Trip to the newark museum

Saira Anum
Gallery Management
Spring 2013


The Newark Museum is located in Newark, New Jersey. The museum is located near an art school. The museum plays a big role in the community teaching children and having after school programs for kids. The Newark also displays local artists along since big name artists.  The audience of the museum is the local community. The Newark Museum shows local artists and the artwork is picked on the taste of the community so there is a little bit of art for everyone to enjoy even if they have different taste. The artist for the museum is looked at to get attention and make them noticeable but they make a more personal connection with the artist because they let they invite the artists to do residency. The Newark museum wants to show different themes in art. Even if they are old they want to show the art is a new perspective. The purpose of exhibition is to display work and educate and enjoy. The exhibition is also open to the public. Labeling in a very important part of displaying artwork. It gives the viewer a little bit of importation about the artwork. It tells the viewer the title, medium, year. The Newark museum exhibits local artists along side with some of the bigger names is art like Andy Warhol. The Curator of the Newark museum has a very important job. The curators role is look over everything and focus on a certain collection. They have to ask themselves how they can make the collection better or what is missing from the collection. Exhibitions are put together in chronological order or are based on a certain theme. The elements that are put together for a successful show are good exposure, great artwork, lighting, display and good labeling. The museum is funded by the community, admission fees, donations, special membership programs and fundraisers fund the museum. The people that help run the institution are permanent staff and also volunteers. This can be sustained by getting regularly getting visitors. Keeping a close relationship with artists are curators. Also by continuing to get help from the community, which is very important to the Newark Museum.