Summer 2013 Curatorial Intensive in New York
July 21–30, 2013
Application deadline: May 16, 2013
The Curatorial Intensive is targeted toward self-motivated individuals—working independently or in institutions—who would benefit from a week of intensive conversations around the issues and questions that regularly arise for curators. These range from the pragmatics of developing an exhibition and building working relationships with artists to the theoretical aspects of understanding how to turn a concept into a project and effectively communicate ideas.
Seminars, site visits, individual meetings, and roundtable discussions will be led by the following faculty: Bruce Altshuler (Director, Program in Museum Studies, New York University), Nicholas Cullinan (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Reem Fadda(Associate Curator of Middle Eastern Art, Abu Dhabi Project, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York), Kate Fowle (Chief Curator, Garage, Moscow, and Director-at-Large, ICI), Dóra Hegyi(Project Leader, tranzit.hu, Budapest), Todd Levin (art advisor), Chus Martínez (Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio, New York), Gabriela Rangel (Director of Visual Arts and Curator, Americas Society, New York), and Jenny Schlenzka (Associate Curator, MoMA PS1, New York), among others.
Application guidelines
Visit ICI’s website to find application guidelines. To apply, send a single PDF to kimberly@curatorsintl.org with NEW YORK in the subject line.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. Turkish nationals can apply for scholarships provided by SAHA.
For more information, visit ICI’s website or contact Curatorial Intensive Associate, Kimberly Kitada, at kimberly@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.
The Curatorial Intensive is made possible in part by grants from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Dedalus Foundation, the Hartfield Foundation, and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; and by generous contributions from Toby Devan Lewis, the ICI Board of Trustees, the ICI Gerrit Lansing Education Fund, and the supporters of ICI’s Access Fund.
Image: Site visit to the High Line with Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator & Director of High Line Art, Summer 2012 Curatorial Intensive in New York, July 13, 2012.