The fourth residency of the Curatorial Network programme is undertaken by Zagreb-based curatorial collective What, How and for Whom (WHW) and hosted by ProjectBase and Situations. Two members of WHW, Ana Devic and Sabina Sabolovic are visiting arts organisations, curatorial collectives and artist-led programmes in Bristol and Cornwall (UK), investigating the question 'What is an Organisation?' over a ten-day period in October.

→ More information Residency Autumn 2008
→ Download WHW_events.pdf

Linked to the What, How and for Whom (WHW)'s residency are three seminars: Tuesday 21 October 2008, 7–9pm @ Plan 9 (Bristol), Saturday 25 October 2008, 1–5pm @ Spike Island (Bristol), and Wednesday 29 October, 5pm-7pm @ University College Falmouth.

→ More information Seminars Autumn 2008
→ Download WHW_events.pdf

We are offering financial support to up to 5 curators and artists living and working in Cornwall and the South-West who wish to attend the events in Bristol in connection with the residency by What, How and for Whom (WHW). The financial support is intended to assist with costs for independent practitioners or small organisations and it is not anticipated that they will be awarded to revenue funded or larger organisations.

→ More information WHW travel bursary
→ Download application form WHW_CN_bursary.pdf

This innovative, one year, full-time MA is run by University College Falmouth in collaboration with Tate St Ives, Newlyn Art Gallery and the visual arts commissioning agency ProjectBase. Through direct experience of working with artists on team-based projects and access to the expertise of the collaborating partners and other art-world professionals - the course will enable you to develop the conceptual and organisational skills essential for professional curating. Graduating with a thorough understanding of curating contemporary art, and an in-depth knowledge of art world structures and processes, you’ll be ready to engage effectively in an increasingly diverse and challenging range of curatorial opportunities.

→ More information http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/postgraduate
→ Contact Tel: +44 (0)1326 213783 Email: admissions@falmouth.ac.uk

Plymouth Arts Centre and i-DAT present Inter_connections seminar, the concluding event of a curatorial residency undertaken by Basak Senova. Senova is assistant professor at Kadir Has University, an independent curator and founding member of the Istanbul association NOMAD. Senova was resident at i-DAT and Plymouth Arts Centre (UK) in January 2008 as part of the programme of International Curatorial Research Residencies initiated by the Curatorial Network.Speakers: Basak Senova (Istanbul, Turkey), Paul O'Neill (Bristol, UK) and Ute Meta Bauer (MIT, US).

→ More information: seminar page → e-Flyer

The annual festival Ars Electronica takes place in Linz, Austria each year - arguably the foremost media and electronic art festival attracting participants and visitors from across the world. Curatorial Network is organising a visit for curators based in the South West of UK to attend the festival (4-9 September 2008). Eleven curators from the South West of England will be subsidised to attend the events on a visit organised by ArtProjects and Solutions. Deadline for applications is 4 April 2008.

→ More information about the visit International Visit Ars Electronica

Basak Senova, international curator and founder of the online curatorial project NOMAD TV, is undertaking research residency hosted by Plymouth Arts Centre and i-DAT (University of Plymouth, UK) as part of the Curatorial Network programme. The residency explores the potential of online environment and social networking tools as mechanisms for generating cultural exchange. It unfolds through the CN discussion list [curatorial.net] and concludes with a seminar on the 25 April 2008.

→ Read More Residency Winter 2008

→ Curatorial Residencies: Sergio Edelsztein (CCA, Tel Aviv, Israel), Spring 2007; Zhang Wei (The Vitamin Arts Space, Guangzhou China), Autumn 2007.
→ Seminars: Curating The Other (Dartington College of Arts & Spacex Gallery), and FAR WEST (Arnolfini & Relational, Bristol), UK.
→ International Visits http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/Visits

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