Curator

Becoming the museum curator is an important title, they pick and choose the 5% of the total art, the museum has to be viewed by the public. The curator must be wise and make exhibits that flow as well as get the point across to the visitors coming to see the museum. Curating this exhibit, I have chosen three works of ancient Greek art that will tell a story and inform visitors about three of the most well-known Greek gods. A statue of Zeus from the first A.D, a Kylix of Hades and Persephone, and

Utopian Australia Exhibition Dear, selection committee As curator I wish to recommend the inclusion of artworks by Danie Mellor and Cia Guo-Qiang for the upcoming exhibition “Utopian Australia – the Lucky Country?”. Utopia is defined as “an imagined place or state in which everything is perfect”. Danie Mellor and Cia Guo Qiang, both explore this idea of transformation through landscape, culture and country, employing symbols, narratives, traditions and materials to convey their own ideas on Utopia

Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri (1973) was a case concerning a student’s indecent publication on a university campus and whether or not a student remains protected under the First Amendment. It was the first and the only case submitted to the Supreme Court concerning a university newspaper. Upon the newspaper’s publication, the student was expelled in the middle of the spring semester after the university did not approve of its content. While the First Amendment does protect

life. However, street performers are often restricted to limited areas in order to oblige the regulations set out by the council. This book introduces the aim of the project whereas to promote the practice of music and enables artists and guest curators to explore their creativity while participating and engaging with music. A platform provided to become the mass populist entertainment for the population. Speaking of music

Create Your Garden Dream with Climbing Roses There are few plants that can rival the gorgeous climbing roses in the garden, creating the ambiance of nostalgia and breath-taking beauty. Steven Scanniello, Curator of the Rockefeller Rose Garden, New York, refers to Climbing roses as the “acrobats and aerialist” of the garden. Climbing roses can be used in countless ways, such as cascading over fences, trellis or walls, softening hard landscapes, concealing ugly structures or small building, accentuating

‘Is it even worse in Europe?’ the Guerrilla Girls’ latest exhibition questions and examines todays art museums in Europe on the controversial subject of diversity. This exhibition was supported by Valeria Napoleone XX and Co-curator Nayia Yiakoumaki in helping the feminist group exhibit their work at the Whitechapel gallery. Revisiting back to their past project in 1986, the ‘It’s even worse in Europe’ exhibition which targeted mainstream art museum directors and artists, the Guerrilla Girls come

of the time. A curator has to maintain order and educate people about the items in the museum. This paper will explore the job description, work environment, pay, and overall job outlook for curator. The duties and responsibilities of being a curator is what makes being a curator so interesting. Curator take care of their collections, they also research teams in their collections, and they directing affairs of the museum. According to United States Department of Labor “most curators work at museums

purpose of museums is to serve the public in the fields of education and research. The pinnacle of museum structure, for this country, is the Smithsonian, with its headquarters located in Washington D.C. (Smithsonian). My future career goal is to get a curator position within one of the nineteen museums that fall under the Smithsonian jurisdiction (Smithsonian). Though I will be happy working in many other museums across this country I decided to choose the Smithsonian because it is the Official National

historical artefacts. With this in mind, when the audience views an object in a museum, they may recognise it as being historically important and other works not exhibited, especially by female artists, fail to reach recognition due to the exclusion of curators and art collectors’ prejudiced opinions. This ignorance of acknowledging female artists was very common among galleries in the 19th century, and even today. In 1985, the feminist activist group, Guerilla Girls, set out to highlight the injustice

The reaction of the curators’ fellow academics largely ranged from mixed to positive, with criticism being much more nuanced and muted than the comment books and national press. Former Librarian of the United States Congress and Historian, Daniel Boorstin, was a notable exception, who led the charge against the exhibit commenting in the first guestbook that it was “perverse, historically inaccurate [and] destructive.” Most academic reviews were positive, especially praising the catalogue which provided