We’re launching a new series of online workshops as part of Teiger Foundation’s quarterly Hosting grant program, supporting curators in navigating the complexities of presenting exhibitions that originated elsewhere.
These programs are designed to support curators navigating the complexities of presenting exhibitions that originated elsewhere. Successful touring projects depend on collaboration, and these programs are for both host and originating curators. Because that collaboration extends across the whole institution, exhibition managers, registrars, coordinators, handlers, and other colleagues are also welcome to join!
Whether you’re exploring hosting for the first time or building on prior experience, these programs will provide concrete tools, curatorial case studies, and space to think through both the logistics and the relationships that define successful hosting.
All workshops will include live captioning and be recorded for later access on our website. If you require accommodations to participate, please contact us at info@teigerfoundation.org.
The workshops are co-produced with Vic Brooks and Lauren Leving.
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Hosting 101: Logistics
We held Hosting 101: Logistics on October 27, 2025. The session covered the practical steps of hosting, with guidance from Becky Nahom (Independent Curators International) and a case study from Kate Kraczon (Brown Arts Institute & Bell Gallery, Brown University) and Cindy Sissokho (Co-Curator of the French Pavilion at the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale), with contributions from Céline Kopp, Cindy’s co-curator, on adapting Julien Creuzet’s Venice Pavilion project. Stemming from the workshop content, a toolkit of resources is below.
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Sustainable Practices for Touring Exhibitions
We held Sustainable Practices for Touring Exhibitions on November 3, 2025. The session framed Hosting as inherently sustainable, focusing on how early planning can further advance sustainability goals and help you maximize emissions and waste reductions. Alexa Steiner (Rute Collaborative) shared approaches to policy, partnerships, materials, and shipping, among other topics. Alex Klein (The Contemporary Austin) and Robert Chaney (ICA Philadelphia) reflected on the choices that shaped Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses as it traveled. A toolkit with resources from Rute Collaborative and other materials on sustainability in the field is below.
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Hosting 102: Relationships
Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 3 pm ET (90 minutes)
[Register here]
Hosting is as much about relationships as it is about logistics. This session will take up what that looks like in practice: how to navigate uneven resources, clarify roles, and address conflict when it arises. The program will begin with expert training from Daviree Velázquez Phillip (Together + Through) on building and maintaining healthy cross-institutional partnerships.
Natalie Bell (MIT List Visual Arts Center) and Sara Cluggish (Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College) will then share their experience co-organizing Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Only sounds that tremble through us. They’ll talk about the decisions that shaped their collaboration, how they extended hospitality in their institutions, and what it took to sustain the relationship through challenges.
Participants will leave with strategies to strengthen communication, practical tools for resolving conflict, and a clearer picture of how strong relationships make hosting more successful.
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Info session
We held an info session on October 6, 2025, on the hosting grant program.
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