THE CULTURAL CURATION PROJECT
The Cultural Curation Project
The Cultural Curation Project gathers Indigenous voices from around Canada to bring forward a culturally-centered and impact focused approach to curation. This project will act as the backbone to service the voices of Indigenous youth, Elders, artists and curators in order to develop recommendations, best practices, and action steps for curatorial practices. Essentially this project asks, ‘how can art curation in Canada be impact focused, culturally centered, and bridge connections among Indigenous, newcomer, and settler populations within the arts’?
Cultural Curation Training
The main objective of this project is to provide direction for innovation within the arts, and to explore alternative ways of curating that can allow for cross-cultural and decolonial ways of working. This project interviewed ten other Indigenous artists to explore what curators need to know when working with indigenous artists. Based on these conversations, an online training for curators/art programmers was created which focuses on how to approach this work from a culturally sensitive way. Above all else, this project will lead to more actionable steps and innovative ideas that can change the arts sector.
