The final project for this course is to curate your own Virtual Art Exhibition. It will be organized around a central theme of your choosing and be comprised of only 10 images.
You will use Powerpoint, Keynote, Google Slides, or similar software to create your Virtual Art Exhibition.
Please the Exhibition Example as a guide for what your exhibition can look like.
Be as creative and as innovative as you like in designing your exhibition, but you must include the following components:
1. Determine a theme for your exhibition
This needs to be a unique theme you arrived at and should NOT be based on an existing information or copied from an existing exhibition or book.
Things to consider when developing your theme:
What do you your audience to take away for the exhibition?
Will the focus be limited to particular media?
Will the focus be about convey a specific message?
Will the focus be about a particular time period?
Will the focus be about one particular artist?
2. Select 10 artworks
Ensure images are of good quality and do not have pixelation.
See Appropriate Research Sources for help will locating images and contextual information.
The best resource for images is Artstor and will require login to TAMUC library for full access
3. Introduction – brief statement that explains the theme of the exhibition
Must be 100% authored by you and should be drawn from any existing exhibitions.
Criteria for the Introduction:
minimum 150 words
maximum 300 words, do not exceed the 300-word maximum. Studies show that museum text blocks no longer than 300 words are ideal for keeping a museum visitor’s attention.
4. Provide full artwork label for each artwork
Must include the following:
Artist Name
Title
Date
Media
Dimensions
Current Location
5. Label Copy – short description explaining artwork and connection to theme
Must be 100% authored by you and should NOT be drawn from any existing label copy or descriptions from your sources.
Criteria for the Label Copy:
minimum 50 words
maximum 200 words. Studies show that 150 words is the ideal length for label text copy.
Things to consider for you label copy:
Point key visual elements related to the theme or worth mentioning.
Discuss the subject matter.
Provide some context about the artist, the subject, or anything else in the image relevant to your theme.
You don’t have to touch on all items in every label, but make sure to lead your viewer as to reasons why you included the image in the exhibition.
6. Cite your sources
For each artwork include a full citation according to the Chicago Manual of Style for you image source and contextual source. If the same source, please indicate that.
Please see How to Cite Sources for help with citations.
Note: Any exhibitions submitted without sources will NOT be graded and may be considered plagiarism. For more about plagiarism, see What is Plagiarism?
7. Organize your exhibition using Powerpoint, Keynote, Google Slides, or similar program.
8. Submit your exhibition as a PDF file.
Similar to post-tests, you will be permitted 3 (three) attempts to earn a score of 80% by making revisions to your Virtual Art Exhibition.
Grading Criteria
Points
Exhibition Theme
Well thought out theme that considers elements such as but not limited to overarching narrative or topic, media selection, artist selection, and chronology.
10
Introduction
Written explanation of exhibition falling within word limit of 150-300 words.
10
Artwork Selection
Appropriateness of artworks relevant to exhibition theme.
10
Artwork Labels
Full identification for artworks including artist, title, date, media, dimensions, collection or current location.
10
Label Copy
Short description explaining artwork and connection to exhibition theme falling within word limit of 50-200 words.
40
Source Citations
Full Chicago Manual of Style citations for ALL sources – images and context.
10
Grammar & Formatting
Well written and free from grammatical/spelling errors.
5
Design Quality
Well thought out organization of artworks and overall layout.
5
Total Points
100
