GRADCURATE Information

The driving force behind GRADCURATE is a desire to support artists who find themselves stuck ‘in limbo’ between student and professional life – no longer having access to oppportunities through their degree programme, while facing intense competition from established practicioners. The project aims to support artists in navigating this increasingly difficult career stage by: > Inviting recent graduates to display work in a series of group pop-up exhibitions, allowing the cost of exhibition space hire to be shared at an affordable rate; > Undertaking all curatorial work and liaising with galleries on the artists’ behalf, minimising the time and effort required of them in the exhibition planning process; > Allowing artists to keep 100% of profits made by taking no commission on sales; > Promoting the artists’ work through its online platforms. GRADCURATE is run by Sarah McLaughlin, an MA (Hons) History of Art and MSc Museum Studies graduate (linkedin.com/in/95-sarah-mclaughlin).