Support for Professional Growth at the Paul Mellon Centre

We offer regular opportunities for professional development for emerging researchers, curators, and scholars.

Whether you are still a student or are finding your feet in the field of British art research, we want to support you. Alongside our Doctoral Researchers Network and Early Career Researchers Network, we continue to develop vocational opportunities aimed at creating spaces for people to experiment, enquire and grow professionally.

Emerging curators and those interested in working in collections can develop their knowledge of the art trade through programmes such as our Art Trade Forum. This programme has offered attendees special access to high-profile London-based art dealerships, auction houses and museums, and the chance to meet leading art trade and museum professionals. You can find out about our previous iterations of Art Trade Forum here.

Undergraduates with an interest in art history and the moving image are encouraged to apply to the British Art in Motion filmmaking competition. Here, students will be given training and the chance to create their own documentary film. If you want to know more about British Art in Motion, please get in touch with our Learning Programme Manager.

Also, if you need further information about our networks, or if you have additional ideas about how PMC can support emerging researchers, do get in touch with our Networks Manager.