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> Starting Point
> A New Opportunity for Two Curators
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> The Contemporary Art Society, with Southampton City Art Gallery, are 
> inviting proposals from curating and museum studies graduates from 
> across the UK (must have graduated between 2008 - 2011). Starting 
> Point will offer two curators the opportunity to select a small 
> cluster of works from the collection to be installed as part of 
> Southampton City Art Gallery's public programme in 2011.
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> Arguably the most outstanding collection of modern and contemporary 
> art outside of London, Southampton City Art Gallery have generously 
> offered their support in providing access to the collection for this 
> great opportunity for new curators.
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> As a way of responding we are asking that proposals take the 
> collection of artist's film at Southampton as an initial Starting 
> Point.
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> For full application guidelines please visit: 
> www.contemporaryartsociety.org/forthcoming-events/event/future-plan
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> Application deadline: Monday 6 September 2010
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> Future Plan: How can we use new curatorial strategies to ignite the 
> inspirational potential of public collections of modern and 
> contemporary art?
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> National Network Seminar
>  Southampton City Art Gallery
>  Monday 8 November 2010, 12.30 - 16.30
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> The two selected Starting Point curators will be invited to 
> participate in the seminar which is an opportunity to understand more 
> about public collections. Speakers will look into the future for the 
> public collections that they are working with. Future Plan is aimed to 
> inspire a new generation of emerging curators and arts professionals 
> to think about how they can work with the extraordinary resource that 
> public collections offer.
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> The seminar has been programmed by the Contemporary Art Society’s 
> Curatorial Fellow, Robert Dingle in collaboration with Southampton 
> City Art Galleries Lead Exhibitions Officer, Alice Workman.
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> Speakers include:
> Stuart Comer – Curator (Film), Tate
> Ann Bukantas - Curator of Fine Art, Walker Art Gallery
> Gavin Delahunty - Curator, MIMA
> Starting Point Curators
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> FREE to members of the National Network, £5 to non-members
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> To book on to this seminar please email: 
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> For more information please visit: 
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Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art
Faculty of Arts, Design, and Media, University of Sunderland
Ashburne House, Ryhope Road
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Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media from MIT Press
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A Brief History of Curating New Media Art, and A Brief History of 
Working with New Media Art from The Green Box
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