Abstract
Pat Villeneuve and Ann Rowson Love introduced the Dimensions of Curation Competing Values Exhibition Model as a tool for museums to identify their curatorial practices, reflect on them, and make changes as desired. Comprising three bisecting axes, the 3-D model delineates eight distinct curatorial practices, any of which might be appropriate under different circumstances. The approaches museums take in curating exhibitions can reflect their positions in relation to their audiences. However, the current pandemic has completely changed the terms of museum practice, and we argue strongly in favor of exhibitions that act—providing relevance and meaning for communities in these challenging times. Three panelists with different roles in various types and sizes of museums will discuss how their institutions are responding to the pandemic and attending to the needs of their users in old and new ways. As the headline in the April 30, 2020, newsletter from the Center for the Future of Museums quoted, “The museum we closed will not be the museum we reopen.” We do not know how the coming months will play out, but we can use this opportunity to move our museums into the hearts of our communities through relevant, visitor-centered practices.
Presenters
Pat VilleneuveProfessor and Director of Arts Administration, Department of Art Education, Florida State University Keidra Navaroli
Assistant Director and Curator, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, United States Antonietta Catanzariti
Curator, Curatorial, Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, United States Peter Aerts
Head of Audience Engagement and Communication, audiences, S.M.A.K., Belgium Ann Rowson Love
Associate Professor, Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Curation, and Liaison to The Ringling, Department of Art Education, Florida State University, United States
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Dimensions of Curation, Competing values, Visitor-centered practices, Pandemic response
