Curation

Curation MA is for those wanting to innovate in curatorial practice, explore art’s role in social change and develop leadership skills. Prepare to engage with global challenges, amplify voices, and advance your career in contemporary culture.

Key course content includes:

• Exploring curatorial practices that go beyond traditional spaces, using tools and facilities to create impactful projects and measure social value.
• Collaborating on interdisciplinary projects with external organisations to build your leadership, adaptability and problem-solving skills.

Why you should study this course

• High profile partnerships with industry, with a new arts venue currently being built in Coventry.
• Next generation leadership in the arts positioning curatorial practice in wider regional contexts in the UK and overseas, engaging with programmes such as the British Art Show, biennials such as Europe’s Manifesta, and British Council’s Spark programme in Hong Kong.
• Modern facilities including metal, wood and ceramics workshops alongside digital suites and immersive studios with VR technologies and capabilities.
• An international profile for excellence and innovation with associations to the pioneering work of the conceptual art group Art & Language in the 1960s, and the foundations of the influential Blk Art Group and the British Black art movement in the early 1980s.
• An international community forging interdisciplinary collaborations and professional networks to sustain careers in creative and cultural industries; the course also benefits from links to world-leading researchers across the wider Coventry University Group.

Collaborations

Endorsement by the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Coventry University and the RSA have collaborated on a module concerning social and ethical responsibility. You will be entitled to a 12-month fellowship of the RSA so you can access all RSA resources and platforms during your period of study. Once you have successfully passed the Professional Practice and Innovation module, you will receive an RSA digital credential.

Please use the official Coventry University website as your main source of information as our courses are subject to change throughout the year.