Info Sessions

Hear from the head of the MA Curatorial Practice program about every aspect of our program in the center of New York City. Our rigorous training in practice, history, and theory will prepare you for your professional work in the curatorial field. Attendees will receive an $80 application fee waiver if they apply for Summer 2025 or Fall 2025 admission.

Note: This waiver will be applied to the email address used to register for this event. It is important to use the same email address consistently throughout the entire application process. Please note that we welcome individual meetings on Zoom or in-person to discuss the application and the program.


SVA wants to ensure persons with disabilities have access to this event. If you are a person with a disability who requires accommodations to access or participate in this event, please reach out to the MA Curatorial Practice department at macp@sva.edu or to SVA Disability Resources disabilityresources@sva.edu at least 7 business days prior to the event.

Courses

  • Introductory Critique of Canonical 20th- and 21st-Century Texts

    Practicum: Logic and Rhetoric

    Practicum: Research Methodologies

    Workshop: Exhibition-Making

    History Seminar: Post-1945 Transnationalism and the History of Art

    Case Study Seminar: Curating Digital Art Through Network, Gallery and Public Space

    Philosophy Seminar: Curatorial Practice, Body and World

    Curatorial Roundtable I: Visiting International Curators Program

    Workshop: Critical Writing–Exhibition Analysis

    Workshop: Professional Practices

    CP Exhibition

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  • Case Study Seminar: Models of Thinking–Curating a Program

    Case Study Seminar: History as Commodity–On the Contemporary

    History Seminar: Modern and Contemporary Art

    Case Study Seminar: Returning the Gaze: Models of Curating Film and Video in Contemporary Art

    Practicum: Exhibition-Making

    Curatorial Roundtable II: Visiting International Curators Program

    Art Practice

    CP Exhibition

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  • Case Study Seminar: Memory and Justice in Performance Today

    Case Study Seminar: The Expanded Space of Art

    Case Study Seminar: Hybrid Narratives: Curating Across Disciplines

    Artists Roundtable

    Independent Curatorial Plan

    Curatorial Roundtable III: Visiting International Curators Program

    Museum Studies and New Practices of Feminist Care

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  • Workshop: Critical Writing–The Catalog Essay

    Curatorial Roundtable IV: Visiting International Curators Program

    Final Exhibition/Curatorial Project

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