Western Regional Awards and Subsidies

Internships

Jack Handford Summer Internship

The Western Region actively supports student members and encourages institutions and students to apply for the Jack Handford Summer Internship which is offered every other year. For the Jack Handford Summer Internship of 2024, student applicants must be an undergraduate in their third year of instruction or any year following, including graduate students, showing promise as new professionals. The internship is appropriate for students with majors such as costume studies, material culture, museum studies, fashion history, or similar. This year, the winning student will receive a $3,000 grant for a student internship. The internship is intended to average a length of six weeks and a total of 120 hours for the duration. Student applicants must be current CSA Western Region members to apply. The application deadline for students has been extended to April 1, 2024. Please fill out the Student Application form and other materials stated in the form and submit them to Naomi Arnst, CSA-Western Region, Student Awards and Summer Internship Chair.

The institutions from which the finalist recipient will pick are:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Laura Camerlengo, Curator in Charge of Costume and Textile Arts

de Young museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Nicole LaBouff, Dept of Costume and Textiles,

5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90036

The Wende Museum

Christine Rank, Wende costume and the broader textile collection,

10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90230

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site - Period Costume and Textiles

Eileen Trestain

800 Hatheway Road Bldg 722, Vancouver WA 98661

Student and Emerging Professional Membership Support

The Western Region is happy to support its student members. To encourage students to become part of the Costume Society of America, the Western Region will pay $30.00 of the $55.00 cost of student membership for students who join through the Western Region, making it possible for you to become a member for $25.00 a year for a maximum of two years.

The Western Region is pleased to extend Membership Support for Emerging Professionals within 3 years of graduation. To encourage Emerging Professionals to become part of the Costume Society of America, the Western Region will pay $30.00 of the $75.00 cost of Emerging Professional making it possible for you to become a member for $45 a year for a maximum of two years.

For more information and to apply, click on the link below.