The master’s degree program in Curatorial Practice (MACP) at the School of Visual Arts in New York City is pleased to announce winter and spring programming. Join us in person and on Zoom for these events.
Tuesday, February 18, 6:30pm EST
The Curatorial
We are thrilled to launch a new online journal, The Curatorial, devoted to curatorial work in practice and theory, with leading practitioners and scholars offering long-form essays, interviews, conversations, portfolios, reviews, and videos to foster interdisciplinary discussions among diverse voices at the intersection of art, culture, philosophy, and politics. For the launch, Terry Smith, world-renowned Australian art historian and theorist, delivers a talk on what he calls the “visual arts exhibitionary complex” in our extraordinary moment of global upheaval. He is joined by the editor in chief of The Curatorial, Steven Henry Madoff, to introduce the journal. Register here.
Wednesday, February 19, 6:30pm EST
The Future of the Museum, Part Two
What is the future of museums in a rapidly shifting world? For the second panel in this series of discussions, Işın Önol, Director of Curatorial Research, MACP, is joined by cultural strategist András Szántó, author of The Future of the Museum, and Ruba Katrib, Chief Curator at MoMA PS1, among other guests to be announced, to relate the dramatic urgencies of society today to new models for museums, touching on politics, ecology, economic inequity, inclusion, ethical funding, curating, and more. Register here.
Saturday, March 22, 10am–2pm EDT
Curators Professional Development Workshop
Navigating the art world as a curator, both inside and outside of institutions, is always challenging. In this two-session professional development workshop, including presentations and discussions with audience members, we invite several curators who have emerged as leading voices in recent years to address how they have succeeded, the issues they have faced, how they work within the structures of their institutions, and how they negotiate their curatorial work, given the pressures within institutions and the urgencies of our time. The goal of the workshop is to share histories and strategies and to network with other curators in the field. Register here.
Tuesday, April 8, 6:30pm EDT
MA Curatorial Practice Distinguished Global Curator Lecture
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, former director of the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art and artistic director of many biennials and international exhibitions, including the Sydney and Istanbul biennials and dOCUMENTA 13, is considered one of the world’s most influential curators. We are honored to have her deliver our Distinguished Global Curator Lecture. Register here.
Tuesday, April 22, 6:30pm EDT
Rewiring Institutions: The Evolution of Curating
Internationally renowned curator and director Maria Lind and leading scholar and theorist Carolina Rito explore how cultural institutions—from museums to contemporary art centers—can be reimagined not just as places for public programming but as networks of people, artifacts, labor, knowledge, and publicness. If the curatorial is understood as a process of knowledge production and a network of activities that shape the ways that institutions work, connect, and interact, how can curating and institutions evolve to transform from within and become more active participants in the social and political systems around them? Register here.
Wednesdays, February 19–April 30, 9am EST/EDT
The Curatorial Roundtable
The Curatorial Roundtable, an international online forum for curators and institutional leaders to discuss formative and current projects, is hosted by Steven Henry Madoff, Founding Chair of MACP.
February 19: Henk Slager, Independent Curator, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Register here. / February 26: Lisa Long, Artistic Director, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin. Register here. / March 12: Nick Aikens, Curator, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Register here. / March 19: Zeynep Oz, Co-Curator, 16th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah Register here. / March 26: Kjersti Solbakken, Curator, Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway Register here. / April 2: Lorenzo Balbi, Director, Museum of Modern Art Bologna, Bologna Register here. / April 9: Astrid Peterle, Head of Curatorial and Programming, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna Register here. / April 23: James Voorhies, Chief Curator, The Bass Museum, Miami Register here. / April 30: Henriette Huldisch, Chief Curator, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Register here.