ICON - Course for curators

Course for curators

A one-year specialization course aimed at those wishing to develop the necessary skills to organize exhibitions and cultural events in the visual, digital and performative arts, in particular photography and moving images.

If art’s task is to ask questions, propose possible visions and spark processes of critical thought, the curator’s role is to interpret and mediate the messages that art can transmit so that we stop, observe and reflect. It is an important role. It involves care and responsibility for the artists and their works, public relations, far-reaching knowledge of the world around us, attention to change, and awareness of the current topics in the social, political and cultural debate.

Language: Italian - English
Attendance requirements: One-year course | 1 week per month, from Monday to Saturday
Information:

Contact us for information or to book an appointment. Our offices are open from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm.

Email: formazione@fmav.org

Telephone: +39 059 22 44 18

ICON is a vocational course covering the figure of curator in its entirety, in which students study, gain knowledge, learn to plan and build up personal networks. The course focuses on how the image is redefined in the current context. It looks at the possibilities given by technology to come up with innovative models of art and try out new cultural experiences that can grasp changes and anticipate the urgencies of the contemporary world. The course is aimed at people trained in art who are looking for a vocational course in the field of curatorship and event organization as well as all art lovers from other educational or career backgrounds who want to acquire curatorship skills. It is also a course for people who already work in this sector but wish to boost their knowledge and efficacy on the job.

ICON gives students the skills needed to work as exhibition curators and art event organizers in the contemporary image and visual arts sector, as consultants in the public or private sector – in museums, foundations, private collections, non-profit organizations, galleries, fairs or festivals – as editors in the publishing industry or specific campaign promoters in various professional contexts.

FMAV and Modena, city for the media arts
FMAV is a is a culture production hub and professional training and teaching centre for contemporary art and visual culture. This means unique opportunities to meet leading figures in art in a student-friendly city, where art and culture increasingly come face to face with technology and innovation: Modena is the first city in Italy to have been named a UNESCO creative city for the media arts.

The School of Advanced Studies in Modena is a prestigious institution dedicated to photography, the moving image and the various practices linked to digital and the performative arts. It has an innovative educational model that is completely integrated in the artistic sector, in an exclusive environment devoted to advanced study supported by small class sizes and direct teacher-student relationships.

Studying in safety
The times we are living in have changed our way of learning and being together but not our enthusiasm or our commitment to devise high-level training courses where we can learn in safety, without missing out on the pleasure of exchanging views, sharing and creating with other people. Rapidly changing times require high-speed adaptability: the school’s staff and teachers are always ready to reorganize programmes and lessons on the basis of the changes that might happen.

 

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The course will only be held when the minimum number of participants is reached.

End-of-year exhibition

End-of-year exhibition

The curator course members are involved in curating and organizing a group exhibition with works from the historical and contemporary collections managed by Fondazione Modena Arti Visive.

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Internships and partnerships

Internships and partnerships

Students can apply for the internships or residency periods offered by the exchange programme and FMAV’s Italian and international partnerships.

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Students’ projects

Students’ projects

Discover the students’ projects from the past course exhibitions: new curatorial proposals, ready to be readapted for specific location requirements and to be really put into practice.

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Syllabus

The training course is based on practice and methodological learning of the different curatorship skills and helps students build critical and planning competencies.

The course modules deal with the fields of curatorship through the analysis of case studies, best practices and benchmark models: the lessons lead students to identify a work method which they then put into practice in individual and group work. In the workshops, all students devise and discuss new projects to build up their own line of curatorial research. The course programme is rounded off by guided tours of particularly significant events, meetings with managers of institutions and other entities in the sector, in-depth study opportunities and job training with FMAV project organizers.

The art system and figure of curator
The art system and figure of curator

The main , the : the multiple the profession of curator.

History of exhibitions and display techniques
History of exhibitions and display techniques

Evolution of display methods and techniques, case studies and devising an exhibition layout.

Project management
Project management

Fundraising, budget and feasibility studies.Economic sustainability of cultural projects and fundraising activities.

Exhibition organization and production
Exhibition organization and production

The planning phase and practical organization of an exhibition: relations with artists and galleries, transport, loans and insurance.

Communication, press office and social media
Communication, press office and social media

Features of the different means of communication and building an effective promotional plan. Specific focus on social media.

Archives and collections; market and collecting
Archives and collections; market and collecting

Collection management and care, digitization processes and main market trends: galleries, fairs and collecting.

Multiplatform project
Multiplatform project

Devising complex art projects: new, interdisciplinary technologies and project usages.

Publishing
Publishing

Overview of books, journals, catalogues, magazines and multimedia products for contemporary art.

Copyright
Copyright

Main copyright regulations, protection requirements and duration of protection of intellectual works.

Devising new projects
Devising new projects

The practical planning phases from coming up with the idea to drafting individual end-of-year projects.

Workshop
Writing
Writing

Study and practice in writing texts and apparatus criticus aimed at specialist and general audiences.

Workshop
Exhibition planning
Exhibition planning

Shared planning and organization of a group exhibition taken from collections managed by FMAV, to take place at one of the foundation’s venues.

Workshop
Visual culture
Visual culture

A closer look at the focal points of visual culture and reflection on the role of the image and its prospects in the contemporary world.

Workshop
Job training

A series of meetings with stakeholders and professionals in the sector, plus specific training modules held by the foundation department heads.

Meetings
Guided tours

Guided tours of exhibitions and significant events on the art scene and meetings with the initiative organizers and institutions.

Meetings

Teachers

Testimonials

Students

Info and enrolment
Language: Italian - English
Attendance requirements: One-year course | 1 week per month, from Monday to Saturday
Information:

Contact us for information or to book an appointment. Our offices are open from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm.

Email: formazione@fmav.org

Telephone: +39 059 22 44 18