Although it is the era of curation, "curation" is still a topic of different opinions. With the emergence of more and more curators, the professionalism and threshold of curators have also been questioned. Now many students have the idea of studying abroad as a curator, but they have not received systematic professional training, nor understand the role of curators, let alone how to plan a successful exhibition. Therefore, it is necessary to study some systematic courses in professional colleges.

Which school does the curatorial major apply for studying abroad?

The exhibition planning industry has a relatively short history in China, and the exhibition planning majors of overseas universities are relatively complete. According to the style and tendency of each school, the focus of the school's curatorial teaching is different. The following is a comparative analysis of the application of curatorial major to Edinburgh, SAIC and RCA Huangyi for studying abroad!

Royal College of Art

RCA, which ranks first in the global art category, has a very authoritative major in Curating Contemporary Art. Focusing on various public or private exhibition spaces, how to display a wide range of art and design works is our central proposition. The basic task of Huangyi teaching is to cultivate students' professional quality matching with it.

Royal Academy of Art Curatorial

In the eyes of RCA instructors, the thinking logic of the curator is the most important link. The core unit of the program should not only have an artistic sense of smell, but also know how to communicate with the audience.

The courses include art knowledge, political acumen, understanding of contemporary art and culture, and serious academic theories, which are all the thinking abilities that curators need. It should be able to summarize abstractly like an artist, restore abstractions to concrete images, and recommend and expand them to more audiences who do not have the ability to abstract.

Studying abroad as a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts

besides, Royal Academy of Art Curatorial The teaching concept of the exhibition is more focused on summarizing experience in practice and slowly "expanding your vocabulary", because it is very important for a curator to contact more artistic works and try more ways of expression.

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chicago Academy of Arts has a superior geographical location, but because its geographical location is just on the lakeside of Michigan, adjacent to Millennium Park and Grant Park, the campus is set up in the Chicago Museum. As students studying in SAIC, they can feel the pleasure of walking through the museum every day.

The compulsory courses for students of SAIC's curatorial major include curatorial practice, research training and methods, art history&criticism and methods of visual culture, etc.

The school focuses more on providing students, scholars and museum professionals with the opportunity to plan an art exhibition, as well as internships in galleries and museums, to provide students with more opportunities for development.

The core of the course attaches more importance to the thinking logic and design skills of each link. It focuses on cultivating students' practical ability and ability to compare and relate works of art, improving their thinking ability and critical thinking and tolerance, and finally forming their own views.

This unique program will provide students with invaluable knowledge, experience and employment skills in museum, business and academic fields, while enabling students to establish professional links between the two.

University of Edinburgh

The major of exhibition planning in British universities is mainly to help students understand and learn exhibition planning in terms of the combination of art and media, art and cultural policy communication, photography research, project planning, art commercialization, etc.

University of Edinburgh Curatorial

　　 University of Edinburgh MScR Collections&Curing Practices is set up in Edinburgh Academy of Arts. This major focuses on research, and can also enable students to deeply understand the current issues and practices in the field of curation, and cultivate critical, analytical and other related research skills.

This major cooperates with many institutions, and even can go to these places for internship, such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, the National Gallery of Scotland, the Talbot Gallery, the Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh's own special collections, etc.

The required courses are guided research practice, collection theory, practice and methods, art history papers, etc. In addition, there are also postgraduate professional courses in Film, Exhibition&Construction.

It is easy to see from the name of the major that the curriculum will mainly focus on film related curation. There are many optional courses related to film.

Finally, if you are interested in the application for studying abroad in the exhibition major, Natural Light wants to say that you should not be afraid of whether you are a relevant professional learning background, as long as you try to keep watching the exhibition frequently and like "exhibition", having your own perspective is enough for you to choose this major.

In general, the curatorial profession is also like a creator, which can transform the artistic language into a language that can be understood by the audience. But before becoming a more professional artist, you should first become a more sensitive audience.

In addition, the future career direction of the curatorial major should be the part that many people care about. In fact, the curatorial major can consider a wide range, roughly in two directions: profitable institutions, such as auction houses, galleries, etc; Non profit organizations, such as national museums and art galleries (roughly divided by whether to buy or sell works of art). Among them, you can choose to be a resident curator, independent curator, art writer, critic, or manage the collection, artwork, exhibition introduction, etc. in the organization. It can be seen from this that as a newly emerging art field, the curatorial profession, coupled with the rapid development of China's economy, has seen an increasing number of art exhibitions in major cities, and the demand for talent for art curators is also growing. Therefore, curators with relevant overseas education and experience will have a bright future.

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