Open call: Associate Curator and Curatorial Curriculum

Call for Curatorial Curriculum applications

Deadline: 5 March 2017

Grand Union’s Curatorial Curriculum is an alternative educational programme for emerging curators. It is an opportunity to be a participant in a series of intensive workshops to develop your practice with world-renowned specialists in the field.

The workshops will be held over four weekends annually, exploring forms of curatorial practice in relation to performance, publishing, activism and forms of resilience.

Sessions will be facilitated by a faculty of professionals from each respective field including Tom Clark, Övül Durmuşoğlu, Susan Gibb and Morgan Quaintance.

Application Guidelines

The course is open to 15 people who wish to have more in depth workshops and practical training. It is aimed at emerging curators, however some previous curatorial experience is preferred, with a working knowledge of contemporary art.

Application requirements

– Letter of motivation in which you state your personal drive as well as your expectations of the programme (maximum 500 words)

– Description of a recent curatorial project that has had an impact on you (maximum 300 words)

– CV including a description of relevant work experience

Fee

The course fee is £250, which covers four sessions across 2017. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.

Send applications digitally to kim@grand-union.org.uk. Application deadline is March 5, 2017. Applicants will be notified by March 10, 2017.

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Job Vacancy: Associate Curator

Deadline: 20 March 2017

Grand Union is seeking an ambitious and creative individual to join our programming team. This is an opportunity for a curator at the very start of their career to support the development of an ambitious programme of exhibitions, events and residencies.

This is a fixed term professional development position, designed to give the candidate vital experience in programming at a high level. The candidate will receive mentoring and support throughout the period of employment.

Grand Union is a gallery and studios based in Digbeth, Birmingham’s Creative Quarter, that over the last seven years has built a reputation for its experimental contemporary art programme. Working closely with the Gallery’s Director and Programme Director, the Associate Curator will help to develop and deliver an ambitious public programme and take responsibility for some administration and marketing activities.

We are looking for a candidate who is committed to developing a career in curating contemporary art, with some administration and programming experience in a visual arts environment. The successful applicant will be joining the organisation at an important stage in its development, and will contribute to the shaping of its future.

Job Title: Associate Curator
Salary: £15,000 per annum, pro rata
Position: 18 month fixed term, 0.6 (3 days per week), with a three-month probationary period

Send applications digitally to info@grand-union.org.uk. Application deadline is March 20, 2017. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 5 April 2017.

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