Open Call
Course Description
Summary
Join a public dialogue about global contemporary art and ideas! Each year the New York nonprofit apexart holds an open call for curatorial proposals. Out of hundreds of submissions from around the world, three are chosen to become apexart exhibitions through an online jury process. Students in this class will be part of the jury. Initial readings and assignments will address the history of New York nonprofit spaces and apexart’s position within that landscape over three decades. Once the jury process starts, we will review and discuss dozens of exhibition proposals for next year’s programming at apexart. Students gain broad exposure to current curatorial ideas and practices while getting an inside look at a process typically closed to the public.
Learning Outcomes
- — review exhibition proposals submitted from 70 countries
— participate in a process that is typically closed to the public
— gain broad exposure to global curatorial ideas and practices
— develop a deeper understanding of their own curatorial values
— learn about topical issues and how topical issues are being approached through art