Install image from Subvert Your Gaze to Meet Mine our year 1 Curator Program exhibition. Courtesy of Aarony Bailey
We are incredibly excited to present edition two of the Twilight Curator Program, an annual initiative at Twilight Contemporary aimed at supporting and giving space to emerging curatorial talent.
The Twilight Curator Program is designed to help provide the knowledge, practical skills, networks, and space needed to thrive in the curatorial art world. Each year we will invite one early-career curator / curator collective to join us, offering the opportunity to develop and deliver an ambitious exhibition proposal at the gallery.
Alongside developing the exhibition, the curator/collective will be invited to host a small programme of public events or workshops as part of our Twilight Lates programme of events (this is optional). These might include artist talks, film screenings, participatory workshops, or other formats that enrich the themes of the exhibition and open them up to our local community.
The successful applicant/collective will receive full support throughout the process, including fortnightly meetings, guidance on planning and delivering their exhibition, and 10% of the sale price of any works sold during their exhibition.
Applications for proposals for edition two will open on 31st December 2025.
Key Dates:
Applications open 31 December and run until midnight January 31st 2026.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates in early to mid February.
Curator/collective chosen by end of February.
We will then begin a journey of fortnightly meetings to plan, organise, and deliver the successful exhibition proposal.
January 2026 exhibition at the Twilight Contemporary.
Year 1 Curator:
Téa-Anya Earle
Exhibition:
Téa is a budding curator researching, organising and exploring transgressive mark-making practices in London. She is compelled by a deeply felt impetus to explore and create space for communities and intersections of society that are overlooked or maligned.
Téa recently completed an MA in Curation and Cultural Theory at Central Saint Martins where she researched and wrote about urban visual cultures, outsider art and urban mark-making. She is motivated most by community-centred work that reanimates the voices of those marginalised and overlooked, bringing light to stories and experiences that have been historically misunderstood or sidelined.
2026 OPEN CALL TBA ON DECEMBER 31