How to Apply

All applications must be received in the SIAMS office by March 9, 2012.  You may submit your application materials either by mail or electronically.  Notification of acceptance will be mailed in early April.  To receive a brochure for the SIAMS program, send a request to siams@smith.edu.

Completed paper applications should be mailed in a single envelope to:

Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies
Smith College Museum of Art
Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063

Completed electronic applications should be sent in a single email to: siams@smith.edu

YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

• The completed Application for Admission form
• A typewritten personal statement of no more than 600 words
• Your résumé
• An official college transcript
• Two letters of recommendation, sealed in envelopes signed across the flap by the recommender (these can be mailed separately for receipt by March 9 or included with your application)
• The completed Financial Aid Application, if applicable

DOWNLOADABLE FORMS (.doc format):

• Application for Admission
• Faculty Recommendation Form
• Reference Directive Form
• Financial Aid Application
• Brown SIAMS Fellowship

DOWNLOADABLE FORMS (.pdf format):

• Application for Admission
• Faculty Recommendation Form
• Reference Directive Form
• Financial Aid Application
• Brown SIAMS Fellowship

To apply electronically (all materials must be received by March 9, 2012)

1. Complete the Application for Admission and (if applicable) Financial Aid Application forms offline and save the forms on your computer.
2. Send a single email to siams@smith.edu with the following attachments:
   • completed Application for Admission (.doc format)
   • Personal Statement (up to 2 pages)
   • Résumé
   • completed Financial Aid Application, if applicable (.doc format)
3. Mail the following materials to the program address listed above:
   • your official college transcript
   • two letters of recommendation