Fall 2022 Special Events
Welcome to our fall season of special events here at the master’s program in Curatorial Practice (MACP) at the School of Visual Arts, New York, including special talks with curators from around the world, panel discussions, and the inaugural MACP Distinguished Global Curator Lecture. All events are on Zoom and are free. Please click on the title of the session to register and receive the Zoom link.
Wednesday, September 21, 5 pm ET on Zoom
The Curatorial Roundtable: Allison Glenn (New York)
Allison Glenn, Senior Curator at The Public Art Fund and formerly a curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of Contemporary Art, will discuss her recent groundbreaking exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance, reflecting on the life of Breonna Taylor, and other transformative exhibitions she has curated.
Wednesday, September 28, 9 am ET on Zoom
The Curatorial Roundtable: Clémentine Deliss (Berlin)
Clémentine Deliss, Associate Curator at KW in Berlin, speaks on contingency, ultra-temporary exhibitions, and reinterpreting collections.
Wednesday, October 5, 9 am ET on Zoom
The Curatorial Roundtable: Catherine Nichols (Pristina)
Catherine Nichols speaks about her current work on Manifesta 14 in Pristina and other recent projects.
Wednesday, October 12, 9 am ET on Zoom
The Curatorial Roundtable: James Meyer (Washington, DC)
James Meyer, Curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art, speaks on his new exhibition, The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900.
Wednesday, October 19, 9 am ET on Zoom
The Curatorial Roundtable: Amy Cheng (Taipei)
Amy Cheng, Co-founder and Curator of TheCube Project Space in Taipei, discusses Talking Drums Radio, using radio as a tool for artistic freedom, and the related project Sound Meridians—Cultural Counter-Mapping Through Sound: Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia.
Along with the Curatorial Roundtable, please join us for these events:
Tuesday, October 11, 12 pm ET on Zoom
Addressing some of the polarizing debates we’ve seen this summer around large exhibitions such as documenta fifteen and the Berlin Biennale, curator Maria Lind, art historian and critic Terry Smith, curator Claire Tancons, and Anselm Franke, head of Visual Art and Film at HKW in Berlin, look towards the future to ask if there are lessons to be learned for curators.
Thursday, October 20, 10 am ET on Zoom
Info Session about the MA Curatorial Practice program for potential applicants
During the Info Session, the Chair of the program, along with faculty and graduates, will present all the facets of the two-year master’s degree, and those who attend will have the opportunity to ask questions. This session’s speakers will include Dr. Steven Henry Madoff, the program’s Chair; Brian Kuan Wood, Director of Curatorial Research; along with faculty members Sara Reisman and Noam Segal; and recent graduate Emma Gasterland-Gustafsson.
Wednesday, November 2, 7 pm ET on Zoom
Initially trained as an artist, Kate Fowle has conceptually put artists at the heart of creating new infrastructures and reinventing established non-profits, through leadership or curatorial roles at a wide range of institutions including Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, the MA in Curatorial Practice at CCA in San Francisco, Independent Curators International (ICI), and most recently MoMA PS1. And yet, the most complex questions remain pragmatic ones surrounding how a curator or cultural institution can be truly and rigorously artist-centered.
Thursday, November 17, 10 am ET on Zoom
Info Session about the MA Curatorial Practice program for potential applicants
During the Info Session, the Chair of the program, along with faculty and graduates, will present all the facets of the two-year master’s degree, and those who attend will have the opportunity to ask questions. This session’s speakers will include Dr. Steven Henry Madoff, the program’s Chair; Brian Kuan Wood, Director of Curatorial Research; along with faculty members Chrissie Iles and David Ross; and recent graduate Emma Gasterland-Gustafsson.
To learn more about curatorial studies in the MA Curatorial Practice program at the School of Visual Arts, New York, click here. See you in the weeks ahead!