Due in class Monday, November 14, 2016 (Note this is one week later than the syllabus indicates)   Late papers lose 10...

Due in class Monday, November 14, 2016 (Note this is one week later than the syllabus indicates)

Late papers lose 10 points/day.

Double-space, 12 pt font, 1" margins, name on 1st page only.

STAPLE the paper with either a dated ticket stub/receipt or a brochure from each museum.

You will take the role of an art critic by visiting any two dedicated art museums and then writing

a 3-4 page comparison of the two spaces, including discussion of at least one exhibition from

each. For this assignment, the art on display is secondary to how it is displayed—so pick any

exhibits you want. Make sure you visit art museums, not commercial galleries where the art is

for sale, or college art galleries, whose budgets are quite limited. Overall, how do the two places

differ and how do their exhibitions affect you? Be sure to bring a notebook and a pencil

(museums tend not to like pens). A first-person perspective is OK. A little snark is OK. Try to

make it interesting—I want your voice to come out. Feel free to write it as if it will be published

for your peers.

Check museum websites for closed days and fees. Sometimes they are free.

Consider, for example, the buildings themselves:

-Architectural style (Does it complement the collections? Is it impressive? Weak?)

-Museum and exhibition layout (Are the galleries arranged logically or are they confusing?)

And within the specific exhibitions, take note of the following:

-Exhibition theme (Is the title and rationale behind the exhibit clear? Do all objects clearly relate

to it or do some seem “tacked on” to fill the space?)

-Organization of the objects (Are they presented in some order or jumbled together with no

obvious connection? Is the viewer's path clearly defined? Are the “best” works all together or

spread throughout the show in different galleries?) You may briefly note favorite or detested

works and explain why.

-Display (framing/mounting; lighting/glare/shadows; even the graphics and wall color—these

affect your mood and reaction, and may complement or distract from the objects)

-Information provided about the show and the specific objects: Is there enough, or too much, or

irrelevant info provided on wall texts and labels?

Are the texts well written and cleanly presented?

-Are any A/V interactives available? Are they helpful and easy to navigate…or poorly designed?

-How about the atmosphere? Lively or solemn? Cold and oppressive, or inviting? Can you get a

sense of other visitors’ reactions?

-Note the good and the bad. Do not be afraid to be critical. Overall, how would you rate the

success each of the two exhibitions? How might you change things and why?

Please remember not to simply write up a diary of what artworks you saw…the assignment is to

compare/contrast the entire exhibitions.

Please mind museum etiquette: don’t get all pointy with the pencil (no pens) or fingers anywhere

near the surface of an artwork…this tends to make guards freak out. If you want to look closely,

hold your hands behind your back.

When in doubt, if there is a label anywhere within sight of any unknown object that you are

tempted to touch, DO NOT TOUCH IT, even if it is fuzzy and looks like kittens.

At first mention, write: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but thereafter use LACMA, or

the Fowler, the Bowers, etc.

Exhibition titles and titles of works of art should be italicized: Standing Apollo

The info the museums provide is found on labels or wall texts (not plaques, cards, blurbs, etc).

Please keep on point: traffic on the way to the museum, when it was founded and by whom,

square footage, parking woes, etc may be interesting, but they are not relevant to this assignment.

Be consistent with verb tense.

Vary word choices: exhibition, show, installation, painting, picture, image, artwork, work, object

sculpture, statue, figure, etc. "work of art" not "piece of art"

Note: “u” and “ur” are not yet actual words and are to be avoided on pain of DEATH.

Its = possessive, like “his” and “hers” It’s = it is

Please keep in mind that that those little teeny dots, lines, and squiggles—otherwise known as

punctuation marks—are your true friends. When in doubt, read your sentence aloud, and

wherever you naturally pause, that is probably a good place to put a comma or something.

Do not cut and paste text from museum websites. You must credit the source of any interpretive

info that you quote or restate. Plagiarism will not be dealt with lightly.

I expect a clean paper. So proofread it. Sleep on it. Then proof it again.

MUSEUMS IN THE AREA: Check the museums’ websites before visiting to check their hours. Most

museums have reduced admission for students with student ID. Some museums have one day or one

evening per week when admission is free.

Asia Pacific Museum of Art, Pasadena MUZEO, Anaheim

Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach

The Broad, LA (contemporary)

California African-American Museum, LA Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

California Science Center, Los Angeles Riverside Art Museum, Riverside

J. Paul Getty Center, Brentwood The Getty Villa, Malibu

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City

Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena

Huntington Library, Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles

hello my name is ahmad amd my prompt is above i went to the

MUZEO, Anaheim museum and it was bad unlike the browser museum of cultural art in santa ana. they arranged the art gallery in a particular position and the view of santa ana museum was perfect. the grape from sant ana museum and the oil art from muzeo.