Independent Curators International (ICI) supports the work of curators to help create stronger art communities through experimentation, collaboration, and international engagement. Curators are arts community leaders and organizers who champion artistic practice; build essential infrastructures and institutions; and generate public engagement with art. Our collaborative programs connect curators across generations, and across social, political and cultural borders. They form an international framework for sharing knowledge and resources — promoting cultural exchange, access to art, and public awareness for the curator’s role.
José López Serra
José López Serra is a cultural agent based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since 2015, he has co-directed Hidrante, a no-budget independent project space in San Juan. Hidrante functions as a curatorial studio of sorts, with an open programming that frequently works to introduce new artists and practices to the Puerto Rican context. López Serra was a fellow curator at Beta-Local’s La Práctica in 2017-2018. In 2017, he participated in the ICI’s Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans. He received his BA in Public Communications and Photography from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus in 2015.
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Watch Now! The Backroom: A Conversation
Watch Now! The Backroom: A Conversation in ICI’s Media Room
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The Backroom is a digital space to discover and navigate art beyond the artistic object or artifact, from a perspective that art is a continuous and relational exercise.
read more »2017 Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans: Public Symposium
The Curatorial Intensive participants of the 2017 New Orleans program will each present their exhibition and project proposals, which they have developed over the course of the program.
read more »Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans
ICI returns to New Orleans this March for the third Curatorial Intensive in the city since 2015.
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