Community Conversation Series: Whats the Big Idea? Curators and the World Around Them January 16, 2007

Community Conversation Series (CCS): What's the Big Idea?–Curators on the World Around Them

Tue, Jan 16, 6:30 pm • Screening Room • FREE

Every season YBCA presents thought provoking, groundbreaking, and innovative Performance, Exhibition, and Film/Video programs grouped around three central curatorial themes called the Big Ideas that are influenced by the art and life of our times. But how does culture influence the curatorial process? Get acquainted with the curatorial field with YBCA Executive Director Kenneth Foster as he facilitates a panel discussion on contemporary curatorial practice with his colleagues Courtney Fink, Executive Director of Southern Exposure; Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI); Kate Fowle, chair of the MA Program in Curatorial Practice at California College of the Arts (CCA); and independent curator Joseph Del Pesco. Together they will examine current trends in curatorial practice and the role of the curator in today’s social and cultural landscape. What is the responsibility of the curator in addressing current social and political controversies? Is there such a thing as curatorial objectivity? What is a “radical” curatorial practice, and how does the structure of the field embrace it or not? This panel is produced in collaboration with the 2nd year Curatorial Practice students at California College of the Arts.

This is a FREE ticketed event. Seating is limited so please request your tickets in advance by calling 415.978.2787. Prior to the event, remaining tickets will be available at the YBCA Box Office on a first-come, first-served basis

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