#9 . Exhibition preparation videos

Assignment : take thorough notes on the videos below and submit in your semester repository

VIDEOS
1. Museums Inside and Out: Exhibition Design : 2:04

2. Preparing for an Art Exhibition: 5:38

3. Behind the Scenes: Museum Preparator 4:48

4. Preparing artifacts for a Textile Museum

#6 . Student as Curator > Final Tour

Students have the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned in FA351 course together.  

Each student will be the curator of their own Gallery Exhibitions

• This includes researching your thematic exhibition and the reasons behind why you put it together

• Building a data base for your collection

• Creating 3 paragraph wall text for your exhibition

• Creation of all objects (at minimum 7 works and no more than 10)

• Creation of all labels including title, material, date, data base #, where found / when, name of collection to where the work belongs

• Creation of Press Release introducing the event to the media

• 2 page, double spaced exhibition essay

• Data base complete with:  

1.      Title / artifact 
2. 2.  Artist / designer / inventor / discoverer's name (birth and death dates, and nationality)
3.      Materials
4.      Where discovered
5.      Collector's names and provenance information
6. ,    Image of artifact, H x W x D in inches (or metric)
7.      Insurance value and date
8.      Assigned Data base number  
9.      Other pertinent info regarding the condition of object 

Creation of a small catalogue complete with images and all textual information: 

1. Essay and reason behind creation of your curation

2. All data base information

3. Wall text information (3 paragraphs) 

4. All objects images 

5. Maps if applicable

6. Gallery check list and floor plan schematic

7. All label information (and where they will be located) 

8. Press / Media Release 

9. Post card announcing the exhibition and will include an image, exhibition dates, reception dates, gallery hours, website information and admission cost

You will be creating a scaled maquette of your exhibition. Consider the architecture of the building as well as the exterior of the building itself. The scaled maquette of the gallery must include: 

1 One wall length being at least 10"

2 At least one corner

3 two doors

4 2 windows 

5 2 objects must be on pedestals

6 placement of your objects (floor, ceiling, walls)

7 Your wall text and labels will be mounted and location of their mounting

8 Where your labels are located

9 You may place an gallery visitor or security guard to scale

10 You may also place furniture in your gallery

11 You may also include a gallery gift shop 

This is the culminating activity for the term.

You will present it during our final exam block.  

You will hand in your exhibition catalogue at that time. 

Make sure your exhibition catalogue is complete and includes Works Cited page, URLS of where you obtained your research.

Be creative of how you put your documents together in the catalogue! 

20% Final Student Virtual Gallery Tour: hardcopy & digital multi - media presentation

STUDENT CURATED GALLERY EXHIBITION MAQUETTES