Honours in Curatorship | Call for applications
Michaelis School of Fine Art’s Centre for Curating the Archive in collaboration with Iziko Museums of South Africa
Applications are once again open for the Honours in Curatorship programme offered by Michaelis School of Fine Art’s Centre for Curating the Archive in close collaboration with Iziko Museums of South Africa. The programme offers courses in the theory and practice of curatorship, developing in students a sophisticated awareness of the practicalities, politics and poetics of working with collections of many kinds.
Students are encouraged to bring the disciplinary insights of their undergraduate major (whether this be in the creative arts, the humanities or the sciences) to the curating of both material and virtual collections, and will be offered opportunities to work on exhibitions in real spaces and in the digital realm. A major aim of this programme is to introduce students, through seminars, fieldwork and workshops, to the central skills of a curator.
Students registered for the programme will be able to apply for internships, workshops and will travel to museums and collections in South Africa and beyond. Such opportunities will offer students a wide exposure to global curatorial practices and introduce them to the basic conservation needs of collections. Art and art history graduates are particularly, though not exclusively, invited to apply.
A limited number of bursaries will be available upon application, based on merit and need.
ADMISSIONS:
Applicants are required to submit the following:
- A detailed narrative curriculum vitae
- A letter of no more than two pages detailing your background and reasons for wishing to study curatorship, as well as your special areas of interest relevant to the programme
- Academic transcripts
- The names and contact details of two academic referees
- Sample piece of academic writing
The above should be directed to:
Professor Pippa Skotnes
Michaelis School of Fine Art
Hiddingh Campus
31-37 Orange Street
Cape Town 8001
South Africa
In addition, candidates are required to submit an online application at www.uct.ac.za
Enquiries: nancy.dantas@uct.ac.za
Telephone: +27 (0)21 480 7151
For further information, visit: http://www.cca.uct.ac.za
Deadline 31 October 2014
Image: Biennale Sessions with the University of Cape Town/Michaelis School of Fine Art, Venice, 2013
