On Sunday, Brian and Henry started the install process. They started with organizing the layout of the gallery space. They lined the floor with the work in correspondence where they would be hung on the wall. They also patched up the wall to make it white and cover up holes from previous work. The pedestal […]

This past week, the class worked hard in their respective areas and a lot of progress was made as it gets closer to the opening. Bobby made progress on the catalogues and has ordered three of them to get to the school. The post cards were finished and Rachel O. ordered them and those are […]

This week Bobby, Henry and Bryan did a lot of work on finalizing the curation process. Henry and Bryan picked up the work from Susan’s house and brought it back to MassArt. This week Henry and Bobby photographed all of the work for the catalogue of the show. The pieces that the curation team have […]

Class 3/19 During our schedule class time we continue to meet and update eachother on our progress within our tasks. Leane had contacted Susan about the title of the show for approval and the image that will be used for the postcard. Susan approved the title “Threading a Legacy: The Work of Susan Thompson”. Susan […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]