I went to hear Robert Blackson, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the Tyler School of Art, speak this week at the RISD museum. The talk was part of the Brown/RISD 2012 Curatorial Lecture Series. Robert had some interesting things to say about curator-artist collaborations (including his own work with the Turner-prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller), as well as the relationship between curatorial work and community programming.
The programs that he organizes at the Temple Gallery also seem dynamic and engaging, something to check out if you're in the Philadelphia area.