Curatorial Practice and Exhibition Creation
CEAS 405
Fall 2024
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This course in curatorial studies culminates in the curation of an exhibition to be featured in the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) Gallery the following semester. Through weekly or biweekly seminars, students will be introduced to curatorial thinking and strategies to develop the academic and practical skills in this practice. Students will learn, consider, and critique the different approaches to the display and interpretation of objects (how they are telling a story and why). Professional experience in the visual arts field will be gained through the planning, research, and realization of a project in the gallery. The course will be co-advised by the Associate Director of Visual Arts, the Exhibitions Manager, and a relevant member of the CEAS faculty, who will consult on the exhibition. The application will be selected by the chair of CEAS who will select one student or group (consisting of at most two students) whose previous experience, coursework, interests, and vision are most suitable. The approach can vary, but it must have an East Asian component. This seminar is an opportunity for students to work with Wesleyan arts professionals and faculty to curate an exhibition in this space. Artists may apply to curate their own work, or a student can curate the work of colleagues. The CEAS Art and Archival Collection (an educational resource collection that includes works of art in various media mostly relating to China in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries) could also be a resource from which to curate an exhibition, which would involve working with the Archeology Collections Manager. Other possibilities include historical explorations of a given topic or didactic approaches that dovetail with the CEAS Outreach program. |
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| Credit: .5 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CEAS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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| Instructor(s): Lennox,Rosemary Times: TBA; Location: NO ROOM; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 12 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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