Student Journal: Labels and Posters and Postcards, Oh My!
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Darien Pepple, 24 October 2017
Blogs
Student Journal: Friendship across nationalities, Stories behind dolls
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Tianni Wang, 25 October 2017
It is widely known that traditional handmade Japanese dolls are great choices as souvenirs for foreign tourists. They formed an important part of traditional Japanese culture for much of the nation’s recorded history. What many people do not know, however, is that dolls actually played an important role in the diplomatic relationship between Japan and the United States in the 1920s.
Student Journal: New Experiences
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Emily Campbell, 3 November 2017
Having never put an exhibition together, this experience allowed me to think about gallery spaces in a way I hadn’t before. Specifically, I realized that the way that art and art objects are arranged in a room is done in a very specific way and with purpose. We had to think in terms of not just how objects and artifacts would fit spatially in a room together, but; also if the story they were telling made sense.
Weekly Update For Exhibition for HAA 1020
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
It was a very busy week last week for the class! This past week was spent in the gallery discussing and finalizing the installation. We also walked around the gallery while the installation team discussed where they would be placing objects and asking for feedback. While in the gallery we discussed wall texts and where they would be placed on the walls.
The Untold Stories of 'The Store,' Verona, PA
Friday, October 27, 2017
Author: Kendall Dunn
Museum Studies Intern at Contemporary Craft - Fall 2017
Remembering or Erasing The Past? The HAA Department Responds to Stephen Foster Memorial
Friday, October 27, 2017
Author: Ben Ogrodnik
2017-2018 Mellon Fellow in Curation and Education
On Farhad Moshiri’s Solo Exhibition at The Andy Warhol Museum
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Author: Golnar Touski
Organizing the community through art and crafts
Friday, October 20, 2017
Author: Cyd Johnson
Museum Studies Intern at Contemporary Craft - Fall 2017
2017 HAA 1020 Museum Studies Exhibition Seminar!
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Hello and welcome to HAA 1020 Exhibition Seminar of 2017 blog!
Digging Up Bones and Revolutionary History at the Benjamin Franklin House
Monday, October 16, 2017
Author: Darcy Foster
Summer Study Abroad scholarship 2017 - Women’s International Club Scholarship (London, England)
Few people know that Benjamin Franklin lived in London for nearly 20 years before the American Revolution. My good fortune was to intern for six weeks at the lodger house in central London where he lived. The Benjamin Franklin House is the world's only remaining Franklin residence and was converted into a museum, in 2006, on the 300th anniversary of his birth.