Three-year courses ARTS CURATING FIRENZE

Studying in three-year courses ARTS CURATING at the Marangoni institute FIRENZE

The aim of the three-year course in Arts Curating is to educate future artistic professionals table to work in the cultural field of a given project, supplying course participants with the tools to contextualize critical works, supported by a deep historical vision projected to the future. The market is currently demanding for more and more cultural experts endowed with specific art competences and prepared to work in the field of ‘interdisciplinarity’; that implies all those subjects belonging to the culture of a contemporary project, together with the ability to translate the multitude of contemporary artistic practices.

The course aims to supply students with a historical and critical methodology to allow them to interpret and analyze works of art, through the contextualization and the interpretation of their languages and implicit contents. Students learn how to communicate acquired notions and their own projects both in an academic manner (oral and written), addressing a mainstream audience, and more specifically, addressing an audience of art experts. Cultural management is useful to identify the most suitable methods to be able to plan and manage of a cultural project in today’s contemporary contexts.

Necessary information:

Duration: three-year courses

Degree awarded by: Istituto Marangoni certificate

Admission criteria: Bachelor’s degree

Language of instruction: Italian · English

Enrollment Fee €4,000

Fee EU €10,900

Fee non-EU €13,100

Curriculum:

Throughout the entire first year of the course (divided into 3 phases) key knowledge will be acquired in how the visual language works and in the relationship with the cultural context. The main subjects will be art history, history of fashion and design, history of photography, methodology and resources for art historical researches. In parallel, notions on the main theories in communication will be introduced. In the first phase the course introduces students to the complex system of culture facing the aspect of an historical approach to the past. Semiotics will be also discussed through the acquisition of visual cultural elements within the artistic research. The second phase develops a deeper understanding of Museology, Methodologies of Interdisciplinary Practices and a first introduction to Curating. Phase three introduces emblematic examples to further understand and comprehend the application of newly acquired competences in research techniques, with the specific purpose of developing and cultivating individual research and art curation. The course includes elements of student revision and individual presentations as well as group presentations via seminars. The second year follows the same structure, over three phases, where students acquire a confidence with writing as a tool of research, investigation and production of new contents. The first and second phase look at the publishing system, related to art and fashion, together with in-depth research that will be put into practice on an individual project in the third phase. Students will be introduced to research, writing and oral presentation skills, by analyzing the rules and the various methods of art publications of projects (cinema and contemporary art) and their related interpretative concepts. During the third year the course focuses on aesthetic analysis and on critique that will be developed and investigated more in depth throughout the year. Students are introduced to cultural management and to key contemporary organizations and their policies, which currently support this increasingly important and debated sector. Students complete their work with the development of an individual project (art exhibition or editorial project) where they will be responsible for all cultural and curatorial aspects, its economic managerial strategy, as well as communication strategy. Individual work is constantly reviewed to ensure comprehension and successful progress, alternating with lectures and seminars testimonials by cultural managers, key players and experts in the field. The final project outcome, in form of original artwork and its presentation, is evaluated by a group of tutors and art experts.

Career opportunity:

The purpose of the Istituto Marangoni Career service is to bridge the gap between course completion and entering the world of work.

Monitoring, guidance and counselling activities are organized throughout the academic year. The careers service organizes various activities including seminars and round table discussions with fashion professionals, HR managers and head-hunter agencies on specific topics such as future career paths, personal research methods and job profiles. Individual meetings are also arranged to assist with CV preparation, revise portfolios and encourage students to talk about their career goals and expectations.

POSSIBLE CAREER PATHS:

Curator
Art Critic
Journalist
Cultural Management
Publishing of reviews and online platforms

Application requirements:

Admission is based on the reasonable expectation that the student will be able to fulfil the objectives of the program and achieve the standard required for the award.

Admission requirements are listed below. Candidates must have a sufficient command of the English or the chosen language of the course to be able to meet the requirements

of the program in every respect. When considering the suitability of an applicant for a place on the program the Admissions team will usually take the following factors into account:

the applicant’s qualifications (High School Diploma or equivalent school certificate);
the applicant’s personal statement;
Completion of entry test.

The Admissions Manager coordinates and supports the subject specific Program Leader and the Director of Education in

dealing with interviews and portfolio assessments (where appropriate).

(Admission requirements are subject to change in order to comply with entry requirement regulations).

English language requirements:

Candidates must have a sufficient command of the English or the chosen language of the course to be able to meet the requirements of the program in every respect.

Deadlines and intakes:

25 Sep 2023 – 28 Jun 2024