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RMB Latitudes CuratorLab 2025

Call for Applications

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Now in its fourth year, RMB Latitudes CuratorLab is a mentorship initiative designed to support early-career curators from Africa through hands-on experience, peer engagement, and professional development.

In 2025, ten aspiring curators will be guided through a facilitated online residency, designed to offer practical experience in the industry and to hone their curatorial skills. 

Here at Latitudes, we know that programmes focused on fostering professional practice skills for young curators on the continent are slim. As such, in an exciting new development, we have partnered with Art School Africa, a registered non-profit organisation committed to rethinking arts education across the continent. For the fourth iteration of CuratorLab, we will be working with curators across the African continent, with South Africa being its main focus. No formal training is needed and practical curatorial experience is preferred.

RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025, Southern Guild's Booth, photo by Anthea Pokroy

Drawing on its extensive network and research-driven approach, Art School Africa has developed a well-rounded and comprehensive education programme, featuring a dynamic lineup of speakers.

As one of 10 curators selected for the RMB Latitudes CuratorLab, you will be offered the following opportunities:

  • Plan and conceptualise your own show, centred on artists from your community, that will be hosted on Latitudes Online
  • 1-on-1 mentorship by a highly recognised curator in the industry 
  • A curator profile on Latitudes where you can promote, exhibit and sell your own selection of works
  • Networking and peer-review sessions with curators from the continent
  • Curatorial professional practice sessions and handbook
  • All of the above will be conducted in weekly online sessions

As part of the programme, you will be offered the following professional practice skills while curating your show:

  • Understanding the industry on the continent and the diaspora
  • Curatorial professional practice; including proposal writing, the conceptualisation of curatorial statements, catalogue and pricing structures and managing relationships
  • Getting out there, marketing yourself as a curator and understanding your role
  • Digital curation development
  • Key business and administrative skills

Latitudes provides:

  • Curator profile on Latitudes Online
  • Comprehensive marketing campaign and exposure to our database of close to 21,000 newsletter subscribers
  • Sales platform for your show, complete with logistic and administrative support
  • Plus you get to keep and update your profile as long as you like!

NB Dates

  • Applications close on 16 July 2025
  • Mentorship and Curatorial programme will run online from 6 August - 15 October 2025
  • Shows on Latitudes launch 5 November and run for 6 weeks

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