Curatorial Practices In Arts (2-Year MVA)

This first MVA of its kind in the country prepares students to expand the role of curators in connecting art, artists, and communities--engaging audiences more effectively by proposing alternative models of exhibition-making, institution-building, and social justice through art. The program offers a hands-on curriculum that balances collaboration and socially engaged practices with academic research in history and theory. Students work in diverse experimental contexts & formats, with alternative models of exhibition planning. Designed to forge links among artists, institutions, and communities, the program promotes a collaborative culture linking diverse audiences, and local issues to global discourses. Through real-world collaborative exhibits, students will be expected to raise awareness, bridge societal gaps, and catalyze exchanges across various disciplines, both inside and outside the art world.

Students will stand to gain a grounding in art history, theory, and criticism, as well as a historical perspective on curatorial practice, including the ethics and politics of the art world; Obtain significant insight into issues relevant to the practice; Study the process and working methods of exhibition creation, as well as the role and responsibilities of curators; Explore writing skills specific to exhibition practice; Collaboratively research, propose, plan, and execute a major exhibition with fellow students during the first year; Forge enduring relationships with artists and the regional arts community.

Students will stand to gain a grounding in art history, theory, and criticism, as well as a historical perspective on curatorial practice, including the ethics and politics of the art world; Obtain significant insight into issues relevant to the practice; Study the process and working methods of exhibition

creation, as well as the role and responsibilities of curators; Explore writing skills specific to exhibition practice; Collaboratively research, propose, plan, and execute a major exhibition with fellow students during the first year; Forge enduring relationships with artists and the regional arts community. The program seeks to enroll students with diverse backgrounds, including applied arts graduates, liberal arts and science graduates, or working professionals in education, social work, or art or non-profit management who wish to engage in advanced research and use projects to explore the role of a curator.

Careers: Graduates of the program will be cultural leaders committed to working in an interactive, inclusive process, and having a deep understanding of the complex role curators can play within cultural institutions, galleries, the art market, and their communities.