Awardees (2011/12)
J. S. Lee Memorial Senior Fellow
Her four-month attachment at The British Museum, London, United Kingdom, will be used to conduct research on British public collections of glass ware made in the imperial workshop of the Qing dynasty.
J. S. Lee Memorial Fellow
His five-month attachment at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, U.S.A will be used to conduct scientific research on the components, structures and manufacturing techniques of ancient Chinese faience of Western Zhou Dynasty.
Her five-month attachment at The Palace Museum, Beijing, China will be used to investigate its curatorial work, preservation and conservation techniques and the development of digitization system related to Chinese painting and calligraphy.
His four-month attachment at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A. will be used to take part in the renovation of the Chinese galleries displays and to advance his expertise in exhibition design.
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Former Fellows (2010/11)
J. S. Lee Memorial Senior Fellow
Her six-month attachment at The National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan will be used to conduct research on the rare book collections compiled by the Qing court and to investigate their preservation and conservation techniques at The National Palace Museum.
J. S. Lee Memorial Fellow
Attachment of twelve months at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. will allow her to study the Institute’s jade collection and to gain post-doctoral experience in curatorial work.
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Her four-month attachment at the British Museum, London, United Kingdom will be used to conduct research on its Chinese export art collection and to assist in organizing a traveling exhibition for that material.
Attachment of twelve months at the Shanghai Museum, China will be used to enhance her skills in the conservation and preservation of Chinese paper and silk and to conduct research on the production techniques of artificially-aged silk for conservation usage.
She will spend six months at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., U.S.A. to conduct research on chemical composition and technique characteristics of colorants in iron and copper glazes on ancient Chinese ceramics and assemble a database of both collections.
Attachment of twelve months at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, U.S.A. will be used to assist in the mounting of a retrospective exhibition on Fu Baoshi (1904-65) and to gain post-doctoral experience in curatorial duties.
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Former Fellows (2009/10)
J. S. Lee Memorial Senior Fellow
Attachment of five months at The Palace Museum, Beijing, People’s Republic of China will be used to collaborate with The Palace Museum in researching and documenting how the Qing Emperors catalogued their collections.
J. S. Lee Memorial Fellow
Attachment of twelve months at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A. will be used to gain post-doctoral experience in curatorial work and to conduct research on artistic development related to animal-shaped jade carvings and bronzes from the Western Zhou period.
Attachment of six months at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A will be used to collaborate with the Art Institute in research on pigments associated with architectural conservation.
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