MA Curating & Collections

Course detail Content: what students can expect

• Practical skills to sit alongside critical reflection that will help you develop a balanced approach to curatorial methods
• A course that focuses on working with contemporary and historic collections, exhibition design, concept development, marketing, press releases and budgeting
• To explore current critical debates, keeping up to date on issues such as participation, the artist-curator dynamic and thinking about the public realm
• Our curatorial team at Chelsea Space to provide training within an active and supportive curatorial environment, engaging you with the best examples of contemporary practice
• To have access to the Chelsea library Special Collections, which have a strong emphasis on modern and contemporary art and design
• To handle a range of collections held by the UAL, including Camberwell's ILEA collection of ceramics and glassware and Central Saint Martins' Museum and Study Collection

MA Curating and Collections programme specification (PDF - 226 KB)

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Structure

• Phase 1: Analysis of curatorial practices
• Phase 2: Methods of curatorial display
• Phase 3: Enacting curatorial strategies

Throughout the three assessed units of the course, you will study in the following ways:

• Exhibition studio workshop: practical sessions focusing on exhibition-making
• Curatorial studies: ‘think-tank’ sessions focusing on historical and theoretical framing of curatorial practice
• Collections visits: engagement with museums, events, exhibitions and displays
• Lecture programme: lectures from professors, readers and other invited speakers

During the course, you will participate in individual and group tutorials developing your skills through the taught sessions alongside the professional practice activity with staff at Chelsea Space. Individual research will be guided to help you make the most of the Special Collections, as well as, library and learning resources across UAL.

Monday 8 October - Friday 21 December 2018

Monday 7 January - Friday 29 March 2019

Monday 15 April - Friday 13 September 2019

Learning and teaching methods

• Collaborative work with peers
• Gallery, museum and other visits
• Presentations and crits
• Research topic groups
• Self-directed study and research
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Visiting artist and practitioner talks and tutorials

Assessment methods

• Critical writing
• Presentations
• Project portfolios

Staff

• Dr David Dibosa - Course Leader
• Donald Smith - Director of Exhibitions, Chelsea Space
• Lynton Talbot - Lecturer