This course explores the ways that curating can expand and strengthen an individual artist's practice. It delves into the creative and conceptual frameworks for artists' curatorial approaches-- from contextualizing one's work and community building to using the exhibition as an artistic medium. Students will build on research and discussion to develop and present a physical exhibition at the end of the semester. We will read/listen to texts by Elena Filipovic, Helen Molesworth, Wanda Nanibush, Risë Wilson, Maria Lind, Jennifer Gonzales, and others, exploring curatorial theories and the various manifestations and functions of the artist-curator. We will look at a range of artist-curated exhibitions and projects by artists such as Adam Pendleton, Yevgeniy Fiks, Nicolas Dumit Estevez Rafal, Maria Hupfield, and Park McArthur, and conduct site visits and case studies of artist-led spaces and initiatives such as Canada Gallery, New Red Order, Soloway, e-Flux, and DIS. Based on these models, students will collectively curate and produce an exhibition of work by local artists, receiving hands-on experience (i.e. production timeline, exhibition design, text and promotion, installation) to bring an exhibition to fruition. Simultaneously, each student will work independently to develop a proposal for a curatorial project directly aligned with their artistic practice that will be ready to submit for opportunities by the end of the semester.