Summer Break project 2012

galerie OPEN by Alexandra Rockelmann is proud to present the third edition of the Summer Break project. This two month long curatorial residency program offers emerging art professionals from around the world the opportunity to develop and produce their own exhibition.

Situated in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin, one of the international contemporary art community’s most dynamic and burgeoning centers for creativity, galerie OPEN by Alexandra Rockelmann is proud to present the third edition of the Summer Break project. This two month long curatorial residency program offers emerging curators from around the world the opportunity to develop and produce their own exhibition. During their residency, participants will expand their professional experience, while acquiring the intellectual and practical skills for curating contemporary art exhibitions. The Summer Break Project not only provides the physical space of galerie OPEN for the educational non-commercial exhibition, but also provides the technical support and critical feedback. Through mentoring participants can fully realize their vision for an original and poignant exhibition.

Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the following international group of jury committee members (more to be announced):

o Marek Classen, Founder of Artfacts.net
o Jeni Fulton, Independent Curator and Art Critic
o Julie Grahame, Editor in Chief, aCurator.com, New York
o Sandra J. Reed, Professor of Painting, Savannah College of Art & Design
o Alexandra Rockelmann, owner of galerie OPEN
o Monica Salazar, Founding Director of BERLIN ART LINK
o Cristina Sanchez Kozyreva, Editor in Chief, Pipeline Magazine, Hong Kong

The Selection committee meeting will be held at the end of April 2012. The committee will notify the recipient of the Summer Break project residency of their selection no later than the beginning of June 2012.

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