Curating Academy is a yearlong course offered to second-year students of the Dutch Art Institute, that is taught by Grant Watson and Frederique Bergholtz and coordinated by Tanja Baudoin. The course looks into methodologies of curating and closely studies examples from the practice of tutors and guests. The project will work towards making an exhibition for September 2013, with a contribution by each student. In monthly meetings, tutors and guests will unpack the nature of the 'graduation exhibition' and explore ways of working and presenting together.

Invited guests are Jacob Korczynski, Adrian Rifkin and Bart van der Heide.

Biographies
Grant Watson is Senior Curator and Research Associate at the Institute of International Visual Arts in London (Iniva). As curator at the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA) (2006 – 2010) his projects included Santhal Family positions around an Indian sculpture, Cornelius Cardew, Search for the Spirit, Textiles Art and the Social Fabric and the Keywords lecture series. He was previously the Curator of Visual Arts at Project in Dublin (2001 - 2006) where he focused on solo commissions from contemporary Irish and international artists as well as themed projects such as a series on communism. Watson has worked with modern and contemporary Indian art since 1999, researching this subject for Documenta 12, as well as co-curating Reflections on Indian Modernism a series of exhibitions, talks and events at the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA). The touring exhibition Nasreen Mohamedi: Notes is the first installment of this programme. Watson studied Curating and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College London where he is currently a PhD candidate.

Frédérique Bergholtz is co-founder and director of If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Revolution, a curatorial production house for performance related art and research based in Amsterdam. In this role she commissioned artists to make new work - a.o. Gerard Byrne, Matti Braun, Yael Davids, Mariana Castillo Deball, Keren Cytter, Suchan Kinoshita, Olivier Foulon, Sarah Pierce, Joachim Koester, Jon Mikel Euba, Sung Hwan Kim, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Jeremiah Day and Emily Wardill - and initiated research projects on performative practices - a.o. Guy de Cointet, Isidoro Valcarcel Medina, Matt Mullican and Flavio de Cavalho. She previously worked as visual arts curator at Huis a/d Werf theatre in Utrecht (2005–2007) and was director of Marres, centre for contemporary art in Maastricht (1998–2005). In 2010 she co-curated Art Sheffield – Life: A User’s Manual. She studied Art History at Utrecht University.

Tanja Baudoin is curator at If I Can’t Dance. In 2010 she joined the team where she coordinates the development of a number of projects in the Performance in Residence programme as well as the commissioned projects. She also coordinates the educational projects and produces If I Can't Dance's publications. She studied Art History at the University of Amsterdam and graduated in 2008.