Inclusive Curatorial Practices: Accessibility, Representation and Diversity
With Feminist Culture House, Andrea De Pascual, Kathy-Ann Tan, Sean Lee, Farbod Fakharzadeh, Hesperia Iliadou-Suppiej, The Creative Association of Curators TOK, Sylvia Sadzinski
Duration: 10 months
Dates: 24 March 2022 – 19 January 2023
Application deadline: 21 March 2022,. To apply, please fill in this FORM
Schedule: Classes once per week on Thursdays 7 – 9pm Berlin Time CET
Dedication: 4 hours per week (2 hour lecture + 2 hour independent work)
Language of instruction: English
In this 10 month program, we will work towards a future of curating that moves beyond normative and exclusionary curatorial practices to approaches that are committed to critical diversity, inclusivity and accessibility. Inclusive Curatorial Practices will not only explore the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, age and disability in curating, but also develop a self-reflexive approach that spans the conceptualisation of curatorial projects, behind-the-scenes working processes, their outcomes and audience experience.
The program will comprise a series of online courses, guest lectures by inspiring experts as well as workshops for group discussion and feedback. It will be coordinated by Kathy-Ann Tan, who will guide your development over the program’s 10 months.
The overall program is divided into four key modules: Queer & Feminist Curating, Decolonial Approaches, Inclusive Practices and Communication & Conflict Transformation:
- In the first module Queer & Feminist Curating, we will get familiar with methods that disrupt heteronormative and patriarchical structures in the arts.
- Decolonial Approaches will focus on decolonizing artistic and curatorial practices and how to address diversity in relation to our audiences and teams.
- In the module Inclusive Practices, we will learn new approaches to public programming, how to provide services that are inclusive and equitable, ethics in socially-engaged art and how to make projects accessible to disabled audiences.
- The last module Communication & Conflict Transformation will delve into how to write texts that are understandable to different audiences. We will introduce conflict resolution techniques, communication frameworks and learn how to communicate public statements of apology.