The Young Curators Program offers young professionals the opportunity to realize their own curatorial projects at the CCA. Applicants born on or after 1 January,1976 and coming from different backgrounds—architects, journalists, designers, critics, historians and others—are invited to propose a project that engages the contemporary debate in architecture, urbanism, and landscape design. One candidate will be selected each year to realize a proposal during a residency of up to three months at the CCA.
The Power Corporation of Canada Curatorial Internships Program encourages students and recent graduates born on or after 1 January, 1981 to take part of the CCA’s curatorial activities through an internship of six to twelve months. One or two applicants from different disciplines and countries of residence have the opportunity to become acquainted with the CCA collection, conservation, educational, exhibition, publication, and research programs.
EMERGING CURATORIAL PRACTICE
In November 2010, with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the CCA held an important colloquium entitled “The Canadian Centre for Architecture in an expanding curatorial field” with numerous world-renowned specialists from the museum and architectural fields. The two new curatorial opportunities have been initiated as one of the outcomes of the colloquium and they address a renewed interest that is emerging around curatorial practice within the field of architecture. Many schools of architecture in North America and Europe have started to integrate the subject within their curriculum, and architecture centres like the CCA are looking to a new generation of curators of architecture, trained outside of art history and museum studies programs.
“These new programs will create mutually beneficial collaborations between the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the next generation of curators,” said CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini. “By opening the doors to young curators the CCA fulfils an important educational role while engaging the talent necessary to best address issues that affect contemporary society and future architectural practices.”
“These new programs will create mutually beneficial collaborations between the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the next generation of curators,” said CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini. “By opening the doors to young curators the CCA fulfils an important educational role while engaging the talent necessary to best address issues that affect contemporary society and future architectural practices.”
APPLICATION
For further information, applicants are invited to visit CCA’s web site.
All applications must be received by Friday, 15 April 2011.
ABOUT THE CCA
The CCA is an international research centre and museum founded in 1979 on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. Based on its extensive collections, the CCA is a leading voice in advancing knowledge, promoting public understanding, and widening thought and debate on architecture, its history, theory, practice, and role in society today.
The CCA gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Power Corporation of Canada.
The CCA also thanks the ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal and the Department of Canadian Heritage.