The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program. Each visiting senior fellow is provided with a study. In addition, visiting senior fellows who relocate to Washington are provided with housing in apartments near the Gallery, subject to availability. Visiting senior 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.

The Leonard A. Lauder Fellowships expand the Center’s existing visiting senior fellowship program. Up to two fellowships will be awarded for the period March 1, 2022, through August 15, 2022.

The Center also announces the next application cycle for its program of Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Up to five such fellowships will be awarded for the period March 1, 2022, through August 15, 2022. 

Fields of Study
Leonard A. Lauder Visiting Senior Fellowships for 2022‒2023 support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts of any period or culture. The Center encourages applications in underrepresented fields.

Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships are intended to support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period. Visiting senior fellowship applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of visual form.

Qualifications and Selection
Visiting senior fellowships are intended for those who have held the PhD for five years or more at the time of application, or who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment. Individuals currently affiliated with the National Gallery of Art are not eligible for the visiting senior fellowship program. Visiting senior fellowships are awarded without regard to the age or nationality of applicants. Applications are reviewed by an external selection committee composed of scholars in the history of art and related disciplines. Outside readers may assist in the evaluation of proposals.

Applications for fellowships between March 1, 2022, and August 15, 2022, are due September 21, 2021.