Study MA/MFA Curating at UWE in 2023
Calling all emerging and aspiring curators! Kick-start your career with a year-long work-placement at a cultural venue in Bristol, Cardiff or Wales as part of your MA/MFA Curating at University of the West England, Bristol (UWE).
With a unique, interdisciplinary approach, MA/MFA Curating at UWE is re-defining the curatorial across the visual and performing arts, museums, archives and heritage sites, photography, film, design, architecture, social practice and healthcare. You will gain unique access to professional experience and mentorship in the South West’s vibrant cultural sector. Current placement partners include:
Arnolfini @arnolfiniarts; Spike Island @spikeisland; Chapter Arts Centre @chaptergallery; Mayk @mayfestbristol; In Between Time Festival @inbetweentime; Encounters Film Festival @encounterssff; Watershed Cinema @w_shed; University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Arts @artsuhbw; Martin Parr Foundation @martinparrfdn; Bricks, Bristol @bricksbristol; Gloucester Cathedral @gloucestercathedral; SS Great Britain @ssgreatbritain; Bristol Museums and Archives @bristolmuseums; National Trust, Tyntesfield @tyntesfieldnt; National Museum of Wales @museumwales
Our varied academic programme provides a lively and essential theoretical grounding to contemporary curating. Visiting speakers and field trips ensure you hear from a range of voices from different contexts and cultural landscapes. As a student in Bristol you will be based in one of the UK’s most progressive, creative and culturally rich cities.
The course is led by UWE Senior Lecturer, curator and writer Dr Marianne Mulvey. She has taught curating at various HE Institutions nationally and internationally including The Royal College of Art, University of Westminster, and University of the Arts, London. Marianne draws on twenty years’ experience of working in museums, galleries and the cultural sector including as Curator, Public Programmes, Tate; Trustee of Fierce Festival, Birmingham; Acquisitions Coordinator for the Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre; Curator in Residence at Helsinki International Artists’ Programme (2016) and at The Feminist Library, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (2018). Her doctoral thesis ‘Becoming Public(s): Practising the Public Programme in the Contemporary Art Institution’ reflects on public programming in a global art museum and its challenges, and these research interests feed into the classroom.
Applications are open now for our January 2023 start. The course runs for a year, concluding in December 2023. Recent UWE graduates are entitled to fees discount.
To find out more about the course, modules and how to apply visit: https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/W90L12/curating
To see updates on our sessions, visiting speakers, field trips and current students’ work follow us on Instagram @uwe_ma.curating
To discuss how the course could benefit you, contact programme leader marianne.mulvey@uwe.ac.uk
*Caption: Arnolfini Harbourside, Image by Jamie Woodley for Arnolfini