India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is pleased to announce that we are hosting the 6th Asian Museum Curator’s Conference (AMCC) in October this year. The four-day conference initiated by The Japan Foundation will be held in Bangalore from 19 – 22 October 2010 (including a site visit to New Delhi on the 19th of October).

The Asian Museum Curators’ Conference began in 2006, spearheaded by The Japan Foundation.  Previous AMCCs have taken place in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia with participants from museums across Asia.  The AMCC has been a platform for networking and exchanges amongst participants in discussions on museology, curatorial practice, conservation, collection policies and other issues in Asian art discourses.  In recent years, the AMCC has also extended its reach of participants to include arts practitioners and curators outside the institutional framework.

Participating institutions are requested to recommend young curators or young museum professionals prepared to contribute in terms of professional and research interests, and ready to network for future projects or collaborations. The Japan Foundation and IFA will not be able to cover any expense except for those specific local costs stated in the Conference Outline and Logistics.

Click on the link to the left to view the conference outline, details and conditions of the invitation as well as a concept note entitled “Curatorship:From Empire to Republic”, which elaborates the specific agenda that the conference will address.  Do let us know of your interest by sending us your acceptance of this invitation by 31 August 2010 through email to:

Mohit Kaycee, Assistant Programme Executive, Curatorship Programme, India Foundation for the Arts

mohit@indiaifa.org

Tel:91-80-23414681/82     Fax:+91 80 23414683

Note:Deadline for accepting this invitation has been extended to 10 September 2010.

If you are a Japanese participant, please direct the 'Acceptance of Invitation Form' to the Japan Foundation in Tokyo as follows:

Yasuko Furuichi, Exhibition Coordinator,Visual Arts Section, Arts and Culture Dept., The Japan Foundation, 4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004

Yasuko_Furuichi@jpf.go.jp

Tel:+81-(0)3-5369-6062     Fax:+81-(0)3-5369-6038