Class 3/5 We each each talked about the progress from our groups (Documentation, Curation, Writing, Invitation, Opening). Since were still in the process of curating the exhibition and finding a concrete theme, members of the install and de-install teams did not need to be addressed for their tasks yet. We focused on the curation team’s home […]
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Class Exhibition Update
March 25, 2015 — Uncategorized
The Curatorial Process
March 25, 2015 — Uncategorized
Our meeting in class after the Curators had visited Susan’s home discussed how we could organize the show and select work from her vast collection that embodies the exhibition. Curatorial Ideas: Retrospective Chronological Documents her development as an artist over time. Show pieces made by her in chronological order from her earliest pieces to now. […]
Curation Team Home Visit
March 25, 2015 — Uncategorized
As a class we decided our roles for the exhibition. On our own we made steps within our tasks that are beneficial for the exhibition, and then we reconvened during class time to discuss what we have accomplished and what steps we were taking next. The curators– Henry and Brian– visited Susan’s house in order […]
Theresa Young Show at Harriet Tubman House
March 25, 2015 — Uncategorized
Jacqueline McRath, one of Susan’s friends who we met at Susan’s studio, gave us a tour of the Harriet Tubman Gallery and the Theresa Young Show. This show featured a piece from both Rachel O., a peer of ours and a student in the Exhibitions class, and Susan. The exhibition is in honor of late fiber artist, […]
Studio Visit with Susan Thompson
March 25, 2015 — Uncategorized
The above photos are courtesy of Jacqueline McRath, friend of the artist and co-founder of The Theresa Show exhibited at the Harriet Tubman House in Boston. Part of putting on an exhibition that is inherently crucial is meeting the artist and her work. We were lucky to have the opportunity to visit Susan at her studio […]
Welcome to 2015’s Exhibitions Class’s Documentation Blog!
March 25, 2015 — Uncategorized
Every spring semester, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Art Education department holds a class that is designed to explore the variety of tasks that construct an exhibition, and to unpack the gallery experience in its responsibilities in communicating and educating the public. Taught by Beth Balliro, this semester’s Exhibitions Students have worked closely […]