The Independent Curators International (ICI), heads to Beijing, China for their first 2012 Summer Curatorial Intensive, a training program that provides curators an opportunity to meet with other leaders in the field and to share new exhibition ideas.

In collaboration with Ullens Center for Contemporary Art and China Central Academy of Fine Arts, the 7-day intensive program will “explore the historical precedents, new models, and emergent curatorial practices that are influencing the infrastructures for art through an intensive schedule of seminars, site visits, individual meetings, and roundtable discussions.”

Participants for the summer program include:

Miguel Amado, New York, New York; Ping Chiao, Beijing, China; Ceren Erdem, Brooklyn, New York; Ozge Ersoy, Istanbul, Turkey; Oko Goto, Tokyo, Japan; Amita Kirpalani, Melbourne, Australia; Thierry Leviez, Paris, France; Kang Li, Beijing, China; Zhenzheng Ma, Shanghai, China; Anca Verona Mihulet, Sibiu, Romania; Sabrina Moura, São Paulo, Brazil; Martha Soemantri, Bandung, Indonesia; Lili Wang, Guangdong, China

For more information, please visit: http://curatorsintl.org/intensive

If you missed the chance to participate in the summer program, there is still time to apply for the Fall Curatorial Intensive in NYC:

FALL CURATORIAL INTENSIVE IN NYC
Curating Beyond Exhibition-Making
Application Deadline: August 10, 2012
Program Dates: October 21–30, 2012