Thursday, January 31, 2013

Who Wants to Be a Curator?

Who Wants to Be a Curator?

The reason why i picked this article was because i wanted to know what curating was..what do curators do? Everyone seems like curator if they have a blog, twitter etc. The article talks about how everyone can be a curator but a traditional curator is one that needs to be able to “contextualize the work within its historical and socioeconomic framework." 
Programs are set up in major parts of the word to teach students about curating and what it takes to be a curator and how they know a lot then the knowledge of art to be a curator.

Aakash Nihalani's Isometric Street Art: Blurring The Line Between 2D And 3D Worlds

Aakash Nihalani's Isometric Street Art: Blurring The Line Between 2D And 3D Worlds 


 The reason why i chose this quick short article was because i actually got the chance to meet Aakash when he was first starting out on the streets of New York City. Its amazing how he can make a flat 2D surface look like its actually a 3D sculpture. Using his quick works of simple patterns and bright colored tape is why I'm attracted towards his work. Also click the link to see more photos of his amazing work.

 

 

 

 

An Introduction



Where to begin. For starters i'm an Art History major with a minor in History. My relationship with Art truthfully was never something important to me until the beginning of high school, where I became incredibly attached to my camera. Before that, I never once pictured myself liking photography, and had very little appreciation of the medium, until my parents gave me one one fateful summer. But before I knew it, I was getting compliments here and there, and then I began to play with different techniques, and eventually, I was hooked!

Despite my love of photography though, I never wanted to pursue a career in it. I completely lack the ability to express myself in any other medium, but photography just comes natural to me. I love when I get the shot I want, I love coming up with ideas and trying new things, but I realized that the more I saw photography as a career, the more distant I became with it. Which leads me to my interest in Art History.

I've always been fascinated by history, I always scold people whenever they say its boring, since its far from it. There is nothing boring about the rise and fall of empires, there is nothing boring about learning about the lives of people during war, and there is nothing boring about the atrocities civilizations have done for centuries. Art History specifically the time of the Renaissance of course despite my expectations, became something that I began to deeply like, since now along with learning about the history of the time period, I could create an endless cycle of artists who worked with an important historic figure, who knew another historic figure, etc,etc.Then there is obviously the artworks themselves which for some like Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" have a ridiculous story to it, while others like Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Portrait" are decked out in symbolism.

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Galleries Outside of the Gallery

The norm for galleries these days are decent size spaces with white walls and some hipster behind a desk clicking away at a Mac. It is a contemporary version of a library, but what if artists' work did not call for a traditional gallery space  maybe it could a dark tunnel, the street or an abandoned train however it may be place it increases the audiences interaction with the installation oppose to some security telling you to back away from the work. Here are ten unusual gallery spaces.


Strange Gallery Spaces

All about Jen

I'm Jennifer Vazquez, a super senior (5th year) Bachelors of Fine Arts Painting/Drawing major at New Jersey City University. I've been drawing and painting since I was a little girl and I have always wanted to become an artist. Mission accomplished. I am currently working on my BFA thesis show, so watch out for that! I paint primarily in oils but I love multi-media arts so I can't wait to experiment more with future works.

I'm an English tutor on campus and have been doing that for about two years. As you can see, I have a lot of interests. I liked tutoring English so much that I started to write for NJCU's newspaper The Gothic Times and now I'm the Arts and Entertainment section editor! So I do all those things now: painting, editing, tutoring. Right now I'm interning as an assistant for artist Sherry Camhy.  Among other responsibilities I act as a her teacher's assistant in her classes at the Art Student's League, The School of Visual Arts, and her private workshops in her studio.

I grew up very conscious of the environment and have always loved school, so I eventually started the Environmental Club at NJCU. I was president of it for about two years and now it still exists. Because of this I studied abroad last summer in Costa Rica for the GREEN Program and learned all about renewable energy sources. I also studied abroad in India as part of a cultural Immersion program. Basically, what you can get from all this is that I love art, travel, school, and helping people. Those are all my crazy unrelated things that I do that really make me me!  
Me at my studio working on my BFA 
Photo by boyfriend


P.S. My twitter handle is @jen_vazquez and here is a link to all my articles from The Gothic Times

Jennifer's articles


Should Artist Become Entrepreneurs?

