Module 1: Get interested STAKEHOLDERS
LEARNING GOAL
– Curator sponsor
The objective of this first module is to introduce the teens to the overall arc of the role that they will be taking on. They will learn about what a curator does and begin to become familiar with the role and activities of art museums. Critical to this project, they will learn about why their engagement in this program is important to the museum.
– Teen program manager – Museum docents – Arts education teachers
EXPERIENTIAL GOAL The teens may not be familiar with the museum. This first module begins the process of embedding them in the organization and helping them to fully own the spaces of the museum. Teens get that the museum is a white space and that patrons do not look like them. Having this conversation openly together helps them move towards being able to feel like the museum is their own.
Allocated time per activity
= 1 hour
Curatorial Study Hall
Reading & Looking
Reflecting
Making & Doing
Other
An opportunity to learn from and work with Museum curators and other staff.
Rich material to help build the context and language for conceiving an exhibit.
Building in time to think about the big picture, build perception and insight, and strengthen communication.
Synthesizing and applying the skills and knowledge gained by interpreting the museum.
Additional activities to access the Museum and their own creativity.
1 hr PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
1 hr OBSERVING THE SPACE
Curator overview of the job of the curator and the process of organizing an exhibition.
Touring spaces in the museum to observe how they are used.
1 hr PURPOSE OF MUSEUMS AND OF ART MUSEUMS
Discussion of how museums are organized, permanent collections, and modern art. 1 hr CLOSE LOOKING INTRODUCTION Focusing on 3 works from Axelrod Collection, teens and curator explore what can be learned from a work of art just by looking at it and words used to describe art.
2.5 hr ESSAY “The Power of Patience” by Jennifer Roberts 2 hr CURATORIAL ACTIVISM 1 hr ANALYZING ONE WORK Gauguin: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
1 hr HOW CAN ART BE USED AS LEARNING TOOL 1 hr IDEAL MUSEUM
1 hr CREATIVE ACTIVITY 1 hr MUSEUM TOUR 1 hr MUSEUM TOUR Three Masterpieces from Asia
What would it have on view? What kind of art/mediums? Which artists? 1 hr WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PUT ART “IN CONTEXT”?
1 hr ANALYZING ONE ROOM Using the Curatorial Activism reading as a lens for the analysis of one room in the museum.
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