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Masters

Royal College of Art

Curating Contemporary Art MA

Name: Curating Contemporary Art MA
Price: £15450 GBP

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-26

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Art

Course Summary

Learn to develop innovative curatorial proposals with London-based arts organisations. Join a well-established and influential community of students actively contributing to how curating is understood, practised and thought about globally. We are a highly international programme designed to develop your critical awareness of curating in a global context. We place real importance on working collaboratively to share knowledge and culture, and test ideas. When you graduate, you will join a network of over 500 CCA alumni from across 47 countries, many still working together, collectively shaping the practice of curating contemporary art and the spaces and places it is encountered.

Modules

AcrossRCA (30 Credits) - Core

AcrossRCA is a compulsory 30-credit unit which is delivered as part of all MA programmes. Situated at the core of your RCA experience, this ambitious interdisciplinary College-wide unit supports you in responding to the challenges of complex, uncertain and changing physical and digital worlds. Developed in response to student feedback, AcrossRCA creates an exciting opportunity for you to collaborate meaningfully across programmes.

Curatorial Thinking (60 Credits)

Ecologies of Curating (15 Credits)

AcrossRCA (30 Credits) - Core

Curating in a Collaborative Context (30 Credits)

Urgency of the Arts (15 Credits)

Independent Research Project (30 Credits)

Tuition fees

UK fees

Course fees for UK students

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£15,450

International fees

Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£38,650

Entry requirements

Candidates are selected entirely on merit and applications are welcomed from all over the world. The selection process will consider creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your portfolio, as well as your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve high MA standards overall.

You are generally expected to have a good undergraduate degree from an arts or humanities background.If your undergraduate degree is not arts or humanities-based you should be able to articulate its relevance, or how it informs your aim to study Curating Contemporary Art. You also need to be able to demonstrate an active interest in contemporary art and its presentation and mediation, and have some practical experience of working within the visual arts or cultural sector that is relevant to the field of curatorial practice.

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Ranked for eleven consecutive years as the world’s number 1 art & design university, the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London is a specialist creative university. Offering a portfolio of exclusively postgraduate programmes, the RCA enables students to tackle complex issues, push the boundaries of their practice, innovate, build networks and find their voice as creative professionals. The RCA’s world-leading academic staff guide and challenge...more

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