Castlefield Gallery and the Curatorial Project: uncovering process and the impact of contemporary art practices in the city

该项目与合作伙伴组织Castlefield Gallery一起调查策展过程，研究问题是考虑如何“挖掘”一个“中小型”视觉艺术画廊的展览历史，以揭示艺术家发展和延期价值的不太明显的历史。研究将提供一系列的结果，策展过程被带到表面，并融入展览和活动计划。通过使策展过程可见，对知识的贡献不仅可以提供对画廊工作实践的见解，还可以提供对当代艺术实践和生产对城市和地区的更广泛影响的见解。它还可以作为一个模型，为其他城市的文化组织和利益相关者提供信息，并对资助政策产生影响（在英国经济增长最快的部门之一）。2024年，当卡斯尔菲尔德画廊庆祝成立40周年时，这项研究将被收录到该画廊出版的一份出版物中。

The project investigates curatorial process with the partner organisation Castlefield Gallery, the research question is to consider how the exhibition history of a 'small to medium' sized visual art gallery can be 'mined' to reveal less visible histories of artist development and deferred value? The research will feed a series of outcomes where curatorial process is brought to the surface and integrated into the exhibition and event programme. By making curatorial process visible the contribution to knowledge would provide insights not only into the working practices of the gallery but into the wider impact contemporary art practices and production have on a city and a region. It would also work as a model that would inform cultural organisations and stakeholders in other cities, and have impact on funding policy (in a sector with one of the fastest growing economies in the UK). The research will contribute to a publication produced by Castlefield Gallery in 2024 when it celebrates 40 years in the city.