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Chicago Curatorial Seminar 2025

Participants in the 2024 Chicago Curatorial Seminar during a visit to the Floating Museum.

Sep 13, 2025 – Dec 20, 2025

Chicago, IL, USA

Application deadline: August 10, 2025

Program dates: September 13-December 20, 2025

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Participants in the 2024 Chicago Curatorial Seminar during a visit to the Floating Museum.

Applications are now open for our 2025 Chicago Curatorial Seminar! In this free program, six to eight BIPOC Chicago-based emerging curators will meet over eight sessions from September to December 2025 for discussion-based seminars and site visits led by ICI staff, guest curators, artists, and arts professionals. Each participant will also workshop a proposal for a project and receive individual advisement from selected mentors, who provide a unique perspective on the participant's curatorial practice. Site visits include Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, The Neubauer Collegium, The Renaissance Society, and WILD YAMS: Black Mothers Artist Residency.

This is an opportunity for BIPOC curators with fewer than five years of experience to gain knowledge and resources, share ideas and connect with peers, and think through developments in their curatorial practice. We seek to provide a unique professional development and networking opportunity to emerging curators, provide broad access to new perspectives and curatorial models, build an affirming network of peers around shared values, and focus on strengthening practices that support overlooked artists and engage with local art communities while working outside of large institutions.

ELIGIBILITY

This opportunity is available to BIPOC curators currently based in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Curators should have 5 years of experience or less, and cannot be enrolled in an academic program at the time of the seminar.

TO APPLY

All applications should be submitted through AwardForce. If you have any questions, please contact Scott Vincent Campbell, Midwest Programs Manager, at scott@curatorsintl.org. Applications should include:

  • Chicago Curatorial Seminar Application Form
  • CV

 

The Chicago Curatorial Seminar is made possible by Joyce Foundation, with additional support from Teiger Foundation and the ICI Board of Trustees.