Centre for Curating the Archive

The Centre for Curating the Archive works actively with many different kinds of collections, developing curatorship as a creative site of knowledge. Projects, publications and courses aim, through practice, to open up novel combinations of the historically separated domains of the creative arts and the truth-claiming discourses of history and the social and natural sciences.

News

Monday, 23 April 2018

The Centre for Curating the Archive has two positions available for reliable and organised individuals wanting to join our great team! We are looking for both a project assistant and a publications assistant.

Publication Date:

Friday, January 26, 2018 - 11:00

Refugees in Towns Project with Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti

Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti originally from Zimbabwe moved to Cape Town towards the end of 2008. He is currently a researcher and project manager at the CCA and is soon to start a PhD in art history. He is a part of a team of researchers for the Refugees In Towns Project at the Feinstein International Centre at Tufts University.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 16:00

HARFIELD REMEMBERED

On Saturday, 17 March, the CCA played host to a workshop for the upcoming Harfield Village publication by Pippa Skotnes and Siona O'Connell.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 10:45

Header image, of the class of 2017, taken by Rosca Warries

Honours in Curatorship Applications Now Open – BURSARIES AVAILABLE

The Honours in Curatorship programme, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is offered by the Michaelis School of Fine Art’s Centre for Curating the Archive in close collaboration with Iziko Museums.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 10:15

Honours in Curatorship course

The Honours programme in Curatorship is offered in close collaboration with Iziko Museums.

The programme offers courses in the theory and practice of curatorship, developing in students a sophisticated awareness of the practicalities, politics and poetics of working with collections of many kinds.

Students registered for the full programme will be able to apply for internships, a conservation workshop and travel bursaries. The course will prepare students for both further postgraduate study and for work as art curators, museum educators, collection managers, critics, dealers and for positions that require the use, display and manipulation of collections.

Application details