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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ART 61 | Title:
EXHIBITION DESIGN |
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| Full Title:
Exhibition Design and Management |
| Last Reviewed:10/13/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 4.00 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 70.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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In this studio class, students will focus on the fundamentals of exhibition design and management by exploring the process of curating and implementing exhibitions. This includes preparing artwork for gallery exhibition and installation, promoting and marketing, learning ways to evaluate exhibitions and measure success, and developing exhibition concepts. This class will be of interest to students who wish to work in a gallery setting or prepare their own artwork for exhibition.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ART 3, ART 5, or ART 7A
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this studio class, students will focus on the fundamentals of exhibition design and management by exploring the process of curating and implementing exhibitions. This includes preparing artwork for gallery exhibition and installation, promoting and marketing, learning ways to evaluate exhibitions and measure success, and developing exhibition concepts. This class will be of interest to students who wish to work in a gallery setting or prepare their own artwork for exhibition.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ART 3, ART 5, or ART 7A
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2026 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate an understanding of best practices in exhibition management through the development, design, and implementation processes.
2. Demonstrate the ability to make critical choices in exhibition design, layout, and lighting.
3. Identify necessary tools and procedures in receiving, documenting, shipping, insuring, and preparing artwork in a gallery environment.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Be aware of exhibition history, controversies and current trends, and apply that knowledge to analyze and evaluate ways in which exhibitions are or are not successful.
2. Analyze and interpret significant exhibitions, works of art, and texts, and engage in critical discourse on the concepts and themes of gallery exhibitions.
3. Employ creative thinking skills and exercise decision-making skills in regards to exhibiting artwork.
4. Use a working vocabulary of exhibition terminology including archival and conservation vocabulary.
5. Demonstrate skills in preparing gallery for exhibition such as painting, filling, and movable wall assembly.
6. Use a variety of two-and three-dimensional presentation media to communicate visual ideas including framing, mounting, lighting, and labeling techniques.
7. Use visual perception skills and critical analysis to design an effective exhibition plan.
8. Demonstrate best practices with regard to handling and shipping artwork.
9. Demonstrate best practices for inventory management.
10. Photographically document artwork and optimize for web or print.
11. Compose an artist statement or curatorial statement, developing the skills to write about art critically.
12. Develop professional skills, employing best practices on applying for exhibitions, grants, residencies, and developing a curriculum vitae (CV).
Topics and Scope
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I. Principles of daily gallery management
A. Business administration of the gallery
B. Gallery sitting
II. Fundamentals of exhibitions
A. Visual communication through aesthetics, sensibility, originality and inventiveness
III. Exhibition development, installing, and de-installation
A. Decisions about art placement and spatial organization
B. Archival framing techniques, safe methods of hanging work, and design/printing of labels
C. Professional preparation/repair of a gallery space for exhibition
D. Appropriate dismantling, packaging and shipping methods for artwork after an exhibition
IV. Marketing and promoting of gallery exhibition through community engagement, marketing materials, and advertisement
V. Exhibition terminology and use
VI. Professional practices preparing students for a career in the arts
VII. Communication about art and exhibitions
All Topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments and Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Writing assignments
a. Short essay
b. Gallery response
c. Comparison of two off-campus exhibitions
2. Exhibition: preparation, planning, installation, deinstallation
a. Prepare the gallery for exhibition by arranging and prepping walls and receiving artwork
b. Develop and present an exhibition concept, including budget, timeline, concept sketch, and resource plan
c. Install artwork using a variety of methods and materials including framing, mounting, lighting, and labeling
d. Remove artwork from exhibition using best practices for handling and return of artwork
3. Gallery sitting: Designated hours outside of class time
4. Document work photographically
5. Exam: covering gallery terminology
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
5 - 10% |
| Written assignments | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
50 - 70% |
| Exhibition, Document work photographically | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
5 - 10% |
| Exam | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
20 - 30% |
| Attendance and class participation, gallery sitting | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Manual of Museum Exhibitions, 3rd Edition. Piacente, Maria. A Lord Cultural Resources Book. 2022.
Instructor prepared materials.
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