CuratorLab

CuratorLab - Curatorial Program for Professionals in Arts, Crafts and Design

Applications are accepted once a year, to enter in September 2012.
The application deadline for 2012/2013 is April 8th, 2012.

CuratorLab is an international self-directed curatorial course dedicated to the advancement of curatorial practices based on research in the arts, crafts and design. It is designed to offer time to conduct research and to explore new directions and ideas in order to develop artistic or theoretical work while linking academic study to cultural projects.

The program offers the participants the possibility to develop and realize one individual and/or collaborative project in the form of a public presentation, i.e. exhibition, lecture series, publication, screenings, seminar, for which CuratorLab provides professional feedback and practical support as well as a moderate research/production budget. 
The final form, and where it will be presented, is decided by each participant in dialogue with his or her personal advisor.

CuratorLab will arrange guest lectures by professionals in the field, and provides each participant access to the faculties across Konstfack’s departments, visiting curators, critics and practitioners, and be welcomed into graduate seminars and classes.

Dependant on the individual aims and research topics of the participants the faculty will assist in contacting art institutions to arrange lectures, to set up meetings with professionals in the field, as well as schedule studio visits with artists and designers in the Nordic region. 
Participants will be introduced to Konstfack’s Nordic and international network in arts, design and craft.

Participants are encouraged to organize public presentations within Konstfack and other institutions, in the form of discussions, lectures, screenings, or seminars, for which they will receive support by the faculty.

Konstfack provides each participant with a shared office space including telephone, Internet and other amenities, and access to local research libraries.

Applications are accepted once a year, to enter in September 2011. The program is flexible. It can be divided over different intervals over the academic year and it is not required to be based in Stockholm full time. The final schedule will be determined during the first meeting in Stockholm in September.

Language
The program is international and all seminars are in English.

Tuition fees
Tuition at Konstfack is free of charge for students from Sweden and the EU/EEA. From 2011 students from outside the EU/EEA are required to pay tuition fees.
Read more about application and tuition fees for students outside the EUEEA here.

For more information on study in Sweden please visit www.studyinsweden.se and www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/SI-scholarships/.

Requirement for Application
MA degree in fine art, art history, critical studies, architecture, crafts and design and / or equivalent working experience in independent curatorial practices or within institutions.

Application Deadline: April 8, 2012

Application Form
CuratorLab Application Form.pdf

More information
For further information please contact Renée Padt, Programme Director CuratorLab, renee.padt@konstfack.se.

Application materials are not returned
Please note that the application materials are not returned.