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> From: Contemporary Art Society 
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> Date: 11 January 2010 12:26:49 GMT
> To: Beryl <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Three Curatorial Fellowships
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> Curatorial Practice and the Museum:
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> Working with Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art.
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> Applications Welcomed:
>  Three Curatorial Fellowships
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> 2010 is the Contemporary Art Society's centenary year. To celebrate, a 
> Centenary Programme will take place in partnership with many of our 
> sixty-three member museums across the UK.
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>  For 100 years, the Contemporary Art Society has acted as a catalyst 
> for visual arts in this country, developing audiences, artists, 
> curators, collectors and collections alike. It has played a unique and 
> visionary role by donating more than 8,000 works to institutions in 
> Britain, where art is enjoyed by many generations. The Programme will 
> include, exhibitions, publication, talks and events. Also, as part of 
> the programme, we are delighted to be able to offer three Curatorial 
> Fellowships to focus on our work with public collections. The 
> Fellowships, based within the collections, aim to bring additional 
> contemporary art, curatorial expertise right to the heart of the staff 
> teams working within the museums. The initiative is designed to offer 
> the Fellow curatorial experience of working with and planning the 
> future of a public collection. This may relate to modern, contemporary 
> and historic collections.
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> Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery - 6 months in duration. Timed 
> to coincide with the re-hanging of the permanent collection, a moment 
> that provides The Castle with an opportunity to step back and review 
> current practice. The Curatorial Fellow will work with the team to 
> plan the new installation of the collection and devise a new 
> exhibition for the Museum and Art Gallery for the 2011 programme. The 
> Curatorial Fellow will work with the team to plan the new installation 
> of the collection and devise an exhibition for the Museum and Art 
> Gallery for the 2011 programme.
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> Deadline for application: Monday 8 February 2010. Interviews to be 
> held at Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery on 17 February. Start 
> date negotiable, anticipated to be in September 2010
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> The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry - 6 months in duration.  
> A Curatorial Fellow with a specialism in contemporary art and digital 
> media will lead strategic thinking and participate in developing a 
> strategy for the future role of contemporary art within The Herbert's 
> complex programme. The Fellow will have the opportunity to contribute 
> to the public programme either through the exhibition or events 
> programme.
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> Deadline for applications Monday 1 February 2010. Interviews to be 
> held at The Herbert, Coventry on 15 February. Start date negotiable, 
> anticipated to be in April/May 2010
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> At Contemporary Art Society - 12 months in duration.  Working with the 
> team that generates the programme for the National Network, a 
> membership scheme for arts professionals, the majority of whom work 
> with public collections. The programme includes; events, conferences 
> seminars and national and international research trips. The Fellow 
> will be focused on the development an on-line resource. This is an 
> opportunity for a curator who is interested in generating and 
> gathering information from a discursive national programme with the 
> aim of creating a continuous and growing resource that will support 
> the sector.
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> Deadline for applications Monday 8 February 2010. Start date, as soon 
> as possible.
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> For more information on all three fellowships and application details 
> go to:
> www. contemporaryartsociety.org/national-programmes/centenary 
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> The Contemporary Art Society exists to develop the widest audience for 
> contemporary art, and to support and develop contemporary art 
> collections and collectors in the UK.
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> In May 1910 the organisation was formally constituted as the 
> Contemporary Art Society. For 100 years, the Society has acted as a 
> catalytic agent in the contemporary visual arts ecology of this 
> country, developing audiences, artists, curators, collectors and 
> collections alike. It has played a unique and visionary role, donating 
> more than 8,000 works to institutions in Britain, where they are 
> enjoyed by audiences of tens of millions.
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> Contemporary Art Society
>  11—15 Emerald Street
>  London WC1N 3QL
> www.contemporaryartsociety.org
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> Office opening times:
>  Monday — Friday, 9.30 — 17.30
>  Please note there is limited access to the office. Call +44 (0)20 
> 7831 1243 for further details.
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> Contemporary Art Society is a company
>  limited by guarantee. Registered in
>  England and Wales no 255486
>  Charity Registration no 208178
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> Supported by
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Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
Ashburne House, Ryhope Road
Sunderland
SR2 7EE
Tel: +44 191 515 2896    Fax: +44 191 515 2132
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CRUMB web resource for new media art curators
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