How can curation handle the connection between artwork and empire? What do letterpress posters train us about Black Southern historical past? What does decolonial curation appear like in a South Asian context?
Final fall and spring, the Hyperallergic staff welcomed 5 curators for journalism fellowships targeted on these and extra inquiries to demystify the method of curation with the assist of the Emily Corridor Tremaine Basis.
Designed to introduce curators to on-line journalism and supply them with a platform to share their analysis with a broader viewers fascinated by artwork, the Emily Corridor Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators additionally pushed every curator to think about how they’d current their materials to on-line readers around the globe.
As a part of the Fellowship, every curator obtained a $5,000 grant to create a web based exhibition, write articles associated to their analysis, and current and focus on their exhibition throughout a digital occasion. Dakota Noot, Dr. Kelli Morgan, Sadaf Padder, Beya Othmani, and Angelina Lippert engaged with a spread of subjects constructing on their prior curatorial experiences, increasing the boundaries of their work, and considering creatively concerning the distinctive alternatives of public writing in a digital house.
Under, we’ve compiled recordings of the digital occasions with every fellow together with their articles and exhibitions, and we invite you to spend time with every challenge to be taught extra concerning the artists, practices, and frameworks that inform their distinct approaches.
Curation is much from a monolith, and we’re happy with the work our fellows produced in pursuit of rising their very own observe and making their work accessible to a wider viewers.
Artwork, Whiteness, and Empire — A Historical past of the Artwork Museum
Dr. Kelli Morgan presents the roots of Black cultural expression and steerage on cultivating care and empowerment on the museum.
View the exhibition: Art, Whiteness, and Empire
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Amos Kennedy & The College of Dangerous Printing
Angelina Lippert brings the printmaker’s observe and letterpress posters that commemorate group and Black rural life into the highlight.
View the exhibition: In the Studio With Amos Kennedy
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Exploring South Asian Futurisms
Sadaf Padder delves into the practices of South Asian artists using expertise and science to think about decolonial frameworks.
View the exhibition: Coasting the Topography of South Asian Futurisms
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Daughters of Cyclona
Dakota Noot explores under-recognized queer Chicanx efficiency via the work and affect of drag artist Cyclona.
View the exhibition: The Body by Design: LGBTQ+ Chicanx Art
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North Africans within the First Worldwide Black Arts Festivals
Beya Othmani examines the connection between North African artists and actions for Black citizenship.
View the exhibition: Fela Kefi Leroux, Embracing Blackness at the First World Festival of Black Arts
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