Curatorial Intensive in Bogotá
November 24–30, 2013
Application deadline: September 16, 2013
www.curatorsintl.org
www.idartes.gov.co
This program marks the second Curatorial Intensive developed in Spanish by Independent Curators International (ICI). In collaboration with the Gerencia de Artes Plásticas y Visuales of the Instituto Distrital de las Artes, the Curatorial Intensive in Bogotá, Colombia will examine the developments of the curatorial field and the changing role of the curator, while exploring strategies and methodologies to develop programs and institutions, collection building, regional and international research, and the logistics of managing projects.
This Curatorial Intensive will offer Spanish-speaking curators the opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world, share ideas on how to push the parameters of their practice, and build a network for future collaborations. Applicants should be fluent in Spanish since seminars and discussions will take place in Spanish only.
Recognizing there are few opportunities for professionals to receive practical training and guidance while working full-time, 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.
Seminars, site visits, individual meetings, reading sessions, and roundtable discussions will be led by a group of international professionals that includes María del Carmen Carrión (Associate Director of Public Programs & Research, ICI, New York), Jaime Cerón (Advisor of Visual Arts, Ministry of Culture, Bogotá), Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy (Curator, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York), Charles Esche (Director, van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and Curator, 31st Bienal de São Paulo), Solange Farkas (Director, Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo), Kate Fowle (Chief Curator, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, and Director-at-Large, ICI), Chus Martínez (Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio, New York), Lucas Ospina (artist and Professor of Visual Arts, University of Los Andes, Bogotá), José Roca (Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art, Tate Modern, London, and Artistic Director, FLORA ars+natura, Bogotá), and Miguel Ventura (artist, Mexico City).
Application guidelines
Visit ICI’s website to apply for the Curatorial Intensive online. All applications must be submitted in Spanish and include a 500-word description of an exhibition or 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. A number of scholarship packages that subsidize or eliminate the program fees, accommodation, and travel expenses for participants are available and awarded based on merit. Scholarships for curators living and working in Colombia will be provided by the generous support of Instituto Distrital de las Artes and the Ministry of Culture of Colombia. Brazilian curators under the age of 35, living and working in Brazil, can apply for a scholarship that covers the program fee and supports travel and accommodation expenses. Scholarships for Turkish nationals will be supported by SAHA. Scholarships for Latin American curators will be provided by Fundación/Colección Jumex.
For more information, visit ICI’s website or email research [at] 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 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Dedalus Foundation, and 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. Additional funding for the Curatorial Intensive in Bogotá is made possible thanks to the contributions of the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, Banco de la República de Colombia, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, and Universidad de los Andes.
About Independent Curators International
ICI connects emerging and established curators, artists, and institutions to forge international networks and generate new forms of collaboration through the production of exhibitions, events, publications, and curatorial training. Headquartered in New York, the organization provides public access to the people and practices that are key to current developments in curating and exhibition-making around the world, inspiring fresh ways of seeing and contextualizing contemporary art. Since it was established in 1975, ICI has worked with over 1,000 curators and 3,700 artists from 47 countries worldwide.
About Instituto Distrital de las Artes IDARTES
The Institute is a public entity created in 2010 for the promotion, development, and strengthening of the arts in Bogotá. As part of the Secretariat of Culture, Recreation, and Sports, IDARTES leads programs in the fields of research, creation, circulation, education, and appropriation of the visual arts, music, dramatic art, literature, audiovisuals, and dance. Its various lines of work include fellowships, scholarships, awards, and residencies, as well as alliances with organizations that include over 10,000 beneficiaries as well as the wide participation of over 2,000,000 people in more than 400 annual events.
