ART 477Curator's Workshop

3 credits · Art · Penn State

In Curator's Workshop, students will gain valuable experience in curatorial practices, exhibition design, and arts administration. Focus topics include how to generate an effective exhibition concept; liaising with artists, institutions, and other curators; curatorial research in support of an exhibition concept; questions and concerns in spatial design; and the writing of didactic materials such as labels, wall texts, press releases, checklists, and others. Students will engage in a final project requiring them to generate a complete exhibition proposal, inclusive of a budget, written and visual support and documentation, and a clearly defined concept. Through field trips, readings, guest lectures, and research, students will gain a fuller understanding of the role of the curator in today's art world, relating their work back to their individual fields of study.