Curator Essays

new measures to enhance curatorial positions of the art museum as well as other important positions that are responsible for upholding the performance capacity of the organizations. There has been consolidated mechanism to enhance diversity in art curator position, which is among the most influential positions in the art museum. Therefore, there has been a new bid through five of the U.S. art museums to diversify curatorial ranks in the main museum centers. In this regard, the initiative of the Andrew

Martin Puryear’s Ladder for Booker T. Washington (1996) is an iconic work of art. The sculpture, made of ash and maple wood, resembles a near-endless, sinuous ladder due to the artistic deployment of forced perspective. The distance between the rungs begin at an 11 and 3/4th inches wide at the bottom, and slowly diminishes as you near the top, their span being a miniscule 1 and 1/4th inches apart at its peak. The subject in matter when referring to Puryear’s Ladder is quite fascinating to observe

The modern landscape in which museums operate – one of limited funding, changing demographics, and shifting values – has increasingly pushed museums to reevaluate their role in society and the service they must provide in order to stay relevant. While many new skills and ways of thinking are required to establish the current and future relevancy of museums, perhaps the “most important new skill of all will be the ability to envision how the community’s ongoing and/or emerging needs in all their

Diagnostic essay What makes a great leader, great? A great leader can be made out of many different ideas and opinions and not everyone will agree that any leader is a great leader. Men and women have always been put into different positions of power. That doesn’t mean that every single one of them has been a great leader to their followers or follower because being in control of a group of people doesn’t make you a great leader. You can be a leader of millions or a leader of one, but how you use

While volunteering at Westminster Archives I was involved with a project conserving and cataloguing a collection of lantern slides. I joined the project midway through, and my first task was to check the lantern slides against the image library card catalogue to see if any were duplicates of images already held in the collection. This was an early lesson in the realities of archive acquisition! My next task was to catalogue the lantern slides onto CALM. As I was working with images, which had varying

Curator Analysis - The Roman Gladius The superior weaponry possessed by the Roman army undoubtedly proved a contributor to their military overwhelming success. When used in conjunction with the Roman scutum (shield), the gladius was a highly efficient weapon in dispatching the enemies of Rome and breaking through enemy defences. Because of the highly drilled nature of the Roman army, specific strategies were developed for the gladius’ use and implemented with ruthless efficiency. The Roman soldiers

Wendys: The Social Media Curator Wendy's has become a master of using social media to market its brand and engage with customers. The fast-food chain's social media presence is known for its wit, humor, and playful interactions with customers. Wendy's uses social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to promote new menu items, respond to customers, and show off its unique brand personality. Based on their social media, Wendy's portrays itself as a witty and irreverent brand that

that a curator needs to have an artistic background?” For instance, the article I Am A Curator outlines, “The study and practice of curating are still overwhelmingly dependent on borrowing analysis and discourse from other fields of inquiry.” Dennis replied: “Having an artistic background, an art making background, does bring a different component to the job that a curator does, but also having a heavily studied background in history, brings an equally valuable component to it. A lot of curators actually

Katie Fernandez MSTD 6104: Managing People and Projects Professor Lauren Telchin-Katz October 30, 2017 MSTD 6104: Case Study (Un)Pack Behavior: Conflict and Communication in the Dogs Group Exhibition Design Team According to business management theorist Paul Drucker, “One of the great strengths of a non-profit organization is that people don’t work for a living, they work for a cause,” (1990: 150). This statement is true for museum professionals. We believe deeply in the mission of museum work

organization's mission is to save and improve lives through exemplary education, research, and patient care, which aligns with the principles of EBP that aim to provide evidence-based care to patients (Curators of the University of Missouri, n.d.). Mission and Vision of MU Health Care According to Curators of the University of Missouri. (2019) the vision of the healthcare organization is to be the premier and transformational academic health system for Missouri, which emphasizes a

serves as an alternative source of information. As time advances, society desensitizes the privilege of having access to such a distinctive reference; threatening the prevalence of museums. In order for a museum to successfully fulfill its purpose, a curator must consider the authenticity, educational value, and relevance of an exhibit. While the financial factor is the basis of any establishment, it can dull the purpose that it serves. As exhibited by Source E, Richard Handler reveals the plasticity

Due to Craig-Martin giving certain rooms to specific curators, each of these rooms have decided to follow a certain theme of the curators choice who has been given this room. For example, Jock McFayden decided to concentrate on the subject of ‘radical landscape’ with the room he was given called the second gallery space. However, he found himself

poem We Wear the Mask written by Paul Laurence Dunbar As a curator I decided to create an exhibit focusing on the themes of collaboration and communication brining out the best in people. Using the poems "We Wear the Mask" written by Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Crucible of champions” written by Nikki Grimes and "Mother to Son" Written by Langston Hughes. To begin, I chose the poem We Wear the Mask written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. As a curator I decided to create an exhibit focusing on the themes of

approach to including the artists in the conservation process. An opportunity made possible by the museum’s focus on living artists, the Hirshhorn hosts a collaborative “Capturing the Contemporary” initiative, involving discussions between conservators, curators, educators, and other staff with artists with a preservation focus. The museum recognizes the intregal role that such artist interviews play in the conservation of contemporary work, especially as artists continue to push the boundaries of art and

of Inversgail on the Scotland West Coast where they buy a bookshop. The focus on small town living is inspired by Molly Macrae’s life that for the most part was spent the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee. Living in Jonesborough, she worked as a curator of a history museum and ran the now defunct independent bookstore the Book Place. For

The three poems "We Wear the Mask" by Laurence Dunbar. As a curator, I would choose this poem because it shows people working hard toward their goals but sadly some people hide themselves to achieve their goals "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. As a curator, I would choose this poem because it shows that life will not always be easy but you can achieve your goals with some hard work. Finally "The sculptor" by nikki grimes. As a curator, I would choose this poem because it shows that you can never

Regarding the curator of the exhibit, there was more emphasis on the aesthetics of the objects in the exhibit rather than the history of the people. The exhibit was fascinating to me for many reasons. Specifically, I learned about the indigenous people of the Americas

Entries Spelling variations of Egyptian archaeological sites and geographic locations is a problematic challenge for the curators and registrars of the Egyptian departments at the majority of U.S. museums whatever the museum type, an art museum or archaeological museum. Sometimes, some of U.S. museums where is a private department of the Egyptian antiquities have Egyptologist or curators who have dug in the field in Egypt as an archaeologist and work directly with the Egyptian collection. Consequently

The art world is perpetually sexist and racists, and curators are key to changing the masses view on art history and contemporary art voices through representation and inclusion. In order to offer up a more just and fair representation of global artistic production, mainstream (non-activist) curators need to re-envision/re-write their definitions of "greatness" to include non-whites, non-westerners, the under-privileged, and women. In Maura Reilly's essay, Taking the Measure of Sexism: Facts, Figures

pollution factories because of the carbon dioxide gas that they release (Curators). On the contrary, the Model T was a positive innovation in putting vehicles’ steering wheels on the left. Before the Model T, every vehicle had right-hand steering. Henry Ford decided to move the steering wheel to the left side because it “gave the driver a better view of oncoming or overtaking traffic when passing or turning left” (Curators). Forthwith, Henry Ford is also a major factor in the development of today’s