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Manchester Metropolitan University: Contemporary Curating
| Institution | Manchester Metropolitan University View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | Art |
| Web | www.mmu.ac.uk/international |
| courses@mmu.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0161 247 6969 |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
MA Contemporary Curating explores the notion of curatorial practice in contemporary culture by addressing a number of inter-related fields of creative practice and theoretical approaches and situating them in a historical and critical context. The course explores different kinds of curatorial issues in addressing exhibition-forms and exhibition-making processes and how we conceive of spaces of production and curating as subjects with our integrated research and practice-led approach.
The shifting relationship between artist-institution-curator-critic/writer forms a central element to the course with a special focus on the meaning the culture of curating, in which our perception of creativity has been transformed by curating and the discourses surrounding it. The course also explores the potential of seeing curating as something that can be applied to various forms of knowledge: publications, symposia, events and interventions.
This course is available to study full-time over one year, or part-time over two years.
Features and Benefits - MA Contemporary Curating is a dynamic programme for students who wish to develop the essential practical and critical thinking skills that are needed by contemporary curatorial practice. The course also enables you to experiment and study in a diverse range of the wider field and provides access to our dedicated Curating Base Room. This allows you to explore and plan collaborative ideas on an interdisciplinary basis and facilitates a sense of community.
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You will be supported to develop student-led projects and encouraged to engage in creative and critical dialogue, collaborative mind-mapping and ideas exchange processes.
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We endeavour to provide you with external experiences that will support your practice. Past students have had the opportunity to take part in the British Council's Venice Fellowships, a programme that encourages students to utilise their trans-disciplinary skills and explore how to work internationally, and the Curators of Tomorrow, an initiative that offered students the opportunity to live and work for the period of one month in one of the Q21 studios at Museums Quartier Wien in Vienna.
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You will benefit from a programme of events and Curator talks from organisations across the North West, including Liverpool Biennial, Manchester Art Gallery, Open Eye, Tate Liverpool, The Whitworth Gallery and more.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | You will normally have an undergraduate UK honours degree, or international equivalent or equivalent UK qualification from an arts or humanities background in a subject that includes some coverage of art history, fine art, or cultural studies at honours degree standard. Alternatively, if your undergraduate degree is not arts or humanities-based you should be able to adequately demonstrate its pertinence or articulate its relevance in your personal statement and how it informs your aspiration to study masters programme in the field of curating. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Summary
MA Contemporary Curating explores the notion of curatorial practice in contemporary culture by addressing a number of inter-related fields of creative practice and theoretical approaches and situating them in a historical and critical context. The course explores different kinds of curatorial issues in addressing exhibition-forms and exhibition-making processes and how we conceive of spaces of production and curating as subjects with our integrated research and practice-led approach.
The shifting relationship between artist-institution-curator-critic/writer forms a central element to the course with a special focus on the meaning the culture of curating, in which our perception of creativity has been transformed by curating and the discourses surrounding it. The course also explores the potential of seeing curating as something that can be applied to various forms of knowledge: publications, symposia, events and interventions.
This course is available to study full-time over one year, or part-time over two years.
Features and Benefits - MA Contemporary Curating is a dynamic programme for students who wish to develop the essential practical and critical thinking skills that are needed by contemporary curatorial practice. The course also enables you to experiment and study in a diverse range of the wider field and provides access to our dedicated Curating Base Room. This allows you to explore and plan collaborative ideas on an interdisciplinary basis and facilitates a sense of community.
-
You will be supported to develop student-led projects and encouraged to engage in creative and critical dialogue, collaborative mind-mapping and ideas exchange processes.
-
We endeavour to provide you with external experiences that will support your practice. Past students have had the opportunity to take part in the British Council's Venice Fellowships, a programme that encourages students to utilise their trans-disciplinary skills and explore how to work internationally, and the Curators of Tomorrow, an initiative that offered students the opportunity to live and work for the period of one month in one of the Q21 studios at Museums Quartier Wien in Vienna.
