Each year de Appel art centre takes 6 young curators under her wings for an intensive professional development programme. During a period of approximately eight months they are offered a dense array of seminars, workshops, excursions (including a three-week research trip to a destination outside Western Europe), practice-related assignments and encounters with artists and art professionals. Members of the tutorial team are Ann Goldstein (director Stedelijk Museum), Charles Esche (director Van Abbemuseum), Jan Verwoert (art critic), Barbara Visser (artist) and Liesbeth Bik (artist), amongst others. The programme culminates in a final project to be curated by the participants. In past years final projects have taken shape as festivals, radio broadcast, performance programmes and exhibitions. The participants of the current year's programme are: Karima Boudou (1987, France/ Marocco), Kari Cwynar (1985, Canada), Angela Jerardi (1979, United States), Srajana Kaikini (1986, India) and Florencia Portocarrero (1981, Peru).
 
You can follow them in their process on their blog: soihaveheard.tumblr.com/