The Contemporary Art Society's Curator CPD Programme is the Subject Specialist Network for contemporary art. The only UK wide programme that focuses on the many issues that lie at the heart of our work in growing, sustaining and using public collections of contemporary art.
Our Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programme provides arts professionals with a national and international perspective on public collection development that will support their working lives. It is the only UK wide programme that generates new ideas and shares existing knowledge relating to the institution of the museum and the development of public collections of contemporary art.
Upcoming CPD Events
What we have planned in 2026...
Organisational membership provides access for your team to a year round programme of events, seminars, conferences and national and international research trips, with travel bursaries available.
The Roberts Institute of Art Loan Network
The Roberts Institute of Art (RIA) is a non-profit contemporary arts organisation. Founded in 2007 as the David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF) and re-launched as the Roberts Institute of Art in 2021, their work spans over 15 years of supporting contemporary art across the UK and beyond.
As part of their aim to share the collection and make it accessible to as broad an audience as possible they welcome requests to borrow individual or multiple works, through the RIA Loan Network. Since 2021 they have loaned close to 300 works from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection to over 50 institutions worldwide.
Past Symposiums
Our Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programme provides arts professionals with a national and international perspective on public collection development that will support their working lives.
CPD Programme
