Application deadline: March 4, 2013
Developed by Independent Curators International (ICI) in collaboration with Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Derry~Londonderry, the Curatorial Intensive “From ‘Official History’ to Underrepresented Narratives” will examine the role of cultural production in addressing geopolitical landscapes and recent histories. The week-long program will take the concepts of narrative and memory as the theoretical and poetic underpinning to reflect upon recent social developments in specific geographies, while questioning the ability of art and exhibition-making to act as catalyst for change.
Through an international roster of speakers, “From ‘Official History’ to Underrepresented Narratives” will consider the tension between remembrance and forgetting, and the role of art and cultural institutions in creating a discourse of national identity and giving visibility to overlooked histories. Seminars, site visits, individual meetings, and roundtable discussions will be led by the following faculty: Miguel Amado (Curator, the Portuguese Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale), Mai Abu ElDahab (independent curator), Annie Fletcher (Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and tutor at De Appel, Amsterdam), Khwezi Gule (Chief Curator, Soweto Museums), Peter Jenkinson (independent cultural broker and Co-Director, Culture+Conflict), and Paul Ramírez Jonas (artist and Assistant Professor, Hunter College, New York), among others.
Application guidelines
Visit ICI’s website to apply for the Curatorial Intensive online. All applications must include a 300-word description of a program idea that the applicant would like help in developing. This description should outline the proposal concept and any artists that the applicant is considering. Also required are a current 250-word bio, a 500-word letter of intent, and a 300-word text that describes a recent curatorial project that has made an impact on the applicant.
Fees and scholarships
The program fee is 1,900 USD. Participants are also responsible for covering travel and accommodation expenses. Scholarship packages that subsidize or eliminate the program fees, accommodation, and travel expenses are available and awarded based on merit. Scholarships for Northern Irish participants will be supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Turkish nationals can apply for scholarships provided by SAHA.
For more information, visit ICI’s website or contact Public Programs & Research Coordinator, Misa Jeffereis, at misa@curatorsintl.org.
About the Curatorial Intensive
The Curatorial Intensive is ICI’s short-term, low-cost training program that offers 12–14 curators the chance to develop project ideas and make connections with professionals in the field. It also provides the invaluable opportunity for peer-group education, forging new networks internationally. The Curatorial Intensive takes place twice annually in New York, and in other locations in conjunction with institutional partners worldwide. To date there have been 11 Curatorial Intensives including one in Brazil and China, and two each in Mumbai and Philadelphia. Since 2010, ICI has received 768 applications from curators in 63 countries. In two years 165 curators have participated in the programs from 39 countries and 19 U.S. states.