Curating an Exhibition
This is my assignment response paper based on three assigned videos: http://www.mikes-world.org/videos/howtocuratevideo.html,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16gGn5i7FSc, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmFCGClyPNo. On what I learned about the job of a curator, their duties, what goes into an exhibition and what is needed to do next.
What I have learned from the three videos about the job of a curator is that you have to be a good organizer and planner. There are steps to follower so the best thing to do is make a checklist. Start with a theme then look up artist’s work that fits the theme you looking for your exhibition. Choose the artists and contact them. Choose at least one to three artworks. You have to know about variety of mediums because you have to choose the best quality of art pieces. It’s better to choose the most unique art piece that people can remember for life and no matter how many times they look at the piece they can see something different each time.
A curator has to know how to display the art work such as the size of the space and is the piece of art work is the right size for the space. Therefore, also keep in mind if there is light if it is going to work with the art piece or work against the piece.
Curators have to write an exhibition proposal and a press release that takes a lot of editing. When you work as a group curator you have to work well with people because you have to work collaborative. When you work with a client you have to let the client see different variety of artwork with an open mind. Also you have to ask a lot of questions of likes and dislikes to put together an exhibition and know how much money is in the budget to work with. Therefore, a curator has to have some budget experience.
The last on the list is the opening which is the event with the artist’s friends, family, community and other artists to celebrate the artist’s work. A curator job is a lot of work and you have to know artwork well to be able to put together an exhibition and make a statement of what art is really about. Now it’s time to make that list.
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