Online
3 September 2020
Convened by the Early Careers Curators Group 2019-2020
The word ‘curator’ derives from the Latin curare, ‘to care’. Curators are charged with the physical and intellectual care of collections – the artworks, objects and narratives found within our cultural institutions. However, it is evident that the concept of care within our sector must stretch beyond the guardianship of cultural heritage, to the care of and concern for those around us.
Curating, Care and Community aimed to explore the increasingly urgent matter of how we care for ourselves, our colleagues, our collaborators and our audiences through our work in the arts, within and beyond institutions.
Hosted by Jemma Desai, presentations and panels addressed:
- Artists and acquisitions
- Working with marginalised groups
- Alternative ways of organising and collaborating
- Curating as a form of repair
- Dismantling colonial and ableist tropes
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This event was programmed by the British Art Network’s Early Career Curators Group 2019-20, a supportive forum of 14 curators brought together to share experiences and thinking around curating British art. The seminar aimed to be relevant for curators at all stages of their career and is an opportunity to have open conversations and learn from each other.
