Main objectives are to:
To explore and introduce the basics of being an institutional and independent curator.
To enhance students’ critical and analytical thinking
To compare Turkish and British professional approaches.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Lecturer Dr. Alper Aydın
Course Assistant(s)
-
Schedule
-
Office Hour(s)
-
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lessons take place in different art institutions such as
State Museums
Private Museums
Non-profit Museums
Commercial Museums
Independent exhibition venues
Principle Sources
ADA, Serhan; İnce, Ayça; Türkiye’de Kültür Politikalarına Giriş, 2009
ARTUN, Ali; Müze ve Moderlik, 2006
ARTUN, Ali; Müze ve Eleştirel Düşünce, 2006
KIZILYAPRAK, Zeynel Abidin (Yayına Hazırlayan); Müzecilikte Yeni Yaklaşımlar; Küreselleşme ve Yerelleşme, 2000
MADRA, Beral (Yayına Hazırlayan); Küresel Etkinliklere Bakış ve Küratöryal Deneylimler; Her Şeyden Sonra, 2007
Other Sources
O’Doherty, Brian; Beyaz Küpün İçinde; Galeri Mekanının İdeolojisi, 2010
SCHUBERT, Karsten; Küratörün Yumurtası; Müze Kavramının Fransız İhtilalinden Günümüze Kadar Olan Evrimi, 2004
SHAW, Wendy Meryem Kural; Osmanlı Müzeciliği; Müzeler, Arkeoloji ve Tarihin Görselleştirilmesi, 2004
WU, Chin-tao; Kültürün Özelleştirilmesi, 2005
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Lecture, Practice
2. Week
Deciding the concept
Lecture, Practice
3. Week
Who are we exhibiting for?
Lecture, Practice
4. Week
Budget and Time management
Lecture, Practice
5. Week
How do we exhibit? The curator and his role in the exhibition
Lecture, Practice
6. Week
How do we exhibit? The designer and the architect
Lecture, Practice
7. Week
How to use materials interactively?
Lecture, Practice
8. Week
Midterm
Midterm
9. Week
Providing an active way of communication and interaction for exhibitions
Lecture, Practice
10. Week
The role of the curator
Lecture, Practice
11. Week
Practices at museums other than art museums
Lecture, Practice
12. Week
Practices at non-profit museums
Lecture, Practice
13. Week
Freelance Curators
Lecture, Practice
14. Week
Revision
Lecture, Practice
15. Week
Final Exam
Final Exam
16. Week
Final Exam
Final Exam
17. Week
Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
2
30
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
40
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students will acquire knowledge about materials and techniques of art and art management.
PO-2
Students will acquire enough knowledge of art history to recognise historical examples, periods, movements and artists in terms of style, subjects, material and techniques.
PO-3
Students will have knowledge of ethics.
PO-4
Students will be knowledgeable about institutional structuring and processes of Art Management.
PO-5
Students will be able to design and manage a project considering the conditions of time and space.
PO-6
Students will acquire basic knowledge of advertisement and public relations.
PO-7
Students will be able to identify and deal with the problems regarding their fields. They will be able to design things that associate these problems with global and regional ones.
PO-8
Student will have basic knowledge about administration and will bw able to associate this with art management.
PO-9
Student will be open to new ideas and novelties.
PO-10
Students will be able to recognise important art institutions and activities in Turkey and around the world.
PO-11
Students will be able to configure production of art in an economic way considering the balance of supply and demand.
PO-12
Students will be able to configure production of art in a cultural way considering the balance of supply and demand.
PO-13
Students will be aware of the importance of library and archives studies and will be knowledgeable about research methods.
PO-14
Students will acquire an analytic approach towars the subdisciplines art management.
PO-15
Students will be knowledgeable about legal arrangements and procedures of art and art management.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To explore the processes of the profession
LO-2
To know the responsibilities and roles of the profession in practice.
LO-3
To explore the relationship between the curator and other components of an exhibition
LO-4
To compare and contrast different professional practices.
LO-5
To get more familiar with the art institutions and exhibitions in Turkey
