Jeremy Akerman

What is curating? This short course is aimed at a wide range of people interested in producing exhibitions, events and other visual arts projects. The course will provide a framework to curate your own show. It covers topics such as contemporary art and artists, how exhibitions happen and how they are organised. In the weekly discussions we will consider different ideas in exhibition making, look at some historical models and build scale model proposals. Practical instruction is given on marketing, budgets, press packs, fundraising, publications and more. The course is supported by an enjoyable reading list consisting of theory, contemporary essays and fiction.

Jeremy Akerman is an artist and freelance curator. He is a visiting tutor at Central Saint Martins and Middlesex University, was a selector for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2005 and editor of 'The Alpine Fantasy of Victor B' and other stories (short stories by contemporary UK artists).