Applications for the “Curating Contemporary Art” Seminar Program are ongoing!
Dates: November 2024 – June 2025
Program Director: Billur Tansel
“Curating Contemporary Art” is a 11 month-long seminar program organized in cooperation by Open Dialogue Istanbul and Akbank Sanat. The purpose of this program is to initiate a comprehensive program on curating that is on an international level, thus creating a prestigious and unequalled platform of education in this field in Turkey. The program will consist of both theory and practice. The program, which will be directed by Billur Tansel, will be carried out with an educational, practice-based and research-oriented approach. The seminars will be presented in Turkish and English, there will also be eight workshops for the participants to develop their finishing project which will be a curatorial project proposal to be evaluated by the jury at the end of the program. Speakers will be renowned actors from the international art platform. The seminars will also feature case studies on biennials, galleries, museums and art fairs.
The participants will be offered internship, curatorial assistance opportunities in different institutions. At the end of the seminars, the participants will present their individual curatorial project proposals and if approved by the Jury, the participants will be presented with a certificate of completion. The seminar part of the program will take place between November 2024 and June 2025. Every Monday and Thursday between 18:00-20:30 on the digital platform.
Application deadline: 20 October 2024, 23.59
Application address: apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org
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* Seminars will be held on the digital platform.
Curating Contemporary Art Seminar Program
November 2024 - June 2025