Project 4 Reflection

This first thing I did to start my exhibit was learn what it meant to be an art curator. So to learn this I watched Art Curator, Interview: Josh Yiu Assistant Curator of Chinese Art, Interview Wayne Baerwaldt curator Montreal Biennale, Felicity Fenner, curator at the Venice biennale and Peter Alter, Curator. After finishing these videos, it was time for me to pick a theme. This was harder than I expected. Obviously there are plenty of themes you could do, but most of them have been done over and over again. I wanted to pick a specific theme so it wouldn't be too broad. I figured nature would be a popular theme so I took that and chose something more specific to that theme. I came up with trees. Once I chose this theme it was time to find some pieces to go along with it. At first I had a really hard time. Then I realized I was going about searching for them the wrong way. So I picked an artist that I liked and limited my search to the artist name and tree. After doing this, I came up with more than enough options. The hard part became choosing the best options! Once I had all my pictures in place it was time to design the slides to correlate with the paintings. I had to think about the background, fonts and colors. I did not want anything that would take away from the beauty of the trees. This project was pretty interesting because you learn how much goes into these exhibits at museums and galleries. Its not just putting up art, its creating an atmosphere and an experience.