With funding from the Volkswagen Foundation’s Lower Saxony ‘Vorab’ programme, the HBK Braunschweig is offering a one-year curatorial scholarship starting 1 April 2024. The project, which will initially be temporary, will serve to experiment with and test this funding format and, if necessary, to prepare for making it permanent. The newly established curator scholarship at the HBK is intended to complement the existing Dorothea-Erxleben and Braunschweig Projects scholarship programmes and at the same time strengthen the new and already established activities of curatorial practice at the university.
The goal of this fellowship is to intensify cooperation between HBK and the museums and art institutions in the local area and more broadly throughout Lower Saxony. The successful candidate is expected to work with a museum or other art institution in Lower Saxony to conceptualise an exhibition project of his/her own and perform the full calculations for this project, engage in professional internal and external communications, prepare for the project and realise it if at all possible and then make it public through a campaign encompassing outreach and public relations.
To receive funding, the candidate must have prior curatorial experience in Germany and abroad. His/her project proposal must also suggest that it will make an important contribution to raising the profile of the collaborative relationship between HBK and a museum or other art institution in Lower Saxony.
Funding will be provided in the form of scholarships of 1250 EUR per month over a period of 12 months. A fully equipped workplace at the university is available. A project cost grant of up to 4000 EUR will be provided to support exhibition activities. There is a travel budget of 2000 EUR. The funding period begins on 1 April 2024. Housing in Braunschweig cannot be provided.
