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Site Visits

Prior to each of our site visits, please become familiar with the history of each foundation and the collections we will be introduced to.  Please prepare two questions to ask. The Everson Museum of Art Stone Quarry Hill Art Park The Stickley Museum National Abolitionist Hall of Fame & Museum The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation The Hubbard Collection - Cazenovia Public Library Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery
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Museum as Medium Binder Repository

Student responsibilities & expectations  Students need to keep up with excellent note taking skills in their Museum as Medium Binders.                 This includes  complete with notes from lecture, from our site-visits, student research, essay notes, etc, and will include all written responses and on-site take-aways, website materials, etc. Binders will be collected for grading at Midterm and in the final week of classes. It is the student’s responsibility to be prepared with all assignments in a thoughtful and fully engaged manner.   Students need to be wary of time management concerns and restraints of the term.   Site Visits Include T he Hubbard Collection at the Cazenovia Public Library  https://www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org/museum-gallery/museum/collection-description/ Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY https://sqhap.org The Matilda Josyln Gage Foundation, Fayetteville, NY htt...
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For whom do we assemble collections and archive them?

For whom do we assemble collections?? Exhibition Catalogues: A Guide From  Words, Words, Words - Writing Exhibition Catalogues  Noosa Regional Gallery 24 November 2000 There are no set rules for the production or writing of exhibition catalogues.  Catalogues and the writing that goes into them perhaps offer the greatest artistic freedom.  The writing of a catalogue essay simply requires an accord between the writer/curator and the artist(s) / artifacts.  The type of catalogue produced will usually depend on the amount of funding the artist and gallery have, or the significance of the exhibition. Why do we produce catalogues? For the artist/writer– a permanent record of their exhibition For the gallery– for the archives For the funding body–a form of acquittal and a record for the archives Publicity – to inform the audience, the media or other galleries of the artist’s activities or progress Educational – to provide the audience...
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