Curators' Days
The Arts Council Collection organises six events for UK-based curators each year. Designed as an informal forum for networking, learning and sharing, the events bring together curators from galleries across the country and are organised in collaboration with Art Fund.
Each event has a special focus, either looking at particular areas of professional practice or visiting major exhibitions with talks from artists, curators and specialists on a range of topics.
Past events have included visits to Folkestone Triennial, Artes Mundi, The British Art Show and Glasgow International, and topics covered have included exhibition publishing, art and dementia, art writing and engaging families in galleries. Read more about past Curators’ Days in our blogs Curating the Classroom, Engaging Families, Towards Civic Engagement or watch our interviews from the Venice Curators’ Day.
Our Curators’ Days are free, however places are limited and priority will be given to curators or those working with Collections in museums, galleries and historic buildings in the UK. This year you can only register interest for one place per email address, per event via the Southbank Centre website.
Please note that the Arts Council Collection is not able to support travel or accommodation, although refreshments and a light lunch will be provided. If you require support for travel and other practical costs you may be eligible for Art Fund’s Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grants.
Curators can apply for costs associated with multiple trips and a quick turnaround on decisions will be made. Demands on funds are high and priority will be given to curators working directly with collections. To discuss an application contact Emma Coleman, Programmes Manager, Art Fund.
For general enquiries regarding Curators' Days please contact Grace Beaumont, Acquisitions Coordinator, Arts Council Collection.
UPCOMING CURATORS' DAYS 2019
Registration of interest is now closed, we will be in touch in due course once places have been allocated.
Art and Mental Health
Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham
Tuesday 12 March, 2019
Venice Biennale
Venice (Various Locations)
Thursday 9 May, 2019
Yorkshire Sculpture International
Leeds and Wakefield (Various Locations)
Thursday 18 - Friday 19 July, 2019
Past Events
Arts Council Collection’s Acquisitions Coordinator, Grace Beaumont, reports from our recent Curators’ Day event around Artes Mundi 8 at National Museum Cardiff.
Listen to the guest speakers from this event exploring art and dementia, including how to create dementia friendly spaces and resources in galleries and museums.
Emma Bearman reports from the recent Arts Council Collection Curators’ Day event, Engaging Families, and considers new ways of engaging family audiences in art galleries and museums.
A series of interviews with UK-based curators produced in collaboration with Art Fund as part of the Arts Council Collection Curators’ Day at Venice Biennale 2017.
Arts & Culture Producer Emma Wilcox reports from our Folkestone Trinnial event, featuring talks from Triennial curator, Lewis Biggs and architect Ben Allen,
Ellen Mara De Wachter reports from our Arts Council Collection Curators’ Day at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough.
Collection Assistant, Emii Alrai, reports from the Arts Council Collection Curators’ Day, Curating the Classroom at the Hepworth Wakefield.