Museum Curators have many responsibilities such as finding and buying art, cataloguing the art, assembling a comprehensive exhibit, and overseeing the management of the exhibit. A curator must organize collections of art, often to create specialist exhibits. Not only must a curator organize these exhibitions, they must research and find these pieces, keep records and write about each of the pieces, and ensure the collections are preserved correctly. Curators are usually hired by national, local, and independent museums. In order to become a curator you need at least a good undergraduate degree, however the job can be very competitive so many aspiring curators also get a graduate degree. People can technically become a museum curator with any degree, but the degrees that are most helpful include anthropology, art history, exhibition management, history, art, archaeology, or arts administration. Some colleges in Virginia that offer good preparatory degrees are George Mason University (Art History and Arts Management), Sweet Briar College (Arts Management), and Virginia Commonwealth University (Art History). Some of the colleges highly regarded for their Museum studies programs are Harvard University, John Hopkins University, and Northwestern University.
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This sculpture focuses on adaptive reuse in order to promote sustainability. I reused pieces of plastic, aluminum, cola cans, old t-shirts, and dried flowers to convey the ecological issue this world is facing. The clothing industry is responsible for not only human rights violations, but also pollution through microplastics, chemicals from shirt dye, and more. This rough sculpture, that could definitely hurt you, is meant to show what the world could become if we do not start to live sustainably.
“Through the Looking Glass” [Wildfires; COVID-19; Quarantine; Downturn; BLM; Beirut]
This collection of six paintings is an abstraction of events in 2020. I wanted to continue working with abstraction while addressing current issues. By playing with colors, shapes, textures, and layers, I painted my perceptions of this year. |
Emma LindleyHi! I am an art student at Maggie Walker and I am so excited to share with you my thoughts, my art ideas, and my finished works. I hope you enjoy! Archives
June 2021
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