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Scholars wishing to access the New World Department collections and/or library holdings must contact the Mayer Center well in advance of a visit. If approval for study is granted, the collection / library will be made available as the staff of the DAM's schedule permits.

MAYER CENTER RESIDENT FELLOWSHIP
The Mayer Center Fellow Program of the New World Department at the Denver Art Museum is designed to support scholarly research related to the museum’s collections of Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art and to provide curatorial experience to art historians. The fellow works half-time with the New World department on research projects related to the permanent collection. Specific projects will be developed in collaboration with the curator of Pre-Columbian or Spanish Colonial Art. At the end of the research period, the fellow is expected to give a public Mayer Center Fellow Lecture on his or her research on the collection. For information on the fellowship program please email or phone the Mayer Center.

The 2007 / 2008 and 2008 / 2009 Mayer Center fellow is Michael Brown, Ph.D. candidate at the Fine Arts Institute at New York University. His dissertation is titled, "Image and Empire: Portraiture and Politics in New Spain, 1600-1800."
The 2004 / 2005 and 2005 / 2006 Mayer Center fellow was Laura Brannen, Ph.D. candidate at Emory University. While at the DAM Laura worked on a catalog of the Mayer Costa Rican collection (forthcoming). Her dissertation is titled, "Possible Gender Roles in Ancient Chiefly Societies of Costa Rica and Nicaragua: A Study of Greater Nicoyan Ceramic Figures, 500BCE-800CE.

MAYER SCHOLARSHIP
The Mayer Scholarship, established in honor of Frederick and Jan Mayer, is sponsored by Alianza de las Artes Americanas, a support group of the New World Department, and awarded to a doctoral student in early June for study at the Denver Art Museum the following academic year. It consists of travel expenses, lodging, and a $1,000 stipend, with two weeks of access to the museum's New World collection.

The 2007 Mayer Scholarship recipient is Lauren Kilroy, Ph.D. candidate at the University of California - Los Angeles. Her doctoral research focuses on the sacred heart in Spanish colonial art. While in Denver she will be examining objects in the collection which contain sacred hearts and conducting research in the library. She will present an Alianza lecture on this topic on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 7:00 pm - 4th Floor Seminar Room, North Building.
The 2006 Mayer Scholarship recipient was Paula Winn, Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her doctoral research focuses on Ecuadorian stone mortars from the Valdivia and Chorrera cultures. While in Denver she examined the DAM's mortars and conducted research in the library.

		MISSION & COLLECTION SYMPOSIA PUBLICATIONS TRIPS EVENTS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
		Scholars wishing to access the New World Department collections and/or library holdings must contact the Mayer Center well in advance of a visit. If approval for study is granted, the collection / library will be made available as the staff of the DAM's schedule permits. MAYER CENTER RESIDENT FELLOWSHIP The Mayer Center Fellow Program of the New World Department at the Denver Art Museum is designed to support scholarly research related to the museum’s collections of Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art and to provide curatorial experience to art historians. The fellow works half-time with the New World department on research projects related to the permanent collection. Specific projects will be developed in collaboration with the curator of Pre-Columbian or Spanish Colonial Art. At the end of the research period, the fellow is expected to give a public Mayer Center Fellow Lecture on his or her research on the collection. For information on the fellowship program please email or phone the Mayer Center. The 2007 / 2008 and 2008 / 2009 Mayer Center fellow is Michael Brown, Ph.D. candidate at the Fine Arts Institute at New York University. His dissertation is titled, "Image and Empire: Portraiture and Politics in New Spain, 1600-1800." The 2004 / 2005 and 2005 / 2006 Mayer Center fellow was Laura Brannen, Ph.D. candidate at Emory University. While at the DAM Laura worked on a catalog of the Mayer Costa Rican collection (forthcoming). Her dissertation is titled, "Possible Gender Roles in Ancient Chiefly Societies of Costa Rica and Nicaragua: A Study of Greater Nicoyan Ceramic Figures, 500BCE-800CE. MAYER SCHOLARSHIP The Mayer Scholarship, established in honor of Frederick and Jan Mayer, is sponsored by Alianza de las Artes Americanas, a support group of the New World Department, and awarded to a doctoral student in early June for study at the Denver Art Museum the following academic year. It consists of travel expenses, lodging, and a $1,000 stipend, with two weeks of access to the museum's New World collection. The 2007 Mayer Scholarship recipient is Lauren Kilroy, Ph.D. candidate at the University of California - Los Angeles. Her doctoral research focuses on the sacred heart in Spanish colonial art. While in Denver she will be examining objects in the collection which contain sacred hearts and conducting research in the library. She will present an Alianza lecture on this topic on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 7:00 pm - 4th Floor Seminar Room, North Building. The 2006 Mayer Scholarship recipient was Paula Winn, Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her doctoral research focuses on Ecuadorian stone mortars from the Valdivia and Chorrera cultures. While in Denver she examined the DAM's mortars and conducted research in the library.

left, top: Mask. About AD 1-700. Teotihuacán, Mexico. Serpentine. Gift of the Exeter Drilling Company; 1976.58. left, middle: (detail) Figure pendant. AD 400-900. Colombia or Panama. Gold alloy. Gift of Frederick & Jan Mayer; 1995.848. left, bottom: (detail) Figurine. AD 600-900. Maya, Campeche coast, Mexico. Earthenware with pigments. Gift of Gisele Charat in honor of Dr. Bach; 1973.184. right, top: (detail) St. Catherine of Alexandria, Diego de Borgraf. 1656. Puebla, Mexico. Oil on canvas. Collection of Frederick & Jan Mayer; 123.1982. right, middle: (detail) Casta Painting: De Castizo y India produce Coyote. About 1760. Mexico. Oil on canvas. Collection of Frederick & Jan Mayer; 305.2001. right, bottom: (detail) Madonna and Child, Pedro de Vargas. 16th c. Peru. Oil on copper. Gift of Robert J. Stroessner; 1991.1194.