The courage to curate: Mapping communities of artistic practice within c/a/r/tography

This article maps how an a/r/tographic enquiry designed to interrogate curator identity as a way of being in both public and private realms is unpacked through the practice of curating the exhibition ‘Dress Stories’ at the University of North Texas. Throughout the curatorial process, there were opportunities to unpack, unfold and undo clothing as a way into curator, artist, researcher and teacher self-study. Each of Parker Palmer’s community models is interrogated as a means to ask: who is the curator who curates in community?