Photography: Curation – Building the Exhibition

3 units

This class will introduce students to strategies for curating and presenting photography and other lens-based media. In the first part of the semester, working in connection with the Weitman Gallery, students will curate and present an exhibition of work from outside artist(s), managing the process from initial call through design, installation, and closing. Alongside this work or curation, students will develop their own body of work for exhibition. Course sessions will review key exhibitions from the late 20th and the 21st centuries, introduce strategies for presenting photographs, and include critiques of personal work. Students will be evaluated on their participation, curatorial work, final portfolio of images, and in-class work.