The reason for a gallery is to display artists' work to the masses but more importantly to seek the attention of the art collectors and buyers who dish out  large amounts of capital on some exclusive pieces. It is quite sad to say that most artist are so focused on their work that they don't truly understand the business end of things, thats why they seek out art dealers and curators. What would this do to galleries if artist took a course and figured out the business aspect and really got the true value of their work and just simply cut out the middle-man.

Artist Entrepreneurs

Jennifer Vazquez: gallery management resources

Hi guys this is Jennifer Vazquez.

One of my two resource links is actually a YouTube video called "Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving Narratives in Museum Galleries." He is a director at the MET and in this 16 minute video he talks about two major exhibitions he curated. You can see what type of questions arise in the mind of a curator and how each exhibition requires a fresh perspective!

Thomas P. Campbell

This second link is to a New York Times article discussing the globalization of the art world and how that affects the curator's job. It discusses the emergence of global curating.

"The Fine Art of Being a Curator"

Enjoy!


A Little Something About Moi

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

My name is Michael A. Molina but my photographer alias is M.Samurai, I'm twenty-two years of age and like was mentioned before I'm a photographer. A quick history on how I came to New Jersey City University, first I was enrolled in St. Peter's College (now St. Peter's University).  I was a Communications major hopeful in becoming a "journalist". However, it was not doing anything for me so I searched for a new outlet and I came across photography. I decided new career choice new institution and NJCU was the answer and I'm glad I'm here learning more about my craft.

My style of photography has changed since I began in NJCU but I really appreciate the fine art aspect and also the commercial aspect of photography and would like to make my mark in one or the other.

Other than that I'm straight-forward, easy going and hilarious guy.

My work is up on Flickr (flickr.com/msamurai)
Vimeo: vimeo.com/msamurai
Instagram: @m_samurai
Twitter: @MSamuraiPhoto

"Self Portrait"

The Wonderful Use of Flickr




In the digital age of photography, the competition is bigger than ever for a photographer to get their work recognized and exhibited. But sites like Flickr show that you don't have be Annie Leibowitz or have your work in the MOMA to become a sensation.

One such artist as Miss Aniela is just one of many amateur photographers who because of Flickr are able to get their work across the entire globe, gobble up over 10,000 views per image, and eventually ditch her previous life, to become a full time photographer and have the opportunity to travel all over the world. 



http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/05/looking-at-success-natalie-dybisz-aka.html

Creativity Brings In The Buyers



The trickiest part of running a gallery is keeping the visitors and potential patrons coming. In this day and age it takes more than just simply the galleries effort alone, to get an artist's name out in the art world. That is where the artist comes in to promote himself in anyway possible, as such the case of the U.K artist Tomas Georgeson, who stashed a blank check somewhere around the gallery worth $12,600, and wants everyone and anyone to know, in order to bring in more visitors.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/tomas-georgeson-blank-check-milton-keynes-gallery_n_2581569.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

Despite the risks the longer it takes for anyone to find the check the more exposure the artist will get, and like they say any exposure is good exposure.


Getting to Knoooow Youuuu: Kristy Lopez

A not-so-mini entry about me 




FORMAL STUFF: 

Kristy M Lopez
I am a Full Time Student at New Jersey City University pursuing a B.A. in Art History with an Art Teachers Certification. For a history of my past experiences (basically a profile with most of my resume loaded on it) I created a LinkedIn Profile.

I am expected to receive my degree and certification by January 2014. 

