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Contact information:
Alaina Claire Feldman
office hours
Course Description:
Contemporary Issues in Curating will offer an introduction to curatorial practice, examining the processes of exhibition-making from intersectional, cultural, theoretical, and pragmatic perspectives. Since the Coronavirus has greatly altered the way we produce and consume culture, this class will consider ways in which making, showing and experiencing art beyond the “white cube” might be reimagined. The course will look at historical and contemporary examples of curatorial practices that rethink modes of accessibility and equitable spaces. As more and more cultural programs have moved online, we will question and participate in this realm using the Baruch College Art Collection to organize a digital exhibition that is then collectively designed to operate within this networked, screen-based culture.
Assignments will include communication with artists and curators from around the world, looking at and analyzing artworks in the collection, research, creating curatorial narratives, and publishing work online. There will be weekly writing assignments as well readings of theorists and artists including Donna Haraway, Brian O’Doherty, American Artist, Carolyn Lazard, Claire Bishop, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Andrea Fraser, Cameron Rowland and more.
Learning Goals:
This course will prepare you to think through and respond critically to historic and emerging cultures of curating and museum cultures. You will have the opportunity to analyze the field of curating and respond to what makes a “good” curator in the 21st century. You will not only learn to criticize but to understand why museum apparatuses of display and certain art historical cannons exist. Using the Baruch College Art Collection, you will curate an exhibition, articulating and communicating artwork for various public audiences, while understand the basics of digital software to organize an online project for which you can use in your professional portfolio.