Postgraduate Course: TPG Curating (ARTX11030)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 40 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | You will engage in the presentation and interpretation of contemporary art in professional institutionalised settings - integrating your approach to artistic research, commissioning and distribution. You will work collaboratively to curate a project for a specific venue, developing a sophisticated awareness of sites 
and audiences in relation to current curatorial theories and practices. Practical workshops will facilitate project management, critical and contextual approaches. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Critically re-assess curatorial histories and theories in relation to emerging tendencies in curatorial practice. 
 
  
2. Generate a focus for and make a constructive contribution to the group organisation of a curatorial project. 
 
 
3. Work with your peers to produce, manage and distribute a curatorial project for critical scrutiny  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Portfolio 
Seminar Participation 
Exhibition |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
Micchelli, Thomas. On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators, Distributed Art Publishers; 2010. 
Zeiske, Claudia and Sacramento, Nuno. ARTocracy, Jovis, 2011. 
Kouris and Rand, Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating, Apexart, 2007. 
Marincola, Paula. What Makes a Great Exhibition?,Reaktion, 2007. 
Wilson, Mick, Curating and the Educational Turn, Open Editions/De Appel Arts Centre, 2010. 
Abbing, Hans. 'Why are artists poor?: The Exceptional Economy of the Arts, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2002. 
WADE, GAVIN, Curating in the 21st Century, Wolverhampton, 2000. 
O'DOHERTY, BRIAN & MCEVILLEY Inside the White Cube, University of California Press, 1999.  
Greenberg, Reesa. Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, London, 1996. 
Buskirk, Martha. 'The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art', MIT, 2005. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | Theory Pathway: Curating Collecting Exhibitions Museology Taxonomy Cultural Geography Art History Vi | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Neil Mulholland 
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Course secretary | Mrs Chrystin Mcderment 
Tel: 0131 221 6087 
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