Archinect - News2024-11-23T04:50:06-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/147447991/sci-arc-launches-meat-a-curatorial-summer-program
SCI-Arc launches "MEAT," a curatorial summer program Nicholas Korody2016-02-05T20:52:00-05:00>2019-03-01T13:02:14-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fm/fm72ma42wrf5u48u.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In the short time since Hernan Diaz Alonso assumed directorship of SCI-Arc, the prestigious architecture institute has already seen quite a few changes. Adding to the roster of programs at the newly-founded <a href="http://archinect.com/sciarc/release/sci-arc-launches-edge-center-for-advanced-studies-in-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EDGE</a>, a graduate center focusing on something like the "edges" of the rapidly-expanding discipline, SCI-Arc has just announced "MEAT", or "Making Exhibitions in Architecture Today", a graduate-level summer program for aspiring architecture curators.</p>
<p>Helmed by the respected theorist (and UCLA faculty member) Sylvia Lavin, MEAT intends to introduce summer students to the "intellectual and curatorial potentials in architectural exhibition practices".</p>
<p>The program will comprise a three and a half week course following an "intensive schedule of seminars and excursions," notably to local museums, galleries, and studios. Guest lecturers will include Sarah Herda of the Graham Foundation, Paola Antonelli from MoMA, and Giovanna Borasi from the Canadian Centre for Architecture.</p>
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A global shift towards a vegan diet is necessary to stave off the worst of climate change, says new UN report Nicholas Korody2015-11-25T23:12:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
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