如何在策展實踐中習得一番功夫？開放策展學校的工作坊規劃由策展研究方法、田野知識到實務操作的策展學程，著重於實務與理論並進，引領學員了解當代策展的環境與操作方式，並將工作坊視為一個跨學院理論文本的實踐平台與討論空間。以策展角度剖析藝術脈絡，於工作坊中邀集講師策展人以小組討論與一對一諮詢的方式，進而達到對話與交流。並以循序漸進的方式帶領有潛力的策展人著手規畫展覽，進行一場當代策展的思辨之旅，將分析于策展學中不同的實踐模式以及它們隱含的意識形態。

2015開放策展學校的主題設為《展覽製作中的七組關係》，攤開策展方法學的全面基礎結構，從策展文法、媒體、行動上的探討，回應其之於文化與機制環境的狀態，並展開個體性的演練與再詮釋。七個特定題目的系列講座和一個個別輔導性質的工作坊將在一個月份分次展開，這些題目為：1) 藝術家－策展人 (artist – curator), 2) 文本－地方－場域 (context – place – site), 3) 藝術－金錢 (art – money), 4) 機構－個體 (institutional – individual), 5) 觀眾－展示 (audience – display), 6) 後台－再現 (backstage – representation), 7) 後製－循環 (post-production – circulation)。

Apart from the public seminars, the Open Curatorial School offers a comprehensive and exclusive exercise opportunity with tutorial sessions from mentors, covering advises for writing, site visit, field research, proposal writing to the final presentation. The program encourages independent thinking and socially engaged practices to discover new potentials and possibilities in the local contemporary art environment. The tutorial sessions with local mentors and international lecturers are created to inspire creativity and sensibility in conceptualizing and realizing a curatorial project. Learnt knowledge and theories could be applied in the customized workshops as well as in the social scenario. The School comes with a peer group framework for participants to learn from one another, allowing discussions and reflections to take place and flow in reality. Two parallel structures support the Open Curatorial School: “practicing” and “networking” are models of exercise in this concept driven program to facilitate a multi-functional knowledge platform for research, discourse, display, network, etc. More than a study course, this year’s program is as well as an exercise experience, offering an exhibition opportunity to the final winning projects: selected proposals to be realized in TCAC and Hong-Gah Museum in the following year.

“The Seven Relations in Exhibition-Making and Beyond” provides a comprehensive introduction to curatorial methodology that responds to the cultural and institutional environment as well as independent reinterpretations of curatorial grammars, media and actions. The 2015 Open Curatorial School will be delivered through 7 public seminars on topics including 1) artist – curator, 2) context – place – site, 3) art – money, 4) institutional – individual, 5) audience – display, 6) backstage – representation, and 7) post-production – circulation.