Exhibition Details
artspace-aotearoa.nzThis In Focus session is led by our Creative New Zealand Te Manu Ka Tau visiting curators and arts organisers Stefan Benchoam and Salma Tuqan. This session will explore the practical challenges faced by emergent practitioners as they develop curatorial practice, set up artist-run spaces, or look to establish new models for supporting, displaying, and exchanging within the cultural sector. In sketching out the challenges, the group will discuss and develop potential strategies that support projects forward.
This kaupapa is presented in association with Creative New Zealand and the Office for Contemporary Art Aotearoa.
Booking is essential as space is limited.
Please contact robbie@artspace.org.nz to express your interest by Friday 25 October.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This event is free.
Space is limited to 15 participants
This session requires an expression of interest, there are no drop ins.
This event will be held in the Kit, which can be accessed by the main gallery entrance or alternatively by our car park on 8 East St for assisted access.
This location is accessible with assistance.
Wear comfortable, warm clothing.
Light refreshments will be provided but please bring lunch.
BIOGRAPHIES
Stefan Benchoam from Guatemala City is an artist and exhibition maker with a strong interest in collaboration. As an artist, he has participated in exhibitions at, amongst others, La Casa Encendida, Madrid; The White Cubicle Toilet Gallery., London; La Loseta, San Juan; LACMA Los Angeles; MAZ (Guadalajara; and MADC, San José. He is co-founder of Buró de Intervenciones Públicas, which develops projects in public spaces. He is co-founder and director of Proyectos Ultravioleta, a multivalent hybrid space/gallery for contemporary art, and is co-founder / co-director of NuMu-Guatemala's only contemporary art museum.
Salma Tuqan is a Palestinian contemporary art and design curator and cultural strategist. She is Director of Nottingham Contemporary, a leading centre of contemporary art in the UK. Prior to this she has been Deputy Director of Delfina Foundation and the Contemporary Middle East Curator at the V&A. She is also a committee member of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum, London; Arab Image Foundation, Beirut; Art on the Underground, London; and Rivers Institute, New Orleans; Strategic Advisor to NuMu, Guatemala City; and former trustee of the Crossway Foundation, London, and The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit.
Price
- Free
Date
- Fri 01 Nov
Time
- 10:00 am — 2:00 pm
Address
- The Kit
- 292 Karangahape Road
- Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
This In Focus session is led by our Creative New Zealand Te Manu Ka Tau visiting curators and arts organisers Stefan Benchoam and Salma Tuqan. This session will explore the practical challenges faced by emergent practitioners as they develop curatorial practice, set up artist-run spaces, or look to establish new models for supporting, displaying, and exchanging within the cultural sector. In sketching out the challenges, the group will discuss and develop potential strategies that support projects forward.
This kaupapa is presented in association with Creative New Zealand and the Office for Contemporary Art Aotearoa.
Booking is essential as space is limited.
Please contact robbie@artspace.org.nz to express your interest by Friday 25 October.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This event is free.
Space is limited to 15 participants
This session requires an expression of interest, there are no drop ins.
This event will be held in the Kit, which can be accessed by the main gallery entrance or alternatively by our car park on 8 East St for assisted access.
This location is accessible with assistance.
Wear comfortable, warm clothing.
Light refreshments will be provided but please bring lunch.
BIOGRAPHIES
Stefan Benchoam from Guatemala City is an artist and exhibition maker with a strong interest in collaboration. As an artist, he has participated in exhibitions at, amongst others, La Casa Encendida, Madrid; The White Cubicle Toilet Gallery., London; La Loseta, San Juan; LACMA Los Angeles; MAZ (Guadalajara; and MADC, San José. He is co-founder of Buró de Intervenciones Públicas, which develops projects in public spaces. He is co-founder and director of Proyectos Ultravioleta, a multivalent hybrid space/gallery for contemporary art, and is co-founder / co-director of NuMu-Guatemala's only contemporary art museum.
Salma Tuqan is a Palestinian contemporary art and design curator and cultural strategist. She is Director of Nottingham Contemporary, a leading centre of contemporary art in the UK. Prior to this she has been Deputy Director of Delfina Foundation and the Contemporary Middle East Curator at the V&A. She is also a committee member of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum, London; Arab Image Foundation, Beirut; Art on the Underground, London; and Rivers Institute, New Orleans; Strategic Advisor to NuMu, Guatemala City; and former trustee of the Crossway Foundation, London, and The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit.
