hartwig curatorial fellowship

The Hartwig Art Foundation Curatorial Fellow will work directly with Performa’s curatorial and production teams, Performa commission artists and national and international partners of the Performa Biennial. They will contribute to the Performa Institute, Performa Publications and Performa Magazine, and they will be directly involved in preparation for the Performa Biennial 2023 (1 – 19 Nov. 2023). Performa Curatorial Fellows will gain hands on administrative experience in all aspects of the biennial, and will also have ample opportunity to engage in extensive historical and contemporary research of performance by artists from around the globe.

The Hartwig Art Foundation Fellowships at Performa in New York City will provide a training program for the next generation of curators, producers and archivists. One fellowship will foster curatorial and production acumen, and will engage curators directly in the Performa commissioning process from concept to presentation. A second fellowship will be focused on the Performa Archive and will include research and scholarship, as well as curating of archival material for online and IRL exhibitions. Both programs will involve fellows in seminars with curators and leaders across cultural fields, visits to museums and performing arts organizations, and research into current practices around the presentation, collecting and conservation of performance. 

The fellowships are designed to provide professional development for early-career curators, producers, and archivists. The fellows will work directly with the Performa team in New York, learning Performa’s methods for commissioning, presenting, and preserving performance by visual artists. Beginning in March 2023, for approximately 18 months, the inaugural fellowships will serve as a prototype for a permanent Performa-Hartwig Art Foundation training program beginning in 2025, once the new facility in Amsterdam has opened.