January 21, 2011, 1:30 PM
At Wesleyan, a Program for Performance Art Curators
By PATRICIA COHEN
As the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University says, performance art “is first and foremost a social experience that happens on a person-to-person level.” That has not stopped the institute from creating a new professional certificate program in curating performance art that primarily occurs off-campus. The nine-month program, the first of its kind, is scheduled to begin this summer and is targeted at professionals with one to five years of experience. The course involves three short residencies. Danspace Project in New York City collaborated on the design and implementation of the program.