CREATIVE PRODUCER PROGRAMME
Our new Creative Producer Programme will establish a network of six highly trained creative producers and freelance curators working in the visual arts. Commencing in September 2025, the 18-month training and development programme consists of;
Training and Development Days
These sessions are developed with and hosted by our partner organisations, to facilitate in-depth training, knowledge-transfer and peer learning. Our training partners include; EVA International, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland at Venice, Mermaid Arts Centre, National Sculpture Factory, Ormston House, Regional Cultural Centre, Sirius Arts Centre, The Dock, The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, and VISUAL. Our development partners include Kunstverein Aughrim, Cow House Studios and The Courthouse Arts Centre.
Practice-based Collaborations
- An international collaboration with participants of de Appel Curatorial Programme in Amsterdam.
- A practice-based project or placement either in partnership with an existing exemplary commissioning body, or on a self-directed curatorial production project.
- The development of a Creative Producer Handbook that documents and evaluates the overall programme.
Participants of Kunstverein’s Creative Producer Programme will receive ongoing curatorial guidance and support, and they will be remunerated for their engagement with the programme. The programme is guided by our vision that Ireland's capacity to produce contemporary artwork meets and elevates the exceptional potential of its artists.
Open Call Process
Applications to participate in Kunstverein’s Creative Producer Programme are accepted via Open Call (deadline 30 June 2025). Applications will be assessed by an international selection panel. The three panel members are Aude Christel Mgba, Lara Khaldi, and Krist Gruijthuijsen.
Aude Christel Mgba is a curator and art historian working between the Netherlands and Cameroon. Among many other projects, Mgba was assistant curator of the 4th edition of the SUD triennial (Salon Urbain de Douala, 2017), co-curator of Sonsbeek20→24 (2019-2022), co-curator of the Hartwig Art Foundation special project (2020-2021), invited curator of the “Curated” section of Art X Lagos (2021), as well as curator of the Prix Région Sud in Marseille (2022). Mgba was also artistic director and curator of Luleåbiennalen 2024 in Norrbotten, Sweden. She is currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle and advisor to the Kadist Foundation's Africa Collection.
Lara Khaldi is a curator and critic from Jerusalem, Palestine, currently living in Amsterdam. She is the director of de Appel Amsterdam since 2023. She was part of the curatorial team of documenta 15, head of the Media Studies Programme at Alquds Bard College, Jerusalem and a tutor in the Disarming Design MA program, at Sandberg Institute, 2020-2022. Khaldi was deputy director of programs at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, (2009-2011) and director of the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah. Khaldi has curated projects and symposia in Palestine and abroad, including
Shifting Ground, an off-site project for the Sharjah Biennial (2017) in Ramallah, a solo exhibition by Noor Abuarafeh at the Al Ma’mal Art Foundation in Jerusalem, Unweaving Narratives (2018) at the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Overtones (2019) at the Goethe Institute, Ramallah, and School of Intrusions, Educational Platform with Noor Abed (2020).
Krist Gruijthuijsen is a curator and writer known for his artist-driven experimental approach to curating and programming. He is the newly appointed museum director and CEO of EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland’s largest museum of art. Gruijthuijsen currently holds a position as Curator at Large at Kunsthaus Zürich, where he is developing a retrospective of artist Paul Thek. Between 2016–2024 Gruijthuijsen served as Director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. Prior to that, he was the Director of Grazer Kunstverein (2012 –2016) in Graz and Course Director of the MA Fine Arts Department at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam (2011–2016). He is one of the co-founding directors of Kunstverein in Amsterdam (2009–2012).
Please see the relevant pages for more information on the following:
Open Call ︎︎︎
Guidelines ︎︎︎
Application Form ︎︎︎
(Photo at top by Finn Richards)
Kunstverein’s Creative Producer Programme is supported by the Arts Council through the Creative Production Supports scheme.
