UNIT/PITT does not have a permanent curator, and does not accept direct submissions from artists wishing to present their work in conventional exhibitions and screenings. Instead, we support the development of a limited number of projects each year through our program of curatorial residencies.
These project-based residencies are intended to offer curatorial opportunities to artist-curators and independent curators from a wide range of backgrounds and approaches. Ideas addressing social, political, cultural and critical issues outside of commercial and/or conventional art industry practices will be a priority, and particular attention should be paid to emerging artists and emerging practices.
The goal of this program is not simply to replace one “gatekeeper” with another. We encourage artist-curators to interrogate their own role within the institutional and economic realities of contemporary art, and to propose new ways of working.
To propose a curatorial residency, please send a letter of intent with a brief description of your project to info@helenpittgallery.org. You may also wish to include a timeline and budget for development of the project.