August 24, 2016 - 18:08
9/2 Special Collections
9/9 Creative Africa
9/16 Penn Museum
9/23 Creative Africa
9/30 Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, D.C.)
10/7 Barnes Foundation
FALL BREAK
10/21 Special Collections
10/28 Special Collections
11/4 Special Collections
11/11 Special Collections
11/18 Special Collections
THANKSGIVING
12/2 Special Collections
12/9 Special Collections
12/16 Special Collections
Special Collections Exhibition Development Schedule
10/21 Week 7: Object Research
Share Out About Object Research (conducted for “Exhibiting Africa”)
Identify Potential Themes
Identify Topics/Themes/Strategies from the various Museum Visits
10/28 Week 8: Identify Goals
3 Groups come up with different exhibition ideas (objective/theme)
Choose the relevant objects (masks, textiles, toys)
Make connections between objects and ideas
11/4 Week 9: Curating/Exhibition Design
Give Presentation to Carrie
Present your group’s final idea for the exhibition; consider every detail
With Carrie, discuss strengths and weaknesses of final proposals
Arrive at consensus about how to move forward
Assign tasks
11/11 Week 9: Curating/Exhibition Design (CR)
Arrive at consensus objective, themes, objects & layout
Look at exhibition space as map
Selection of objects
Layout
Carrie shares exhibition options
At end of class, there is a consensus about vision
11/18 Week 10: Theme/Wall Text
By this time, there is a vision (objects, layout etc)
Three groups divide up the exhibition sections; assign roles/tasks within group
Read Ingrid Schaffner “Wall Text”
Start drafting wall text
12/2 Week 11: Theme/Wall Text
Wall Text Draft due
Present/Share with Class
12/9 Week 12: Final Exhibition Design
Second draft of wall text due
Finalize exhibition design and materials
12/16 Week 13: Final Exhibition Design
Everything finished, handed over to Carrie