Assignment
Students will produce a Museum exhibition on a theme relating to some aspect of course material: Prehistory to Late Gothic. The exhibition must display a "room." The room must have between 10-15 artworks demonstrating a single theme. Your topic should be as specific as possible:
Too broad: Egyptian art or animals in Egyptian art.
More focused topic: The combination of feline and human in Egyptian art.
You can choose to present your exhibition room using a PowerPoint presentation or other digital media (such as Video, Prezi, Google Open Gallery, Art Steps, etc). The goal of the exhibition is to form a flow that takes a viewer through the theme in a connected and seamless manner. The organization of the exhibition is paramount to the viewer's experience. Consider how you may present information for the viewer to gain a more formal understanding of the theme. You may for example, choose the obvious chronological ordering, or you may opt for a different flow. Give the organization careful consideration.
Included in the exhibition is the information below either in a separate document attachment or embedded in the presentation itself. The written portion should be about 2 pages. This can be considered the curator's statement (you are the curator)...be creative!
• Title of the exhibition
• All images must be captioned with artist (if known), title, date and original location (where did the artwork originate?)
• Why did you select this theme and what do you want the viewer to gain from this presentation?
• What was your rationale for selecting these images?
• What is your rationale for placing the images in the order that you did?
• How does your exhibit contribute to our understanding of course material?
• Works Cited in MLA citation style.