Goldsmiths, University of London · Part-time
Curating
The MFA Curating at Goldsmiths is designed for students who wish to take up the challenge of artistic, social and critical curating with a contemporary approach to the subject. It also helps students to develop their professional practice. - You’ll work in a p…
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The MFA Curating at Goldsmiths is designed for students who wish to take up the challenge of artistic, social and critical curating with a contemporary approach to the subject. It also helps students to develop their professional practice. - You’ll work in a practice-led research environment alongside fellow aspiring curators and producers, practitioners at an early stage of their professional development, and those looking for a shift in their art career. - You’ll get to explore curating contemporary art from many different angles, including aesthetic, social, political and philosophical enquiries, practices and discourses relevant to present-day culture. - You’ll learn about the history of curation through the study of the genealogies of curating as a discipline, but this degree is firmly focused on contemporary curatorial and art practices, and the future of curation. - You’ll be offered a toolbox of knowledge, ranging from theoretical concepts to the practicalities of working with artists and project management. - Our student-centred approach helps develop independent, articulate, confident, self-motivated, knowledgeable producers who support each other’s learning and development. - The key principes of the programme are interdisciplinarity, collaboration and critical thinking, along with practices of listening, attention and accountability towards the human and non-human worlds. These principles will help you develop methods and a work ethos relevant to the area of practice you want to pursue and refine. - Whether exhibition-making, public programming, commissioning social or public projects, or working with artists and practitioners from other disciplines, this degree will give you the skills and confidence to take your next steps into the professional world of curating. - MFA Curating works in close connection with Goldsmiths CCA, a vibrant platform for international contemporary art and exhibition making. - We organise exhibition and gallery tours in London and further afield, invite international artists to introduce their practice, and facilitate collaborations between MFA Curating and other programmes within the School of Art, allowing for a unique dialogue between artists and curators. - This is a leading programme in its field. It’s recognised worldwide for producing highly qualified curators and arts professionals, as well as those pursuing further academic study at PhD level. We are ranked in the top 25 in the world for art and design (QS WUR by Subject 2024).
Getting in
As the university states it
There is no preference for art/art history and students from a non-art background are welcome to apply. However, the course is run by the Department of Art, and students should consider themselves to be curating practitioners. Applicants for Year One You must have or expect to be awarded an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard (or international equivalent), plus an element of professional experience (interning in a gallery or equivalent institution, curating your own shows or degree shows etc). This experience is absolutely essential to demonstrate that you have a clear sense of current trends and activities in contemporary art. This experience should be expanded upon in your personal statement. Applicants for entry directly onto Year Two You must have already completed and passed the coursework of one year for an equivalent Masters programme in Curating. You must also show through interview and (where appropriate) portfolio that you have established a professional practice. This experience should be expanded upon in your personal statement. We accept a wide range of international qualifications. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.
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