Exhibition or curation? CHEAD Research Alliance Symposium at Manchester Metropolitan University

Description

this symposium brought together members of CHEAD Research Alliance to ear talks from leaders in the museums, exhibition and curation of art and design fields a top explore the key challenges and opportunities facing these interconnected disciplines. themes included; museums partnering with universities and the impact agenda, public engagement, connections with industry, skills develop to and a case study of exhibition and curatorial practice as research.
KF led the planning and organising of the event supported by CHEAD administrative and policy staff, chaired the event , introduced the day with a presentation on research in curation including examples of own research and led the discussion session.
Welcome and introduction to issues, definition and and research methods research in exhibitions or curation; Reflecting on case studies; collection research , partnership , engagement , a manifesto for the twenty first century curator; a tale of two exhibitions; curating is/as research; discussion; networking.

Period	22 May 2019
Held at	The Council for Higher Education in Art & Design (CHEAD), United Kingdom