WorkART Connections. Kunstverein Curators in the Twin Cities 2014
Intiated in 2011, the WorkART Kunstverein Fellowship Program is a unique partnership between the University of Minnesota and Germany’s ADKV, http://www.kunstvereine.de a national association of community-based nonprofit art galleries dedicated to exploring and presenting contemporary art. Additional local partners are Macalester College and Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). Ten fellowships available for students enrolled at the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

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Art is an integral part of civil society and Minnesota is justly proud to be known nationally and internationally as a place with a long tradition of artistic excellence and broad public engagement with art. Germany also is renowned for its vibrant art scene. Its nonprofit Kunstverein community organizations play a special role.
Piloted in 2011, the WorkART Fellowship Program provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students with a strong interest in art and design to gather valuable work experience in the nonprofit sector at one of Germany’s over 300 community-based nonprofit art associations and galleries. WorkART offers unique insights into Germany’s art world, into exhibiting and organizing art events, and into cultural politics. WorkART fellows also enjoy opportunities to develop social and professional networks in Europe as building blocks for future careers that revolve around the arts and arts management. The program is NO STUDIO program. Students from any discipline are invited to apply.
WorkART is a unique partnership between the University of Minnesota and Germany’s ADKV, a national association of community-based nonprofit art associations and galleries dedicated to exploring and presenting contemporary art. Additional local partners are Macalester College and Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).
The DAAD Center for German & European Studies each year provides ten summer fellowships for outstanding students with a demonstrated interest in art to serve as interns at a German Kunstverein. Participating chapters are located anywhere in Germany. Fellows are placed individually based on best fit. Internship fellowships last from 4 weeks (minimum) to 8 weeks (maximum) between late May and mid-August.

Since 2012 the Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim has also been involved in this project and has so far hosted students Luke Ellison (2012), Taylor Champoux (2013) and Kelsey King (2014).