You can email me at KristyLoo@live.com or KLopez@njcu.edu

I have a Blog where I try to post all my finished and some in progress works. 
The KLOg  or http://kristylopez.blogspot.com

Instagram is usually where I will post more intimate images of influences, progress works, or things of interest.
@kristylopez or  here: http://instagram.com/kristylopez 
or here http://web.stagram.com/n/kristylopez/ 

Twitter is where I follow various influential artists, museums, and media. 
@KristyMLopez or here: https://twitter.com/kristymlopez

Tumblr brings a fun and creative audience. I like the ease of posting images to a profile. So usually I will post my instagram images on Tumblr for a pretty presentation, and to follow users of interest.
@KristyMLopez  or here: http://kristymlopez.tumblr.com/

And mostly for personal use and some art sharing and networking...
Facebook: Kristy Lopez or here: http://facebook.com/Kristy138


Informal Stuff: 

I am a 22 years old only child, living at home with my loving parents who's anniversary was yesterday: 25 years! I am 4 years engaged to an amazing man and budding artist, 25 year old Henry Deibel (please check out his artwork here, he is fantastic). We live together in a comfortable attic and growing studio in the basement. Both of us are Leos, so I feel like the better we know ourselves, the better we know how to treat each other. Falling in love is obviously a thrilling thing, but growing in love has been an enlightening and ever changing experience. I feel like that my relationship with art is very similar. 

Gallery Talk at the Met

Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The MET will be having a gallery talk on the celebrations of everyday life throughout history.

http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/connections-live-everyday?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=adultprograms

Real Life Ice Wonderland

"This is the magnificent outcome of a five-alarm warehouse fire in Chicago that was extinguished in freezing temperatures. Two-hundred firefighters battled the fierce fire and the water sprayed apparently froze over instantly. Real life ice wonderland!"
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Street-Art/chicago-warehouse-fire-results-in-ice-wnderland?utm_source=Army+Carpet%2C+Snow+Sculpture%2C+Iverson&utm_campaign=Jux+Eblast+Jan4+Army+Carpet&utm_medium=email




I wanted to share this article because these images show a design by nature, using natural elements, in a natural environment. The elements do not primarily emulate color, line, texture, form; they are fire and water under freezing temperatures. The result? A frozen sculpture of a struggle to put out a fire. This public domain changes the gallery space because it is street art, in a sense. Fire fighters took part in adding water under freezing temperatures (makes me wonder, what if painters were called plain canvas fighters, or something). Never seen anything like this before, so I was amazed. 

Easier And Cheaper To Make A Music Video

"It’s only getting easier and cheaper to make a music video these days — and all the more important, as artists compete to be heard, largely without the benefit of big pushes from major labels. For those reasons, the music video has undergone something of a mini-renaissance. Every week ARTINFO video editor Tom Chen, photo editor Micah Schmidt, and performing arts editor Nick Catucci will choose five of the most visually engaging music clips from the previous few days, presenting highlights from each in a video supercut, and a slideshow of stills that link back to the full videos." 

http://www.artinfo.com/video/blouin-artinfo-art-clips-ii


This article has a video posted through vimeo (which you can watch here: http://vimeo.com/35766766 or play below). The five visually engaging music video clips that compete to be heard are from Wilco, Matthew Dear, Nicki Minaj, Kate Bush, and Mastodon (who I have a signed record from!). Wilco, Kate Bush, and Mastodon have drawn/painted art, while Matthew Dear has a video of colors mixing together, and Nicki Minaj does a... disturbing performance. I think this article is relevant to Gallery Management because it is reviving an older form of synesthetic experience between music (hearing) and visuals (seeing). The mainstream 'gallery' of entertainment has numbed our senses to trivial videos of unrequited love, selfish wealth, intimidation, sex, sexy ladies, and powerful men. These are a series of images the public are familiar with, and may simluate in their own lives. The art in the video clips below separate the fantasy of living the lives of the rich and famous, and instead focus on the importances of the design. This brings out attention to color, mood, rhythm, balance and repetition. I think it presents a series of images to the audience that is to be viewed through a fine arts lens, and not E! entertainment news.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Meet the author: PDmartinoStudio




A student at New Jersey City University, I am seeking a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in printmaking along with certification in Arts Education. I'm currently working on a series about the hunger for fame as part of my degree progress. I plan on taking this series and developing it into a larger exhibition.

I would like to start an online art gallery, for young contemporary artists, which goal would be to provide young artists as a way to get their artwork shown and to help them gain recognition as artists.  I feel that there is a great need for this type of gallery since I would like to have my own artwork seen by more people.

