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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course provides students of art history and curatorial studies with applied knowledge of curatorial and exhibition-making processes, and understanding of current issues in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector. In seminars led by ANU staff, curators and GLAM professionals, students will learn about current exhibition-making policy and practice. In accompanying workshops students will extend their learning through applied exercises and participatory tasks, developing important transferrable skills. Where possible, students will engage in object-based learning activities through access to the School of Art & Design and ANU art collections (subject to access conditions). Throughout this course, students will encounter, observe and learn about the inter-related activities that make creating and visiting art exhibitions both educative and enjoyable. Please note: Due to the applied and practical nature of this course, changes to the assessment tasks and/or class formats may be required at short notice.
Applied exhibition proposal, 1500 words
Learning outcomes 3, 4, 5
Public programs proposal, 1000 words
Learning outcomes 3, 4
Final reflective analysis essay, 2000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Individual participation in course activities
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks, comprising lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and/or peer-to-peer learning sessions; and b) 212 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Work Integrated Learning Fieldwork Students will engage with curatorial operations across art galleries on campus (Drill Hall; School of Art and Design; China in the World; Classics Museum), and off campus (National Gallery, NPG, NLA, CCAS).
Required readings will be made available via Wattle. Preliminary Reading Recommended Books: Bruce Altshuler, Collecting the new: museums and contemporary art, Princeton, NJ, 2005. Charles Green and Anthony Gardner, Biennales, Triennials and Documenta: The Exhibitions that Created Contemporary Art, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. Robert R. Janes and Richard Sandell, Museum Activism, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. Paula Marincola (ed), What Makes a Great Exhibition? Philadelphia Exhibition Initiative, Philadelphia, 2008. Brian O’Doherty, Inside the White Cube, Lapis Press, Santa Monica, 1976. Paul O’Neill, The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s), The MIT Press, Cambridge, 2012. Karsten Schubert, The Curator’s Egg, One-Off-Press, London, 2000. Terry Smith, Thinking Contemporary Curating, Independent Curators International, New York 2012. Recommended Journals: Curator Journal of Museum Education (available online through ANU library) Museum Anthropology (available online through ANU library) Museum Management and Curatorship (available online through ANU library) Collection and Curation (available online through ANU library) Journal of Curatorial Studies (available online through ANU library)