Online course on Curatorial procedures: contracts, loans and official documents
Online course 'Curatorial procedures: contracts, loans and official documents'
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Info
Duration:
From June 26th to July 17th, 2014
Application deadline:
June 17th, 2014
Lecturer: Marc LeBlanc
Contact
Address
http://www.nodecenter.org
Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Oranienstr. 24
Berlin 10999
Germany
Node Center's Online Program facilitates rich interaction through multimedia material, weekly video-conferences, practical exercises and personal feedback from the lecturers.
Duration of the course: From June 26th to July 17th, 2014, 2014
Application deadline: June 17th, 2014
Lecturer: Marc LeBlanc
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This weekly seminar is intended to familiarize young curators with some of the most common contracts and forms used when assembling exhibitions – customs declarations/pro-forma invoices, gallery consignments, and museum/biennale loan agreements. The course is an ideal primer for anyone looking to found their own project space or who is making their initial exhibitions as an independent curator. The course will supply a number of examples, going over each one in detail, as well as draw from recent texts and periodical articles that highlight the ramifications for such documents in contemporary art.
Full information and program: www.nodecenter.org/online-courses-3/curatorial-procedures/
Participation fee: 145€
Language: English
Enrol here: www.nodecenter.org/online-courses-3/application/
*Online material available 24/7 during the duration of the course and 4 weekly video-conferences every Thursday at 7pm Central European Time. The video-conferences will be recorded for the participants who can't attend on real time.
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PROGRAM
// Week 1: Introduction – Biennial/Museum Loans
Introduction – why this course was created.
Overview of Course Structure
Biennial loan form example
Walkthrough and Key points (Shipping Clauses, Exhibition Clauses, Image Rights/Distribution, Provenance/Courtesy, etc.)
// Week 2: Gallery Consignment
Two kinds – Artist-to-Gallery (Primary) / Gallery-to-Gallery (Secondary)
Artist-to-Gallery (what is standard for commission, shipping agreements, duration of consignment, additional out of gallery consigment, etc.)
Condition Report
Potential Problems arising
Gallery-to-Gallery (Secondary) (what is standard for commission, shipping agreements, duration of consignment, additional out of gallery consigment, etc.)
//Week 3: International Shipping/Logistics – Proforma Invoices
Proforma Invoice – What is it used for?
Differences in Nations' customs/zoll (EU, CH, USA, et. al.)
Importation Taxes/VAT (How to pay less and avoid delays)
Fine Art Insurance (FedEx/UPS/Post vs. Art Logistics Firms (Froesch, Hasenkamp, USArt, etc.)
//Week 4: Art Fair Applications – Conclusion
Differences in various – Compositions of committees
Familiarize and create development plan
Creating your booth – What to focus on, how to identify aesthetic strengths
Writing about the space
Writing about what will be exhibited
Conclusion
CONTACT
courses@nodecenter.org
www.nodecenter.org