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Future Curators Programme
The Future Curators Programme 2023-2026 is a residency programme for Disabled curators within mainstream visual arts institutions.
Grounded in disability justice, the Future Curators Program was founded by Disabled artist-led visual arts organisation, DASH, and is run in partnership with:
- Arts Catalyst
- Disability Arts Online
- John Hansard Gallery
- MAC Birmingham
- MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
- Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange
- Wysing Arts Centre
Using an action research approach and a multiplicity of intersectional lived experiences, DASH, FCP partners and resident curators collaborate on programs, system change, evaluation, commissions and critical thinking so disability justice is embodied in their practice.
The FCP is about building a future visual arts sector that:
- Enables, values, and celebrates Disabled curators and artists
- Centres Disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent leadership, critical thinking, art and aesthetics
- Embodies anti-ableism and Disability Justice work as vital and essential to sector best practice.
The programme supports the professional and creative development of curators identifying with a broad definition of 'disabled' E.g:
- Disabled
- Deaf
- chronically ill
- neurodivergent
- crip
- Mad
- sick
- spoonie
Visit the FCP Resources Page for more information, including regular FCP homework texts and podcasts, suggested reading and a Glossary of Terms.