ACASA

Arts Council of the African Studies Association

  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Contact
    • Current Board
    • ACASA Board Members: Past and Present
    • ACASA Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurers
    • ACASA Board Elections
    • ACASA in Social Media
  • News
    • Newsletter
    • Obituaries
    • Exhibitions
    • Call for Papers
    • Jobs
    • Grants and Fellowships
  • Triennial Conference
    • ACASA Triennial 2021 Online
    • Past Triennials
  • Awards
    • ACASA Award for Curatorial Excellence
    • ACASA Leadership Award
    • ACASA Award for Teaching Excellence
    • ACASA Roy Sieber Dissertation Award
    • Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award
    • Past Recipients
  • Resources
    • Teaching Resources
    • Museum Resources
    • Associates
    • Journals
    • Institutional Collections of African Art
    • Scholarly Networks
    • Artist Resources
  • Membership
    • Join
    • Member Portal
    • Current Newsletter
  • Donations

ACASA Award for Curatorial Excellence

August 31, 2019 By Jones

The Awards for Curatorial Excellence recognize the important contributions to the dissemination and understanding of African and African Diaspora Arts made through exhibitions.  Exhibitions related to permanent collections, loan shows, commissioned works or community interventions organized by museums, galleries, cultural centers, and exhibition spaces of all sorts are eligible. Up to two awards for curatorial excellence will be given. Runners up may also be recognized.

Eligibility

Exhibition eligibility:  September 1, 2019 through August 30, 2023. Nominees must be ACASA members in good standing. Join ACASA

This award submission is currently closed.  It will open after the ACASA Triennial in June 2021.

Submissions should then be received by Friday, November 17, 2023.

Submission Materials

All submissions should include the following materials:

  1. Cover page indicating title of exhibition, dates, venue(s), curator(s) names
  2. Synopsis of exhibition (one-page)
  3. Sample publication where applicable. This can include PDFs of take-away brochures, exhibition preview article or other means of documentation and distribution of project. If no publication was possible, please submit a bibliography of 5 key sources germane to the show’s thesis or points of departure.
  4. Sample didactics (labels or other interpretive materials, such as on-line description, that demonstrate the exhibition’s intellectual content and curatorial vision. Not to exceed 3-pages)
  5. Visual documentation: up to 5 still digital images, at least one of which must show installation, context or performance space; up to 2 videos or links, not to exceed 3 minutes in length to document performance or time-based projects.
  6. Link to or documentation of innovative uses of technology or interactive engagement
  7. Description of institution, organization or entity originating the exhibition (for example museum, independent art space, pop-up…, including mission, history, collection (if applicable), size, staff, budget, audience and other information pertinent to understanding the context in which the exhibition emerged.
  8. Documentation of community response. Up to three (3) examples that demonstrate various perspectives. These might include emails, sample entries from audience response books, or social media postings and not just critical or press reviews.

Assessment Criteria

For consideration for this award, the awards committee will consider exhibitions that:

  1. Generate new scholarship across the humanities or beyond
  2. Open new perspectives on the field
  3. Collaborate with and/or contribute to local or stakeholder communities
  4. Demonstrate innovative approaches to exhibition design and presentation
  5. Expand understandings or uses of technology

Please contact the ACASA Secretary for questions or comments.

2017  Awards for Curatorial Excellence

Karen E. Milbourne, Earth Matters, National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C., April 22, 2013 – March 2014

Jean Borgatti, Global Africa, Fitchburg Art Museum, November 2014 – August 2017

Antawan I. Byrd and Yves Chatap, [Re]Generations, Musée du District de Bamako, October 31 – December 31, 2015

Filed Under: Uncategorized

About ACASA

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

Obituaries

Here you can find the obituaries for colleagues who unfortunately left us much too early.

 

Search

Copyright © 2021 Arts Council of the African Studies Association