 At the end of the day I am just living life, day by day, as an artist and soon to be art educator.

I can also be followed on twitter  @pdmartinostudio

Starting an Online Art Gallery

Found this on entrepreneur.com about starting an online art gallery. Although, just a basic overview of starting such a business the information provided by this article answered several questions I had about starting such a business. Featured on the site as well is numerous ideas of how artists can start their own business.



http://www.entrepreneur.com/businessideas/568.html

Behind the Scenes of Inventing Abstraction by MoMA

Check out this video on behind the scene of #InventingAbstraction & the network diagram created for the exhibition:

http://inventingabstraction.tumblr.com/post/41711914557/a-central-thesis-of-inventing-abstraction-is-that?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=012913a

A Bulgarian Make-up Artist on Behance

I love this site Behance.net. This site provides a professional way to show your work with clean layout as well as to browse through other artist's portfolio with ease. It's not even just for artists. Companies that are looking for great talent used this site. Anyways, I found this one make-up artist, named Adriana Gerasimova, that has really interesting work. I love her dark, creepy feel in her work while creating textures in the face that coordinates with the textures in the fabrics.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/FAR-by-ADDMINIMAL-Creative-Studio-Dec-2012/6307469


Alittle Something About Me

Beside being a student at NJCU, I live in not-so-usual life. Coming from a strong Thai background, America seems like a place that I can never conform to. It has brought up some difficulties and challenges in my path, especially being vocal when I have to. But, I think my life wouldn't be the same if I haven't went through all those mishaps, hiccups, and of course mini-victories.

Instead of speaking to people, I love to create as a kid. I think I found my love for art in second grade. Actually, I couldn't really read or speak english too well. Nor, I try to make friends with anyone since no one understands me. However, I do love math and puzzles very much. So when I first open a book with instructions how to fold origami, I found how interesting to just create shapes and animals from a flat piece of paper. Even though I didn't understand what they were writing about, but I did understand what they were illustrating.

And, I did say I'm in love with math. To be honest, I wanted to be a mathematician or a physicist. That never happen though. I love to solve math problems. But, I hate people taking my answers and solutions. I love translating the conservations of energy from hot to cold environment in complete layman's terms. I hate translating all of that in EXTREME layman's terms. And, there are things that no one has ever seen me doing.

And now, I pretty much stayed the same. What's different in me is that I grew, I eat more, and I sleep less. Not so surprising, but I still pursue my passion in art. Instead of doing something in math, I grew more interested in creating a business. And that is the reason why I'm in this Gallery Management class.  I want to learn and further myself more than just being one of those gallery girls. I don't think I'm those gallery girls that talks very funny and still doesn't have the right skills to run anything in their life. I say no to all of that. I believe there are successful gallery girls out there that aren't being broadcast. Maybe after this class, I might build a pitch about a show on youtube that showcases successful gallery girls while tutor the non-educated minds about how the art world moves.

AND other than that, I love tattoos. I love being weird and awkward. And, I just love what I do. Well sometimes I do.

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Flickr Account

My little sister on the beach in Bang Saen

Temple in Chiang Mai

Sunday, January 27, 2013


Having lived half my life in Israel and half my life in the States, I don't really feel at home anywhere....
I am a photographer that loves to teach kids just about anything, which comes from my many years of teaching dance in Israel.

                                                           Menashe Dance Troupe, Israel 1992



I live in downtown Jersey City with Charlie and our dog Zeke. I plan to start my after school art program this summer, which is called "Alley Arts" and yes we have a facebook page so check us out!
https://www.facebook.com/Artspaceinthealley

                                              

Erica McDonald runs a great online video archive from her DEVELOP facebook page.....
Had to share this video with you all about how galleries and art are changing... sorry its in Dutch but is pretty understandable... enjoy!
https://vimeo.com/57675314

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Here is my first post with some interesting articles I found...

We spend time each year in New Orleans with dear friends, so when I saw this article it automatically caught my eye. Hurricane Katrina is usually written about because of the extensive destruction and suffering that went on, so I was happy to read this article knowing that artists made use of the rubble to make art, and raise the community up!


