Date: 7 July – 12 July 2025
Extended Application Period: Saturday, 10 May 2025, 5 PM
Applications to the second iteration of the curatorial incubator program organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila will be accepted until 10 May 2025.
Designed for emerging Filipino curators, the program done in collaboration with the Center for Campus Art and the Creative Industries Management Program of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, will take place from 7 to 12 July 2025.
Carrying the theme Politics and Reflexive Practices—with ethics, politics, and social practices as topics—the intensive program will equip participants with the tools needed to engage art in a society besieged by authoritarian capitalism, climate catastrophes, wars, and educational decline.
Speakers and mentors include Con Cabrera, visual artist and independent curator; Alain Zedrick Camiling, chair of the Creative Industries Management program at DLS-CSB; Binna Choi, one of the curators for the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025; Joselina Cruz, Director/Curator of MCAD; Amanda de la Garza, Artistic Deputy Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS); Clementine Deliss, Associate Curator of KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Lee Weng Choy, art critic based in Kuala Lumpur; Kamini Sawhney, founding Director of Museum of Art & Photography (MAP); Alia Swastika, one of the curators for the 16th Sharjah Biennale
• Eligibility
The curatorial incubator is open to Filipinos 35 years old or below, who are practicing curators, engaged in various contemporary art practices, are enrolled in related academic programs, and/or have responsibilities related to the collections and production of exhibitions and display in the institutions they are affiliated with.
• Look forward to:
Five days of talks supported by seminar-style mentoring, with discussions revolving around key concepts in the thinking, development, and production of exhibitions, devoted to exploring the concepts of 1) contextualization, 2) content production, and 3) the use of stories as a means to explore inclusive practices.
Please send applications to mcad@benilde.edu.ph with the subject heading Curatorial Incubator.
