Master of Arts - Curation (CAST001)

The MA in Curation is designed for individuals who wish to innovate in curatorial practice, explore art’s role in social change, and develop leadership skills. It prepares participants to engage with global challenges, amplify voices, and advance careers in contemporary culture.

Key course content includes:

• Exploring curatorial practices that go beyond traditional spaces, using tools and facilities to create impactful projects and measure social value. • Collaborating on interdisciplinary projects with external organisations to build leadership, adaptability and problem-solving skills.

Why study this course

• High-profile partnerships with industry, including a new arts venue currently being built in Coventry. • Next-generation leadership in the arts positions curatorial practice in broader regional contexts in the UK and overseas, engaging with programmes such as the British Art Show, biennials such as Europe’s Manifesta, and the British Council’s Spark programme in Hong Kong. • Modern facilities including metal, wood and ceramics workshops alongside digital suites and immersive studios with VR technologies and capabilities. • An international profile for excellence and innovation, with associations to the pioneering work of the conceptual art group Art & Language in the 1960s, and the foundations of the influential BLK Art Group and the British Black Art movement in the early 1980s. • An international community forging interdisciplinary collaborations and professional networks to sustain careers in the creative and cultural industries; the course also benefits from links to world-leading researchers across the Coventry University Group.