I am so grateful to have been selected as a Fellow in this year's MoMA The Museum of Modern Art International Program for the 2021 iteration of the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL)—International Curatorial Institute.

The two-week intensive programme comprises a cohort of 14 senior curators from the MoMA and other curators dispersed worldwide, focusing on areas that are oftentimes blind spots to the Western hegemonic gaze, including influential and creative minds from the Global South.

Initiated in 2014, the Center for Curatorial Leadership partners with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on the International Curatorial Institute for Modern and Contemporary Art. Each year a cohort of exceptional modern and contemporary art curators from outside of the United States convene with select MoMA curators for a two-week intensive hosted at the museum.

Building upon CCL’s success in training the next generation of museum leaders and expanding MoMA’s long history of international exchange, the program aims to cultivate a global network of collaborative curators and to enrich participants’ capacity to tackle strategic issues facing 21st-century museums.

Partners:

THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP (CCL) trains curators to become visionary leaders of art museums. At a time when the demands of cultural institutions and the public are rapidly evolving, CCL provides essential tools to guide today’s museums and anticipate future challenges. The CCL model encompasses mentorships with innovators and museum directors, rigorous coursework in strategic management, and professional networks for support and growth. With its graduates now at the helm of major art institutions, CCL is helping to build the next generation of museum leaders, ones who combine traditional curatorial connoisseurship and art historical scholarship with administrative, managerial, and strategic expertise

Curriculum

The Institute’s schedule and curriculum are specific to the needs and interests of curators from international institutions. Participants explore multiple models of leadership, financial management, and institutional alignment with a full schedule of group coursework, tailored individual meetings, formal presentations, collection tours, and roundtable discussions. Professors from Columbia Business School offer a focused curriculum covering central skills, tools, and lessons that frame non-profit management and the cultural sector in a global context. Discussions with MoMA staff and other leaders from the New York cultural community provide rich opportunities to exchange ideas and international perspectives.