Ottumwa Museum of Fine Arts

Curator Competition

~ the gallery ~

Requirements:

A design of the "Gallery Space", which will show the physical layout of the museum and the location of the artwork.

Eight works of art (paintings, illustrations, sculptures, etc.) from a particular ‘school’ that express a social and/or cultural theme.

Explain the purpose of the exhibition, which is to show the inter-relatedness (connection) of the historical, political, social and cultural forces and events of the time, and the artistic movement(s) of the same time period.

• A successfull gallery PowerPoint shall have 10 slides.
• One (1) introductory slide corresponding to the entrance of the gallery that describes your time period.
• The eight (8) following slides must be limited to one piece of artwork per slide. Each slide must address all of the information listed below. The bibliography must be appropriate to the source. Internet bibliographies must be appropriately cited using the MLA format. Paper or traditional sources each have their own order. You must use that format to get points for your bibliography. (Hint:: Keep a file of favorites, export it to a word document and cut and paste it into the bibliography page, then make the additions required to fulfill the bibliographical format requirements.)

Entrance to gallery:  Overview of art movement Relationship to corresponding historical period Map pinpointing location Gallery Space Template Artwork: Identification Label Title,artist, date, place of origin Medium Size Objective Description Figure, portrait, landscape, genre, stilllife Creation of Emphasis Relationships between elements in the composition Technical aspects of the artwork- , line, color, value, shape or form, space and texture. Historical/Cultural Answer the following questions: How was the painting/artwork used during its time? Is there a narrative? Describe the narrative. If it is not a narrative: What is the content, theme? What are the supporting elements in the image?