This thesis explores the art of noticing as a methodological response to the need for deliberate models of care within curation. Stories of noticing are framed throughout this work as relational in nature, as acts of love and hospitality, as cultivating belonging, as interdependent, as countering indifference, and as a slow process. Noticing is presented as integral to the overall act of curatorial care through which art communities cultivate art institutions. The work turns to theoretical frameworks from Disability Arts and care theorists that support pathways for caring engagement in curation. These methodological explorations are articulated in practice-based examples from Toronto art institutions Workman Arts’ and Tangled Arts + Disability, which includes an interview conducted with Workman Arts. The exhibition, The Art of Noticing (March 28-31, 2025) at Ignite Gallery (East) features the work of artists Michele Anne-Marie Dickson, Naomi Beth Hill, Sophia Kyungwon Kim, and Don Kwan and acts as a case study for this explored methodology of noticing, serving as examples of the materiality of noticing embodied in the artwork and art practices of the four artists.