Open CallNottingham Contemporary14.09 – 25.10.2026

Open Call
2027 Asymmetry Assistant Curator FellowshipNottingham Contemporary, Nottingham

Application deadline: 25 October 2026

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Your personal details

Your professional / academic career

Please give details of the latest two qualifications you have obtained or are studying at the moment (most recent first).

Qualification 1

Qualification 2

Please give details of two significant projects you have worked on or have been working on in the last three years (most recent first).

Project 1

Project 2

Your motivation

What principles, questions, or commitments underpin your curatorial practice, and how do you hope to develop them through the fellowship?

Why are you interested in the Assistant Curator Fellowship at Nottingham Contemporary, and why is this the right opportunity for you at this stage of your practice?

As a fellow, you will join Asymmetry's wider community of curators, researchers, and practitioners. What do you hope to contribute to this community, and what do you hope to learn from it?

Your CV

Please upload your current CV, outlining previous employments, exhibition projects, residencies, awards, publications, public programming, talks, symposia, etc.

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Your proposal

Please upload a brief proposal of a live programme or a project of your choice that you would like to shape and realise, including a budget outline that does not exceed £10,000. (max. 500 words)

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Your work

In addition to your CV, you are welcome to link to any websites that better illustrate your projects.

Your references

Please indicate two professional referees who would recommend you. We do not require a letter as part of this application but we may contact these persons during the assessment of your application.

Contact 1

Contact 2

Additional information

Please fill in any information that is useful to us for understanding you, e.g. to explain any special needs or context that you would like to share.

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