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In September 2001, the GCI welcomed three Getty Graduate Interns
to the Institute as part of the Getty Graduate Internship Program.
This year's interns are Gabriella Caballero Lopez, Francesca Casadio,
and Satoko Tanimoto.
The internship program is designed to provide professional-level
experience to students intending to pursue careers in art museums
and related fields of the visual arts, humanities, and sciences.
By offering interns the opportunity to participate in significant
projects under the guidance of an experienced mentor, the program
helps to develop skills and understanding of the profession's standards
and best practices. While at the Institute, the interns spend a
year receiving training in specialized areas from staff members.
Gabriella Caballero Lopez is working in site management planning,
participating in the review and completion of management plan documents
for the site of Joya de Cerén.
In addition, she is involved in the preparation, planning, and completion
of field campaigns to Joya de Cerén and Copán.
Caballero received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Morelos
State University, Morelos, Mexico, and is completing a master's
degree in the restoration of historical monuments at the National
School of Conservation and Restoration, part of Mexico's Instituto
Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Francesca Casadio is completing her Ph.D. in chemistry from the
University of Milan, Italy, where she conducted research on the
impregnation behavior and performances of synthetic polymers used
for the preservation of historic buildings. Working with the team
of the Preservation of Lime
Mortars and Plasters project, she is involved in the design
and interpretation of laboratory tests to evaluate the properties
of mortars or plasters formulated with a variety of processing procedures
and additives, in order to identify possible repair or replacement
materials for the conservation of historic structures.
Satoko Tanimoto, working in the GCI Museum Research Laboratory,
is conducting a technical study of pigments in illuminated manuscripts,
in collaboration with the Getty Museum's manuscript conservation
department. She is also undertaking a technical study of Renaissance
bronzes and a study of ancient and historic metallographic information
relating to silver and its alloys. Tanimoto completed her master's
degree in environmental science and management at the University
of San Francisco and received a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from
Kobe Pharmaceutical University in Kobe, Japan.
The Getty Graduate Internship Program offers full-time paid internships
for graduate students currently enrolled in a graduate course of
study leading to an advanced degree or for students who have recently
completed a graduate degree. Further information on the Getty Graduate
Internships, including a list of internships offered, can be found
on the Getty Web site at:
getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html
Information is also available by contacting:
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Education Department
Getty Graduate Internships
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
Tel. 310 440-7156
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