From May 9 to 20, the students of the Master in Curatorial Studies at the Museum were able to enjoy their curatorial journey. During the first week in Madrid, and throughout four conference, the group combined a theory course with several visits to work that allowed them to enter contact directly with the most prominent professionals in the sector. Curators, galleries and artists of the city, as well as the Matadero center facilitated access to various keys to the art world.

The meetings with Nerea Ubieto, Andrea Pacheco and Gerardo Mosquera, the latter a professor at Master's Degree, curators of outstanding professional degree program , aroused interest around the challenges of the independent curator and the keys to this exciting profession, topics of particular importance for the group of recently graduated curators.

During the days in Madrid, the visit to programs of study of artists, such as Delirio Estudio and Malafama programs of study, allowed the approach to work of Avelino conference room, Elena Lavellés, Julio Galeote, Carlos Aires, Paula Anta, Gustavo Blanco-Uribe, Alejandro Botubol, Ruth Quirce, Che Marchesi and Ben Vone, among others. attend To learn about the artists' work procedures, the materials they use in the realization of their works and the thinking behind them is a unique experience that should be enjoyed wherever it takes place.

The city's galleries, Elba Benítez, Sabrina Amrani, The Goma, Ponce + Robles and Moises Pérez de Albéniz shared with group their vision on entrepreneurship and how to make a living from the art market. 

Marta Rincón 's access to cultural initiatives of management institutional, such as the CA2M - Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, the Centro Cultural Conde Duque and the work of AC/E - Acción Cultural Española - meant a direct approach to the procedures of work of the public sector.

The afternoons were dedicated to the MEC course - Matadero programs of study Críticos - a specific course linked to the curatorial world. Relevant international professionals, Gema Melgar, manager of artistic residencies at Matadero Madrid; Martí Manen, long-time curator who currently directs Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation; Antonia Alampi, director of Spore Initiative in Berlin; and Keyna Eleison, co-director of MAM Rio Janeiro, shared their knowledge and encouraged an open dialogue. All participants were able to ask questions and share their concerns. The sessions were facilitated by curator Juan Canela.

After Madrid, from May 17 to 20, the group went to Valencia to enjoy a very special approach to the Todolí Citrus Fundació, one of the largest citrus collections in the world, thanks to Vicente Todolí, director artistic director of Hangar Bicocca in Milan and one of the most renowned curators.

The IVAM team (high school Valencian Modern Art), showed how to draw the strategic lines of an institution as well as the production process of exhibitions. And they approached the work and programming lines of other spaces such as the CCC - Centro de Cultura Contemporánea del Carmè and the Bombas Gens art center. Also in Valencia, the students discovered the challenges and motivations behind alternative spaces such as Pols or Alba Braza; independent curator and professional in the cultural management .

The group of recent graduates of the Museum's Master's Degree at programs of study curatorial program enjoyed 12 days to share concerns, hopes and ideas while living different curatorial experiences and practices and at the same time broadening their knowledge and their contacts in the professional world.