Blog Post #4 Revised Exhibition Label DUE FEB. 10

DUE FEB. 10 by 12:50pm

Please have the final version of your exhibition label posted no later than 12:50pm on FEB. 10.

I encourage you all to review the 10 laws of storytelling again, and to make your best effort to revise. Remember that this assignment asks you to appeal to a general audience. You might find it useful to refer to the label about Jean-Michel Basquiat's work again (in the awards document) or to look for examples of writing about other artists' work that is similar in style and intent as your own, and use this as a model.

Again, here is the assignment. Please make sure you review the rubric that will be used to evaluate your work (at the end of this post).

Drafting an Exhibition Label

Storytelling Exercise         

FINAL DRAFT DUE February 10                            

For this assignment you will be designing an exhibition label of approximately 2-3 paragraphs. This label should be for your own work, the work of a peer, or for one of the works currently on view in the Faculty Exhibition. You must use the appropriate gallery/museum format for the information about the work of art (outlined below), but you are free to design the content as you best see fit (choice of font, shape of panel, inclusion of images, etc.).

Examples of awarding winning exhibition labels may be found in the document posted on D2L.

Proper Format for exhibition labels (in this order):

Artist name

Title (italicized)

Date

Medium

Dimensions

Credit Line: if the work is borrowed from a private or institutional collection (only include if you need to have a credit)

In preparation for this assignment, please review the information posted on D2L and/or distributed in class.

You may also conduct research on your own to identify other exhibition labels to use as models.

STEP 1. Review each of these documents carefully. Conduct research on our chosen work or if it is a work of your own think carefully about how to meaningfully tell the story to a general audience. Use museum/gallery speak rather than how you might describe the work in a critique situation.

STEP 2. Draft your exhibition label. Have a (non-Art) peer read it. Get feedback from that peer about what works and what does not. This could be a relative, spouse, classmate, or friend.

STEP 3. Print out a draft and bring it with you to our meeting on February 3. You should also post your label to your blog. Be prepared to present your label to the class on February. We will peer review the label at that point and make suggestions for improvements.

Below are general criteria used to evaluate your didactic panel.

Analysis:  Does one idea follow naturally from another?  Do you provide an introduction that is engaging (a hook) and do you draw the viewer to notice elements (concrete details) of the artwork that support the story that you are telling? Is your story clear and does it have the potential to stick with your audience? (25 points)

Language: Does your choice of words demonstrate that you are emotionally and intellectually involved and committed to what you are expressing? Is your language effective at stirring up emotions of the audience? 

Do you speak in the audience’s language? Does the language you use locate the story in a fixed time and place?

Make sure your writing reflects your ability to express your ideas in a grammatically correct, lucid, and fluent way. Checking your work for spelling and grammatical errors gives your analysis greater credibility. (25 points)

Interpretation:  Interpretation goes beyond the works themselves and uses external information gathered from other sources including readings, and the artist’s own comments and interpretations.  If you use others’ thoughts on the works, do you choose quotations that provide interesting insight into the artist’s thoughts and that further your own story?

Does your label show rather than tell? (25 points)

Synthesis:  Does your choice of concrete examples, quotations or evidence (formal details within the work) further the viewer’s understanding of the work? Does your label reflect effort that has extended over hours and that has been drafted and revised as necessary? (25 points)

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