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- Title
Students as curators.
- Authors
Cross, Jennifer
- Abstract
Each year for the past twenty years, seventh graders at the Ross School in East Hampton, New York, have performed as curators, organizing thematic exhibitions of the work of professional artists for the school's gallery. This programme was designed to empower students to engage with art in meaningful and authentic ways, while helping them acquire skills in organization, critical thinking, and collaboration. The article shares the students' step-by-step curatorial process and gives examples of the interdisciplinary learning that takes place as they meet and interview artists, choose work, design the installation, coordinate publicity, write and produce catalogue documentation, and act as tour guides. In written reflections, students identify the memorable and challenging aspects of organizing and presenting a cohesive and meaningful exhibition.
- Subjects
STUDENT attitudes; CURATORSHIP; ARTS exhibitions; ORGANIZATION management; SERVICE learning; TEENAGERS; SECONDARY education
- Publication
Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
2045-5879
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/vi.6.1.33_1