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de Appel arts centre and The Fair Gallery are
pleased to announce their forthcoming collaborative project The Gallerist Programme, a
professional development programme for young art
professionals aspiring to work in the gallery field. The programme
combines de Appel arts centre 's expertise in organising its Curatorial Programme
since 1994, with the Fair Gallery's initiative to examine and create new
forms of collaboration between galleries in an increasingly expanded field of
operation. It is designed especially to offer aspiring gallerists
a year of reflection to develop ideas, and gain skills and experiences before
commencing with their own business.
The Gallerist Programme
is founded on the principle that the relationship between gallerist
and artist is the gallery's principal capital and the driving force of its
operations. The programme will include senior
figures from around the globe, who share the trajectories, methodologies and
ideas specific to 'trade'—emphasizing their geo-cultural context—which are
not covered (and perhaps are even neglected) within academic and experimental
curatorial programmes that focus on the 'public'
side of art. The curriculum of the programme will
take into account the critical balance of artistic and business objectives
the gallerist will be confronted with. It will
offer case-studies of exceptional gallery exhibitions from past to present;
it will reflect on the nature of relationships with artists, collectors,
institutions and on notions of success & failure both from an artistic
and a business point of view; furthermore it includes courses dealing with
the administrative practicalities which are the backbone of a gallery's
operations. The programme is international by
outset and looks with attention at emerging art markets in non-Western
regions of the globe.
The Gallerist Programme
starts in September 2012 and admits 6 people per season. The selection of
candidates will take place in May/June 2012 with deadline for applications in
February 2012. The course has its home base in Amsterdam, where the workshops
and lectures will be organised, contains various
field trips, an internship at an international gallery, and culminates in a
final assignment in the form of a booth presentation at Liste
in Basel 2013.
The Gallerist Programme
aims to promote collaboration within the gallery world and shows a sincere
interest in stimulating a strong profit field, based on artistic merits.
Therefore the initiating parties feel it is of great importance that The Gallerist Programme is carried
by a broad support throughout the gallery world and therefore initiates a
Supporting Committee. The Supporting Committee will be an essential part of
the organisation as co-financer
of the Gallerist Programme.
To further develop the programme's curriculum and
outreach an Advisory Committee with members from both the public and
profit-sector will be established over the next months.
During its development year The Gallerist Programme organises a prequel
in the Fall of 2011, in form of week of intensive workshops on Curating in the Profit Sector introducing
the programme to potential participants around the
globe. The programme, topics and speakers of the
workshops will be announced in July, together with the full list of members
from the Supporting and Advisory Committee to the Gallerist
Programme and information on the call for
applications.
For more info see www.deappel.nl
de Appel arts centre is an internationally
oriented arts centre located in Amsterdam. Since 1975 it has functioned as a
site for the research and presentation of contemporary visual art through
exhibitions, publications and discursive events. Since 1994 de Appel has hosted a nine month long Curatorial Programme.
The Fair Gallery is a collaboration between four international
galleries (gb agency, Paris; Hollybush
Gardens, London; Jan Mot, Brussels; Raster, Warsaw). With its artistic
choices and its specific program, the Fair Gallery experiments with the
potential and the limits for a new format of galleries, while investigating
opportunities for collaboration.
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