MoCADA’s Curatorial Fellowship, made possible through the generous support of the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Lambent Foundation, is designed to foster emerging curators of African descent in the curatorial field. From an open competition, two individuals will be selected to come to Brooklyn, New York for the year-long program to be immersed in the conceptual and practical methods necessary in working as a museum curator. The successful candidates will work full-time at MoCADA from February 2011 to February 2012. With the guidance of the Exhibitions Director, the fellows will be led through the process of developing an exhibition idea into an exhibition proposal, and the realization of the exhibition proposal in a gallery space. They will also have weekly discussion sessions, attend artist talks, and be introduced to MoCADA’s professional network through a schedule of site visits to local institutions, artist studios, and symposia. All of these aspects will be integral to the fellows experience as they work to curate their own exhibition at MoCADA at the culmination of the fellowship. The program’s goal is to provide emerging curators of African descent with professional training to become socially, politically and aesthetically well informed, productive contributors to the museum field, and the field of art at large.