Curating students participate in apexart's international student jury programme

Final year Curating students took part in a student jury programme with apexart, led by Dr Gulsen Bal, Senior Lecturer in Curating (Art Theory & Practice). Students participated in the evaluation and selection process for apexart’s next exhibition series and voting process took place between the 4th of March and 4th of April 4 2021. Four exhibition proposals have been selected from 520 submissions to apexart’s 2021–22 International Open Call. They were evaluated by individual jurors, including students from 24 university classes and one high school class, resulting in 88 countries represented.

apexart is well known by its art exhibitions in NY, but also around the world; the organization spreads contemporary art in many countries. And, apexart jury process encourages lively discussion about many aspects of curating, writing, and exhibition making processes while helping students develop a greater understanding of their own curatorial values. The variety of proposals allows them to encounter important concerns about social issues and ideas from all over the world.

To date, more than 120 classes from universities and art schools have participated, including The New School (New York City), Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, de Appel Curatorial Program (Amsterdam), Makere University (Kampala), MICA (Baltimore) and Manchester School of Art.