-658-8709
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