-
You will benefit from a programme of events and Curator talks from organisations across the North West, including Liverpool Biennial, Manchester Art Gallery, Open Eye, Tate Liverpool, The Whitworth Gallery and more.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You will normally have an undergraduate UK honours degree, or international equivalent or equivalent UK qualification from an arts or humanities background in a subject that includes some coverage of art history, fine art, or cultural studies at honours degree standard. Alternatively, if your undergraduate degree is not arts or humanities-based you should be able to adequately demonstrate its pertinence or articulate its relevance in your personal statement and how it informs your aspiration to study masters programme in the field of curating. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Summary
MA Contemporary Curating explores the notion of curatorial practice in contemporary culture by addressing a number of inter-related fields of creative practice and theoretical approaches and situate them in a historical and critical context. The course explores different kinds of curatorial issues in addressing exhibition-forms and exhibition-making processes and how we conceive of spaces of production and curating as subjects with our integrated research and practice-led approach.
The shifting relationship between artist-institution-curator-critic/writer forms a central element to the course with a special focus on the meaning the culture of curating, in which our perception of creativity has been transformed by curating and the discourses surrounding it. The course also explores the potential of seeing curating as something that can be applied to various forms of knowledge: publications, symposia, events and interventions.
Features and Benefits
-
MA Contemporary Curating is a dynamic programme for students who wish to develop the essential practical and critical thinking skills that is needed by contemporary curatorial practice. The course also enables you to experiment and study in a diverse range of the wider field and provides access to our dedicated Curating Base Room. This allows you to explore and plan collaborative ideas on an interdisciplinary basis and facilitates a sense of community
-
You will be supported to develop student-led projects and encouraged to engage in creative and critical dialogue, collaborative mind-mapping and ideas exchange processes.
-
We endeavour to provide you with external experiences that will support your practice. Past students have had the opportunity to take part in the British Council's Venice Fellowships, a programme that encourages students to utilise their trans-disciplinary skills and explore how to work internationally, and the Curators of Tomorrow, an initiative that offered students the opportunity to live and work for the period of one month in one of the Q21 studios at Museums Quartier Wien in Vienna.
-
You will benefit from the rich programme of events which includes Curator talks and seminars from a range of galleries and programmes, such as Liverpool Biennial, Manchester Art Gallery, Open Eye, Tate Liverpool, The Whitworth Gallery and more.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You will normally have an undergraduate UK honours degree, or international equivalent or equivalent UK qualification from an arts or humanities background in a subject that includes some coverage of art history, fine art, or cultural studies at honours degree standard. Alternatively, if your undergraduate degree is not arts or humanities-based you should be able to adequately demonstrate its pertinence or articulate its relevance in your personal statement and how it informs your aspiration to study masters programme in the field of curating. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Summary
MA Contemporary Curating explores the notion of curatorial practice in contemporary culture by addressing a number of inter-related fields of creative practice and theoretical approaches and situate them in a historical and critical context. The course explores different kinds of curatorial issues in addressing exhibition-forms and exhibition-making processes and how we conceive of spaces of production and curating as subjects with our integrated research and practice-led approach.
The shifting relationship between artist-institution-curator-critic/writer forms a central element to the course with a special focus on the meaning the culture of curating, in which our perception of creativity has been transformed by curating and the discourses surrounding it. The course also explores the potential of seeing curating as something that can be applied to various forms of knowledge: publications, symposia, events and interventions.
Features and Benefits
-
MA Contemporary Curating is a dynamic programme for students who wish to develop the essential practical and critical thinking skills that is needed by contemporary curatorial practice. The course also enables you to experiment and study in a diverse range of the wider field and provides access to our dedicated Curating Base Room. This allows you to explore and plan collaborative ideas on an interdisciplinary basis and facilitates a sense of community
-
You will be supported to develop student-led projects and encouraged to engage in creative and critical dialogue, collaborative mind-mapping and ideas exchange processes.
-
We endeavour to provide you with external experiences that will support your practice. Past students have had the opportunity to take part in the British Council's Venice Fellowships, a programme that encourages students to utilise their trans-disciplinary skills and explore how to work internationally, and the Curators of Tomorrow, an initiative that offered students the opportunity to live and work for the period of one month in one of the Q21 studios at Museums Quartier Wien in Vienna.
-
You will benefit from the rich programme of events which includes Curator talks and seminars from a range of galleries and programmes, such as Liverpool Biennial, Manchester Art Gallery, Open Eye, Tate Liverpool, The Whitworth Gallery and more.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You will normally have an undergraduate UK honours degree, or international equivalent or equivalent UK qualification from an arts or humanities background in a subject that includes some coverage of art history, fine art, or cultural studies at honours degree standard. Alternatively, if your undergraduate degree is not arts or humanities-based you should be able to adequately demonstrate its pertinence or articulate its relevance in your personal statement and how it informs your aspiration to study masters programme in the field of curating. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
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