                                                
Jazz Fest 2012         ©Leona Strassberg Steiner



I was thinking about ways to show art in new and different ways that coincide with my after school art program. At first I was thinking of building a box to hang on the wall outside of my studio, in the alleyway, so any passerby can see what the kids are up to. Then I came across this article which is another innovative way to get people just walking the street to look at art!


Friday, January 25, 2013

Welcome students!

This is going to be a fun semester. We learn best by doing, so this semester we will spend LOTS of time inside of galleries and museums and working on projects in the VA and Lemmerman galleries. I look forward to getting to know all of you and making amazing things!

All the best,
Prof. Cacoilo


....and installation is done. Populous opens Thursday, 9/20 5-8pm
Installation for Populous show with gallery assistants and curator Michelle Mumoli.

Syllabus


Gallery Management  - Fridays 12-3pm
Art Department New Jersey City University

Professor Doris Caçoilo
Office hours by appointment in VA131
 dcacoilo *at* njcu.edu


COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course students will provide an overview of key aspects of managing galleries and museums today. It will consist of primarily hands-on training at NJCU galleries, class discussions, readings and visits to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to learn aspects of managing and exhibiting one of the largest modern art collections in the world. Students will also be visiting various other galleries and museums in NY and NJ. Relevant to gallery management, the course topics may include the current trajectory of curation, the history of galleries and museums, methodologies, politics of display, the the art market. Students will be given the opportunity to meet with MoMA staff to learn the basics of museum operations including curatorial work, registration, education and public programming, marketing , public relations and collection.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The student will be able to:
1- Understand and discuss varying needs and challenges of galleries (museums) in the contemporary society.
2- Achieve an awareness of the challenging role of galleries (museums) through the course of history.
3- Perform some of the preliminary administrative/technical tasks necessary in installing/uninstalling exhibitions.
4- Discuss theories and politics involved in gallery (museum) management.
5- Conduct independent research and execute a semester project.
6- Present the semester project to the class and invited guests.

Class sessions will be divided into presentations, class discussion of the readings, and museum and gallery visits.

READINGS: Various weekly reading assignments will be from the recommended texts, posted for download or passed out in class. The reading schedule will be distributed in class. Readings are due each week. Recommended texts:

Jane R. Glaser, Artemis A. Zenetou, Museums: A Place to Work Routledge, 1996

Gail Anderson, Reinventing the Museum: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift, Altamaria Press, 2004


BLOG You must consult the class blog daily to check for announcements, readings and to post your writing assignments. The blog is crucial to the course and your completion of the requirements. You MUST have access to the blog to complete assignments, get readings, post work and comment on students’ posts.

TWITTER You must create a twitter account (if you do not have one already) we will share links and comments with each other using the class hashtag #njcugalleries

REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE COURSE
Four writing assignments published to the blog, a group presentation as well as a two-part semester project will be developed during the semester. Students must participate in gallery exercises, complete all readings and participate in class discussions. Students must complete all assignments thoroughly and on time.

ATTENDANCE
Attendance is required. Attendance is taken at the beginning of each class and at all museum visits, and will be considered when determining the final course grade. Absences affect your participation grade. More than four (4) absences will result in an 'F' (failure) for the course. Absences are unexcused unless documentation of the absence is handed in tot the professor and allowed as an excused absence.  Class begins on time, so you must be punctual. Lateness, leaving early or leaving class unexcused for an extended period of time will also be recorded. Two of these instances will count as one absence. You must bring documentation to class and hand in to me for any absences to be excused.

You are required to make up any and all work that is missed if you are absent. Notify the professor if you will be absent. There will also be time commitments outside of class time. Please notify the professor if you will miss class or museum visits ahead of time when possible. As work will not be accepted late, please contact the professor to hand in work on time.

--Evaluation:
10% extra assignment - tbd
20% 2 blog posts – gallery reviews/ responses
50% final project (2 parts: Midterm and Final)
20% participation (Contributions to class, twitter, the blog + attendance)

NOTE: BACK-UP your work frequently, even as you are working on the projects. Write and edit your posts locally before uploading them to the web. No excuses!

