Re/Making: ecologies of care in art and heritage

Please keep in mind that it is required to be able to ride a bike as we will be using bicycles for transport.

This summer school is designed for museum curators, restorers/conservators, heritage/site managers, art historians , landscape historians, architectural historians, architects, artists.

It is expected that the participants have a sufficient command of the English language to actively participate in the discussions and to present their own work in English.

The Summer School Re/Making: ecologies of care in art and heritage offers you applicable knowledge and first-hand experience from museum curators, conservators, academics and artists who are leaders in the field of sustainable exhibition making. The programme is a carefully balanced mix of lectures, discussion sessions, social activities and practical excursions and integrates you into a professional network from which you will continue to benefit after the end of the Summer School. Among the invited speakers and guests are: 

Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann (The Potosí Principle), Melissa Conn (Save Venice), Kendra Greendeer (Oklahoma State University), Gunnar Behrens (Archimedes Exhibitions), Kees Kuitenbrouwer (Zoönomic Institute), Judith Spijksma (Fries Museum), Fabiola Bierhoff (Groninger Museum) and others.

You can download the preliminary schedule below.

After this course you will be able to:

1. make informed decisions regarding sustainable exhibition making and heritage preservation
2. communicate across disciplines on sustainability strategies in the art and heritage sector
3. think critically about different approaches to heritage care
4. participate in the academic discourse onecologies of care in art and heritage

Workload

Preparation: 34 hours
Lectures: 35 hours
Presentation: 15 hours

Upon successful completion of the programme, the Summer School offers a Certificate of Attendance that mentions the workload of 84 hours (28 hours corresponds to 1 ECTS). Students can apply for recognition of these credits to the relevant authorities in their home institutions, therefore the final decision on awarding credits is at the discretion of their home institutions. We will be happy to provide any necessary information that might be requested in addition to the certificate of attendance.

To apply, kindly fill out the online application form. Please note that you will be asked to upload the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
• Motivation letter, clearly stating why you want to join this summer school, what you will bring to the school and what you hope to learn (max. 1 page)

The application deadline is 28 April 2024. Selected applicants will be informed by 30 April 2024.

For non-EU participants, the application deadline is 1 April 2024. This is so that the selected participants who need to apply for a visa can do so as early as possible as sometimes it can take a long time. Selected applicants will be informed by 10 April 2024.