I like Byron Johnson's description of the no-curator process, but it sounds a little formalized to be likened to Lockheed's "Skunkworks." We have a Program Team that meets every other week to examine new program opportunities: it includes the department heads of education, exhibitions, and outreach plus someone each from finance, marketing, and development. Once a program is determined, a team made of varying representatives from each department will make it happen but in general whoever originated the idea is in overall charge of it. Since we have no collection, we have no "curators" (I used to be called Exhibitions Curator) as such. My position is responsible for the overall quality of the exhibitions, and in practice I "curate" (i.e. determine the theme and/or choose individual pieces) about 70% of the shows. The rest are rentals or competitions. I present my season to Program Team as soon as it is determined (about 18mo.-2yrs. prior to starting: in Feb. '97 I will present the '98-'99 year, although I am already working on shows for '99-'00) and we start figuring out where to go from there. This system has been in place formally for about 1-2 years, informally about 3 years. Still working out the bugs but so far so good. Julia Moore Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services Indianapolis Art Center