Statement on Originality of the Work
All work completed for this course must be completed by the student enrolled in the course. All work for this course must be made in this course and not fulfilling the requirements of another prior or current course unless pre-approved by the instructor. Plagiarism is a very serious academic offense which will result in penalties ranging from reduction of class grade to failure in the course. Plagiarism occurs when the ideas, images, and words, published or unpublished, of others are presented as one's own without citing the original source. Plagiarism also occurs when the papers, research, or creative works of another person are presented as one's own work.

Student etiquette and performance and respect in class will reflect on their final grade. Cheating and plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated and result in failing the class according to the NJCU Academic Integrity policy.










SCHEDULE
******PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE******
 ALL READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE SPECIFIED IN CLASS AND ON THE CLASS BLOG

All readings for each class will be listed on the class blog every week. It is the student’s responsibility to check the blog for required readings and assignments. All readings can be found on Blackboard, online (linked from the blog) or otherwise specified on the blog.

If you ever have questions or concerns about the schedule, due dates, changes or anything else please ask me after class or e-mail me: dcacoilo *at* njcu.edu

Week 1: Friday 1/25 Introduction and discussion.

Week 2: Thursday 1/31 Opening Reception in Visual Arts Gallery 4:30-7:30pm
 
              Friday 2/1 Class Discussion
         Mini Intro Post Due

Week 3: Thursday 2/7 Opening Reception in Lemmerman Gallery 5-8pm
           
             Friday 2/8 Trip to Newark Museum (Cancelled due to snow - postponed to 2/15)
Readings Due – check the blog.

Week 4: Friday 2/15 NO CLASS - Trip to Newark Museum

Week 5: Thursday 2/21 Artist Talk and Performance Lemmerman Gallery
           
              Friday 2/22 First Trip To MoMA – installation of Applied Design exhibition


Week 6: Friday 3/1 Class Discussion on the Museum visits and Post 1 and Discussion of semester project ideas.

Week 7: Friday 3/8 Class Discussion Writing Assignment due on the Blog – Post 1
MIDTERM – topics due in class - proposal and first “draft” of semester projects due on the blog by 3/22

Week 8: Friday 3/15 NO CLASS ☺ Spring Break

Week 9: Friday 3/22 MoMA trip (QNS and PS1)

Week 10: Friday 3/29 NO CLASS Good Friday

Week 11: Friday 4/5 MoMA trip

Week 12: Friday 4/12 Class Discussion

Week 13: Friday 4/19 Class Discussion
Writing Assignment due on the Blog – Post 2

Week 14: Friday 4/26 De-installation of Lemmerman Gallery

FINAL
Week 15: Friday 5/03 Presentation of Final Projects. – Group Critique

Week 16: Friday 5/10 Presentation of Final Projects. – OR trip to Storm King


PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS:
*Posts 1-2.
Students must develop well-edited and researched responses to gallery visits, readings and discussions in class. Students are responsible to write and edit these posts as well as illustrate them and successfully post them to the blog for discussion and critique in class.

*Final Project
*Semester Project – (Re)Imagining the gallery
2-parts: Midterm and Final
Based on the discussions museum visits and readings create a project illustrating the gallery, the art market and the future of art collection and exhibition. Ultimately your project should 1) be publically visible. 2) highlight contemporary artists and art practice 3) refer to the practice of gallery and museum management, it’s history and it’s potential future. 4) encourage its audience to understand the process of curation and exhibition and change their perspective on the role of art. These will be published to the class blog and presented in class.

The assignment can take many forms: Essay with embedded images. Video, documentary, performance, Researched article or extensive slideshow with captions or narration (think NYTimes), Magazine/Zine, Interactive Web Project/Site, workshop, gallery or web exhibition, proposal for exhibition (submitted).

*You must create a post on the blog for your final project. This will include a link to your project, a summary and explanation, images and or videos. You will present using/from your post - this will be much easier. ALL projects must be posted to the class blog and resource lists and summaries printed and handed in to me. Projects in print such as: papers, zines etc must be physically handed in to me. I have invited guests to attend our final presentations.