New Art Center Curatorial Opportunity Program
The Curatorial Opportunity Program (COP) enables first-time or established curators to explore experimental approaches in the presentation of contemporary art. Curators of selected group exhibitions receive a $1,000 stipend.
The New Art Center has a 34-year tradition of using its Main Gallery for group exhibitions curated by an exhibiting artist or independent curator. Since May 1991 we have continued this tradition through a public call for proposals.
Our deadline for receipt of curatorial proposals for the 2012-2013 cycle is: April 9, 2012. For more information and to apply, please download the 2012-2013 Guidelines and Application (PDF).
Curatorial Opportunity Program (COP) Archives found here. We had a very exciting Fall 2011 Curatorial Opportunity Program Exhibition Season!
Selected previous COP exhibitions include:
spatial process/social form, Fall 2011, curated by Walker Waugh (Artists include: Eric Ayotte, Yamini Nayar and Ryan O’ Connor); We Still See the Black, Fall 2011, curated by Owen Rundquist and Alexander DeMaria (Artists include: Vincent Como, Matthew Hickey, Karlynn Holland, Seldon Hunt, Nader Sadek, Joe Wardwell, Jack Wesley Schneider, Todd White and artist collaborations Deep Slumber Lake and Under the Same Shadow; Concepts in Glass, Spring 2011, curated by Hillary Faccio (Artists include: Hillary Faccio, Alan Klein, James MacLeod and Christopher G. Watts); Artistic Mediums II, Winter 2011, curated by Andrew Sempere and Mary Lucking (Push Buttons First); Beyond Purview, Fall 2010, curated by Ashley Billingsley (Artists include: Ashley Billingsley, Andrea Evans, James Horgan, Liz Nofziger, Daniel Phillips, Daniela Rivera and Gina Siepel); Decidedly Ambivalent, Fall 2009, curated by Lisa di Donato (Artists include: Anna Mogilevsky, Rob Carter, Carin Mincemoyer, Steve Millar, Lisa di Donato, Sonjie Feliciano Solomon, Patrick J. Campbell and Leah Beeferman); Opening Lines, Winter 2009, curated by Susan Goldwitz (Artists include: Michael Beatty, John Bisbee, Catherine Carter, Christine Hiebert, Masako Kamiya, Sol LeWitt, Anne Lilly, Agnes Martin, David Moore, Jennifer Perry, Tina ManWarren Roche-Kelly, Richard Serra and Jill Weber); Material Meditation, Fall 2008, curated by Denise Driscoll (Artists include Jodi Colella, Linc Cornell, Denise Driscoll, Michael Frassinelli, Lisa Kellner and Yuya Shiratori); Spothunters, Spring 2006, curated by Caleb Neelon (Artists include Shepard Fairey, Greg “SP.ONE” Lamarche, Monster Project and Caleb “SONIK” Neelon).
For more information, please contact Kathleen Smith, Exhibitions Director at 617-964-3424.