India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is pleased to announce that we are hosting the 6th Asian Museum Curator’s Conference (AMCC) in October this year. The four-day conference initiated by The Japan Foundation will be held in Bangalore from 19th to 22nd of October 2010 (including a site visit to New Delhi on the 19^th October).

India Foundation for the Arts [IFA] is an independent grant-making organization dedicated to strengthening the arts in India. IFA enriches the practice and knowledge of, widens public access to, and strengthens capacities and infrastructure in the arts in India, by supporting innovative projects, commissioning research and creating public platforms. IFA has recently launched a dedicated Curatorship Programme through which it supports projects that build capacity and create new frames of reference for the presentation of the visual arts and film.

The Asian Museum Curators’ Conference began in 2006, spearheaded by The Japan Foundation.  Previous AMCCs have taken place in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia with participants from museums across Asia.  The AMCC has been a platform for networking and exchanges amongst participants in discussions on museology, curatorial practice, conservation, collection policies and other issues in Asian art discourses.  In recent years, the AMCC has also extended its reach of participants to include arts practitioners and curators outside the institutional framework.

We would like to invite you to participate in this conference, or recommend curators for this conference. Participating institutions are requested to recommend young curators or young museum professionals prepared to contribute in terms of professional and research interests, and ready to network for future projects or collaborations.The Japan Foundation and IFA will not be able to cover any expense except for those specific local costs stated in the Conference Outline and Logistics.

The conference outline, details and conditions of the invitation as well as a concept note entitled “Curatorship: From Empire to Republic”, which elaborates the specific agenda that the conference will address, are attached.  Do let us know of your interest by sending us your acceptance of this invitation (form attached) by 31st August:

Download File: Curatorship From Empire to Republic

Download File: Acceptance of Invitation Form

Download File: Conference Outline and Logistics

Mohit Kaycee

Assistant Programme Executive,

Curatorship Programme

India Foundation for the Arts

Apurva, Ground Floor, No 259,

4th Cross, RMV IInd Stage, IInd Block,

Bangalore – 560094

mohit@indiaifa.org

Tel: 91-80-23414681/82

Fax: +91 80 23414683

If you are a Japanese participant, please direct the "Acceptance of Invitation Form" to the Japan Foundation in Tokyo as follows:

Yasuko Furuichi

Exhibition Coordinator,

Visual Arts Section, Arts and Culture Dept.,

The Japan Foundation

4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004

Yasuko_Furuichi@jpf.go.jp

Tel: +81-(0)3-5369-6062 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              +81-(0)3-5369-6062      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Fax:+81-(0)3-5369-6038