Curating (with Advanced Practice)

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  • University/Institute Name Teesside University
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration2 years
  • Unspecified Expired

Position Details (Master's)

Based in our international art gallery and museum, MIMA, this professionally focused course covers the advanced practical and intellectual requirements of a curator including collections, commissioning, interpretation, engagement, project management and critical theoretical contexts. The Curating (with Advanced Practice) course is offered at Teesside University.

This Curating (with Advanced Practice) course from Teesside University begins by developing your practice across key issues and economic, social and cultural landscapes including decolonisation, diversity and inclusion, place-making and sustainability. You then move onto developing advanced curatorial skills as part of your current employment, providing you with a comprehensive and critical understanding of professional practice, and preparing you for future challenges within the cultural and creative industries.

Career opportunities

You are prepared for a career in curating across the cultural and creative industries including visual arts, museums and heritage, programming and creating projects across media, design, performance, fashion, festivals and cross art forms. Curators are increasingly sought by sectors such as teaching, academia, health and the environment, to improve public engagement and communications.

Curators have an increasingly vital role in interpretating and selecting content across many areas and managing creative relationships of all kinds, it is a future facing career choice that is exploding and the government has labelled a priority through its apprenticeship scheme.

Courses included:

  • Curating Collections and Access
  • Global Critical Contexts
  • Major Project: Curatorial Practice

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

Position Start Date

Jan 2026