The course will also provide you with important practical information about funding, promotion, installation and other professional aspects of curating. Then we'll move you on to building your practical skills by encouraging you to devise exhibition themes and proposals.

Don't miss your chance to gain valuable and practical insights into curating contemporary art in both gallery and alternative spaces.

Anyone with an interest in curating exhibitions of contemporary art. You may be looking to make proposals to venues, apply for gallery internships, follow a career in arts administration or apply for a BA or MA degree in Curating.

Admissions Option 2

Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.

Scholarships and Funding Option 2

A history of curating: Lectures on curatorial roles and histories.

EXHIBITION: Contextualising your practice.

Taking your proposals to the next stage, context and intention.

Partnerships, funding, timetables and calculating budgets.

Pitching your project: how to present ideas.

Program content

You will gain vital understanding of professional standards of practice in curating, knowledge of structures and institutions of the art world in London and beyond and have the tools to write an exhibition proposal, organise a show and apply for funding. It could mean moving on to curatorial projects, assistantships, partnerships or internships in the future.

You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!

As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.

However we always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!

Certificates are a great addition to your CV.

Program Outcome

Program Tuition Fees Option 2

Live and interactive online lessons with classmates from around the world

The same course content and learning outcomes as our face to face courses

Lesson recordings, for review, so you never have to miss a class

Access to the virtual learning environment with course content

2 weeks online access to the recordings of the live classroom sessions

The opportunity to ask questions to your tutor in real time

Program delivery

Summer Course

Master

Art Studies

Arts

Art History

University of the Arts London (UAL) is ranked 2nd in the world for Art and Design according to the 2023 QS World University Rankings®, for the fifth year in a row. It has an international reputation in art, design, communication, fashion, media and performing arts. Home to a diverse body of 18,000 students from 130 countries, UAL has over 100 years’ history of teaching across its institutions – Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion, Wimbledon College of Arts and UAL Creative Computing Institute.

Curating Contemporary Art Short Course

Key Information

Introduction