Curatorial
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Curatorial
Curatorial Residency The New Art Gallery Walsall Supported by the British Council Connections Through Culture Programme The New Art Gallery Walsall is offering a unique opportunity for a curatorial development residency for an aspiring curator from Pakistan. The proposed intensive three week residency will take place in March 2015, and will provide opportunities to explore issues and strategies around curating, including both intellectual and practical guidance. The resident curator would be based at The New Art Gallery Walsall where they would explore the curatorial activity of the organisation in depth. Deborah Robinson (Head of Exhibitions) will be the key contact but there will be opportunities to spend time with other key staff members including the Exhibitions and Artists’ Projects Curator (Zoe Lippett), the Exhibitions Coordinator (Hannah Anderson), the Head of Technical Services (Kevin Storrar), the Collections Curator (Julie Brown) and the Education team (led by Zoe Renilson), exploring their roles and responsibilities within the specific context of The New Art Gallery Walsall. They would also have the opportunity to meet Director, Stephen Snoddy. In addition, the resident curator would be taken to a range of different venues, both locally, (Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, Grand Union, Birmingham, Movement, Worcester, etc) and nationally (Whitechapel Gallery, London; Tate, London; Quad, Derby; New Art Exchange, Nottingham plus a range of commercial galleries) to explore different contexts for curating and to meet other curators to discuss their curatorial practices. The timing of the curatorial residency will coincide with a forum engaging with South Asia, which will take place at Whitechapel Gallery, London on 20 March 2015 and the curator will be expected to play a role in this forum. We would like to offer the resident curator the opportunity to continue working with us on a second phase of the project by curating an exhibition for our 4th floor gallery to be staged one year later (around May 2016). This could be a project for the individual curator or for a group. The exhibition would be selected from Walsall’s Collections and also from the British Council’s Collections. Both databases can be accessed online. Continuing support will be available over this period with a possible return to Pakistan by Deborah Robinson to offer face to face support. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a strong interest in modern and contemporary art and should speak English to a high standard. They should live and work in Pakistan. We are keen that the knowledge and skills developed can be disseminated in some way through broader networks. With support from the British Council, the successful applicant will be provided with accommodation and per diem payments for the duration of the residency. We will cover the costs of a return flight to the UK and the costs of a visa. The applicant will need to apply for their visa but will be supported by The New Art Gallery Walsall and the British Council. thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk To apply, please send your CV and a short statement of no more than 500 words demonstrating why you should be selected for this opportunity to [email protected] The selection panel will include Katrina Schwarz, (Visual Arts Curator, British Council), Sumbul Khan, (Director, Arts, British Council, Pakistan), Deborah Robinson, (Head of Exhibitions, The New Art Gallery Walsall) and Riffat Alvi, (Art Director, VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan). Deadline: 1 December 2014 For enquiries please contact: [email protected] Background The New Art Gallery Walsall opened in 2000 to international acclaim. The building, designed by Caruso St John, was shortlisted for the Sterling Prize in 2000. It houses world class temporary exhibition galleries (the focus of the programme being contemporary art), an Artist Studio programme, a Family Gallery, an Art Library, Activity Rooms (largely used for the Education programme), a Rooftop Terrace and Collections Galleries. Collecting has been active since the late 19th century and Walsall holds a range of art collections including the renowned Garman Ryan Collection, a collection of 365 works by artists brought together by Lady Kathleen Garman and her friend Sally Ryan, Kathleen Garman being the widow of Sir Jacob Epstein. The collection includes works by artists such as Picasso, Braque, Delacroix, Gericault, Lucian Freud and of course Epstein. More recently a collection of works by international contemporary artists (including Rashid Rana and Naiza Khan) has been developed by a consortium of Birmingham Museums Trust, Ikon Gallery Birmingham and The New Art Gallery Walsall supported by Art Fund through Art Fund International. The Gallery also runs an Artist Development programme in partnership with Turning Point West Midlands and others. Connections through Culture (CTC) is a programme designed to bring together creative people and broker institutional partnership; supporting the British Council’s global vision for the arts by strengthening professional networks, developing skills, and creating better understanding of the UK among partners in South Asia and vice versa. In 2012 and 2013, eighteen museums and galleries (ten from the UK, five from Pakistan and three from Bangladesh), participated in a curatorial exchange; travelling to Pakistan and Bangladesh and around Britain. CTC has facilitated collaboration between the UK and South Asia through a programme of residences for curators and artists, and a forum to be held at Whitechapel Gallery in March 2015. VM Gallery is one of Karachi’s leading art galleries. It was established as part of the Ragoonwala Trust in June 1987 to promote art education and fine art. Under its Art Director, Riffat Alvi, the Gallery has brought international art to Pakistan as well as providing a venue for artists from Pakistan to show their work. The Gallery hosts international exchange exhibitions, residences for artists, art history classes, guided tours, multimedia presentations, workshops, study tours and education programmes for schools and colleges.