Mumbai Curatorial Intensive

Speakers: Annapurna Garimella, Annie Fletcher, Arshiya Lokhandwala, Christiane Mennicke, Gayatri Sinha, Heejin Kim, Pooja Sood, Shaina Anand, Sharmila Samant, Shivaji Panikkar, and Vidya Shivadas
Chairs: Kate Fowle and Susan Hapgood
Facilitators: Chelsea Haines and Amrita Gupta Singh

In collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI), New York
Supported by Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai

December 12 to 14, 2011 | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Sir J.J. School of Art and Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

The Mumbai Curatorial Intensive, developed and implemented by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, will be offered in Mumbai (India) in collaboration with the Mohile Parikh Center (MPC), Mumbai.

This three-day event is a forum on curatorial practice focused on contemporary art and geared towards the emerging professional curator. The program is for 15 individuals who have been selected by ICI and MPC through an application process. The purpose of the program is for the participants to receive an introduction to curatorial practice in the field of contemporary art, and to set up a foundation for future curatorial work. Through the program, participants will engage with current curatorial thinking in a critical environment that provides an international context for understanding contemporary art and exhibition-making today.

The program will consist of two days of seminars during which the selected participants will attend closed-door lectures and discussions with experienced curators from ICI, and other prominent professional curators invited from Asia and Europe. On the third day, a public forum of two panel discussions will be held, featuring professional curators from Asia, Europe, and North America, who will give talks on pressing curatorial issues.

This event develops directly out of the successful prior collaboration, “What Is Curating?” an intensive hands-on series of workshops organized by ICI and MPC in December 2010. These events bridge a gap—because as of yet, no formal long-term academic training programs exist for this field in India, where the contemporary art scene is highly active.