Curators Anonymous #1
The current legal and socio-economic position of the curator in Belgium
Thursday 14 March, 2019 from 16.00 to 19.30, Atelier Vlaams Bouwmeester, Galerie Ravenstein, Brussels
We have the pleasure to invite you to the first open discussion on the current legal and socio-economic position of the curator in Belgium. It is a first step to address the often precarious working conditions of curators.
Curator's Anonymous is a diverse and open platform in progress that welcomes all curators active or based in Belgium, whether informal, freelance or institutional.
Programme
16.00 introduction of "Curators Anonymous"
16.20 On possible models of community building (Nikol Wellens, Kunstenpunt)
16.50 Presentation and discussion of main concerns
17.20 Break
17.30 Current relationship institutions and curators (Jan Bloemen, Z33)
18.00 The contract as a tool. Towards an ecology of practices (Julie van Elslande, Caveat - Jubilee)
18.30 Discussion and decision on the form of next event (scheduled for 6 June)
19.00 Drinks
The meeting will take place in English, but we will do our best to accommodate translations to French and Flemish if needed.
Do let us know if you will attend by 4 March by confirming your presence with an email to: curatorsanonymousBE@gmail.com
Curators Anonymous is a non-profit, non-affiliated association of curators in Belgium, founded in 2019 offering a platform for exchange on pressing issues affecting curators – their socio-economic and legal status, professional environment and societal roles.
Working from bottom-up, this responsive, supportive structure intends to ally active freelance and institutional curators from all generations in order to share knowledge and experiences. Through regular public meetings and an online presence, it discloses the various visible and invisible responsibilities of curators and their valuable contribution to the national arts landscape.
Curators Anonymous is supported by Kunstenpunt and KASK/HoGent