ADA PhD student awarded Paul Mellon Centre Educational Programme Grant

Clare Nadal, a third-year collaborative doctoral student with the School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield and The Hepworth Wakefield, and Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth (University of Leeds) have been awarded a Paul Mellon Centre Educational Programme Grant in support of the (Re-)Forming Sculpture conference, the annual Association for Art History summer symposium, which they are co-organising.

The grant will be used to fund free conference places for PhD students and Early Career Researchers, in addition to a networking reception at The Hepworth Wakefield.

(Re-)Forming Sculpture is is a two-day annual conference held on 26 and 27 June 2018, which will highlight current doctoral and early career research in the field of sculpture, within its widest art historical remits. The summer symposium is organised by the Doctoral and Early Career Research Network on behalf of the Association for Art History.

Taking place at the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds and The Hepworth Wakefield, this conference will celebrate current doctoral and early career research within the field of sculpture, in addition to providing a platform to celebrate the legacies of sculptural practice and study within both Yorkshire, Britain, and further afield.

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art offers a variety of grants which support scholarship, academic research and the dissemination of knowledge in the field of British art history.

Clare, who has served as a committee member for the Doctoral and Early Career Research Network for the Association for Art History since the second year of her PhD said:

“We are thrilled that the Paul Mellon Centre has decided to support (Re-)Forming Sculpture with an Educational Programme Grant to enhance our conference activities. Their contribution will go towards funding the Networking Wine Reception at The Hepworth Wakefield and, most importantly, it will enable us to offer ten free conference places with £30 towards travel costs for current PhD and Early Career Researchers.

“Presentation and attendance at conferences is so important for the development of young researchers to disseminate research and gain professional experience and feedback. Unfortunately, however, due to financial constraints and limited funding, it can often be difficult to achieve. In offering these bursary places we hope to enable researchers to attend who otherwise would be unable.”

The Doctoral and Early Career Research Network of The Association for Art History aims to provide specialised events and opportunities for doctoral and early career researchers within the field of art history, with events programmed throughout the year. The annual Summer Symposium has been running for over fifteen years, and has been instrumental in the development of many established academics.

Confirmed keynote speakers for the conference are Martina Droth (Deputy Director of Research, Exhibitions and Publications | Curator of Sculpture, Yale Center for British Art) and Dr Rebecca Wade (Assistant Curator (Sculpture), Leeds Museums and Galleries, based at the Henry Moore Institute).

The conference will feature papers by Art, Design and Architecture PhD students Claire Booth and Anneke Pettican.

For further information visit https://www.forarthistory.org.uk/latest-new

Details for the funded conference places will be made available in April. For further information, please contact Clare Nadal at clare.nadal@hud.ac.uk or reformsculptureforarthistory@gmail.com

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