Curatorial Practice (Art & Design) MFA (Taught)

In this course, you will explore curating art and design as a creative and collaborative practice. This practice responds to a range of real-world contexts and communities.

There are many aspects to curating. It can be from working with collections to producing exhibitions and events. It can also be learning to research, communicating ideas to audiences, writing, and publishing. It encompasses whether you are working with or as an artist.

In this course, you will develop work guided by your interests and ambitions. You will also work alongside other practitioners exploring curating from different approaches. You will gain creative, critical, and technical skills. You will also gain practical experience in exhibition-making and event production.

Topics of study include:

exhibition formats and curatorial platforms
event-based curating and public programming
experimental curating
collaborative approaches to curating
working with media art archives and collections
curating research and research exhibitions
different modes of writing within curatorial practice
curatorial activism
artist as curator
design thinking for curators
project planning, marketing and fundraising
working with publics
installation and documentation
commissioning
Learning in the art school environment of DJCAD, you'll have access to a shared curatorial studio space. Also, you will also have access to workshops, library, exhibition and learning spaces.

You will benefit from learning through engagement with exhibition programmes across the University, including Cooper Gallery which is a Tate Plus organisation.

You will also have access to DJCAD's unique archival holdings including:

The Alastair MacLennan Performance Art Archive
REWIND Archive of Early Video Art
Digital Demarco Archive
The Artist Book Collection

As a postgraduate student, you will share core modules with students on Fine Art MFA. You will also join the wider DJCAD community by attending open lecture series and research seminars.