The master’s course is partly in presence and partly online, combining lectures, individual studying, teamwork, fieldwork and research.

It lasts 12 months and is divided into three phases:
The first being a theoretical part with immersive courses of 130 hours, accessible in blended learning mode (online and/or in-presence).
This is followed by an itinerant phase with visits to partner companies and site-specific experiences.

Finally concluding with a project phase that combines a training internship at one of the master’s partners (or a company of the student’s choice) and the development of the final project (a curatorial output).

The master also includes a series of masterclasses and meetings with professionals from the world of contemporary arts, fashion, design, visual studies and architecture.

The master’s course is held in English apart from exceptional cases.

The master’s course aims to train curators, strategic consultants, creative directors that have a philosophical background but also an immediate operational capacity. Professionals capable of proposing effective visual, design and editorial strategies that make use of heterogeneous mediums and touch-points. Experts who know how to analyse complex scenarios, respond to the needs of public or private clients and develop commercial, intellectual or research projects autonomously. Working with an interdisciplinary approach that places different languages (artistic, editorial, digital, product) at the service of an engaging and meaningful overall vision.

The master’s course is aimed at graduates and professionals in possession of a degree or a 1st level Academic Diploma, coming from humanistic faculties – Philosophy and History of Art first – and design faculties. Mater Matuta is an ideal opportunity to effectively enter the professional context of the creative and artistic/editorial disciplines, in particular as professionals specialised in curating, in creative direction and research.