Platform
Curatorial Research Bureau was a combined bookshop, learning site, and public program operating at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco from 2018 to 2020. CRB was administered by California College of the Arts Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice in partnership with YBCA and Bureau for Open Culture, a curatorial initiative led by James Voorhies.
Located at YBCA, a dynamic Bay Area arts institution, Curatorial Research Bureau integrated CCA graduate students into the center’s institutional infrastructure, where they witnessed and participated in its programmatic functions as an essential part of their education. CRB was the site of focused exhibitions, academic seminars, visiting-artist projects, and public talks.
Platform / Bookshop
As a bookshop, CRB conflates the consumption of material and immaterial culture as equally valuable modes of cultural exchange and experience. Recognizing the fuzzy line between audiences and consumers, the CRB bookshop as a consumerist form provides programmatic possibilities for curating art and cultural presentations.
Platform / Programs
Offering public and academic programs, CRB is a forum where students, faculty, and the general public can convene for collective learning. The platform invites practitioners at CCA and beyond to lead and attend events related to ideas that hold our attention as a community. Our objective is to bring audiences closer together—physically, in public space—for frequent engagement with art and ideas.
Platform / Pedagogy
Curatorial Research Bureau at YBCA is the center of learning for the curatorial practice graduate program.
Platform / Instagram
