Applications for Fall 2012
The M.A. Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts is accepting applications for the 2012–13 class on a space available basis. For applications submitted after the original Feb 1 deadline, we encourage completion as soon as possible during February.
For more information, please call 213-743-8540, email [email protected], or visit roski.usc.edu/ma.
About the M.A. Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere Program
The M.A. Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program is an intensive Master’s-level course in the practice and history of art, curating and critical theory. With a focus on the research and exhibition of contemporary art, instructors with international careers lead students in asking social questions about the exhibition of art and its publics. Over two years of full-time academic study, students explore new modes of production in a curriculum combining seminars and professional training. The M.A. features courses that focus on new developments in the scholarship and theory of contemporary art and courses that emphasize research and the conception and realization of exhibitions as a practice. Course highlights include the Curatorial Practicum, a multi-term laboratory of exhibition-making and theory in relation to the public sphere. Students work collaboratively to conceptualize, research and organize a culminating project. This includes mounting a public exhibition and presenting a connected publication and programming in Los Angeles. In a Master’s Thesis, students develop individual, original research on a topic in contemporary art with the guidance of faculty. In addition to a faculty that includes Rhea Anastas, Rita Gonzalez, Karen Moss, Lucy Raven, Carol Stakenas, Rochelle Steiner, John Tain, and Noura Wedell, The Graduate Lecture Series brings artists, curators, scholars and critics into conversation with students to share developing aesthetic and social debates across the cultural field.
See the schedule of lecturers in The Graduate Lecture Series for Spring 2012: roski.usc.edu/ma
Graduate lectures take place in the Lecture Forum of the Graduate Fine Arts Building, 3001 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007.
About the USC Roski School of Fine Arts
First organized in 1883, the USC Roski School of Fine Arts is the oldest art school in Southern California. A supportive environment for experimentation in visual art of all media, the school encourages interdisciplinary, progressive approaches to studio art, design, curatorial practice, and critical studies. With equal emphasis on making and thinking, the USC Roski School prepares artists, designers, curators, and writers to contribute in new and meaningful ways both to their fields and to society at large.
For further information about the M.A. Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program, please contact us at [email protected] or visit roski.usc.edu/ma.
For more information about application requirements, or to apply online, visit roski.usc.edu/ma/admission.html or call 213-743-8540.
