Dimensions of Curation

Pat Villeneuve and Ann Rowson Love have worked together for the past thirty years, first to advance art museum education and later as proponents of edu-curation and visitor-centered curation. In 2017 they published Visitor-Centered Exhibitions and Edu-Curation in Art Museums (Roman & Littlefield) and have since collaborated on the Dimensions of Curation work. Pat Villeneuve is professor and director of arts administration and a 2021 Fulbright scholar to Belgium. She is the keynote speaker for the 2021 ICOM CECA conference and publishes and presents internationally on museum education, edu-curation, paradigmatic change, systems thinking, and the Dimensions of Curation model. Ann Rowson Love is associate professor and director of museum education and visitor-centered curation at Florida State University. She presents and publishes widely. She co-edited Systems Thinking in Museums: Theory and Practice with Yuha Jung (2017; Rowman & Littlefield) and is co-author with Deborah Randolph of the forthcoming title, An Introductory Guide to Qualitative Research in Museums (2022; Routledge). She is vice-chair of the American Alliance of Museums Curator’s Committee. She was a judge of AAM’s National Excellence in Exhibitions Competition from 2017-2019.

Preface: Ann Rowson Love and Pat Villeneuve

Acknowledgments

Part I

Chapter 1: The Dimensions of Curation Competing Values Model, Pat Villeneuve and Ann Rowson Love

Part II: Two Dimensions: Traditional, Exclusive, Sympathetic, and Inclusive Quadrants

Traditional(Object (x) + Lone Creative (y) = Traditional)

Chapter 2: Queering the Museum: From a Traditional Model Towards a More Inclusive Practice Kara Fedje

Chapter 3: Using Traditional Practice to Review the Chinese National Art Exhibition Zida Wang

Exclusive(Object (x) + Collaborative (y) = Exclusive)

Chapter 4: Iterations of Curating with Matthew Ritchie: Working Collaboratively During the COVID-19 pandemic Stefanie Dlugosz-Acton

Chapter 5: The Artist is No Longer Present: Reconsidering Cross-Border Exhibition Curating in the Post Pandemic Era Ting Zhang

Sympathetic(Audience (x) + Lone Creative (y) = Sympathetic)

Chapter 6: A Shared Body – Re-envisioning Curatorial Collaboration in an Academic Art Museum Annie Booth and Meredith Lynn,

Chapter 7:Ally is a Verb: Adopting a Sympathetic Curatorial Practice to Build Advocacy and Community Within a Teaching Museum Alexia Lobaina

Inclusive (Audience (x) + Collaborative (y) = Inclusive)

Chapter 8: Art Connects Jennifer Jankauskas and Laura Ashley N. Bocquin

,Chapter 9: Responsive, Relational, and Disruptive: A Case Study in Community-Based CurationMarianna Pegno, Christine Brindza, Patricia Lannes, and Cecilia Garibay

Part III: Three Dimensions: Exhibitions that ___

Disseminate (Object (x) + Lone Creative (y) + Democratization of Culture (z) = Disseminate)

Chapter 10: Traditional Practice that Disseminates: Native Brazil/Alien BrazilPeter Aerts

Chapter 11: Something’s Off: Reconsidering Traditional Practice Michelle Sunset

Discern(Object (x) + Lone Creative (y) + Cultural Democracy (z) = Discern)

Chapter 12: Discerning the Cryosphere: Humans and Climate in Art from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College Elizabeth Nogrady

Chapter 13: Discerning with a Good Voice: Hówašte at The Heritage Center Ashley Pourier and Audrey Jacobs

Enrich(Object (x) + Collaborative (y) + Democratization of Culture (z) = Enrich)

Chapter 14: Not Just Dissemination, an Enriched Experience: Ming Dynasty Costume Exhibition Xiaonan Jiang and Xuejing Dai

Chapter 15: SKIN, a Multisensory Art Exhibition for Children Aged 8+ and Their Families Stefanie Metsemaker and Gerd Dierckx

Amplify(Object (x) + Collaborative (y) = Cultural Democracy (z) = Amplify)

Chapter 16: Challenging Romaphobia: The Case of a Romanian Carnival Mask at Mucem Julia Ferloni and Emilie Sitzia

Chapter 17: Lock & Key Creative Expression Lab: A Curated Space During the Pandemic Ashley Hartman and Melanie Rosato

Mediate(Audience (x) + Lone Creative (y) + Democratization of Culture = Mediate)

Chapter 18: The Same Four Walls: Inspiration and Reflection During a Global PandemicLesley Marchessault

Chapter 19: SCREEN IT: Mediation-Driven Inclusive Approach to Art, Technology, and Audiences Pieter Jan Valgaeren

Inspire(Audience (x) + Lone Creative (y) + Cultural Democracy (z) = Inspire)

Chapter 20: The Boneyard: Inspiring through In-Gallery Artist Demonstrations Courtney Taylor, Andy Shaw, and Grant Benoit

Chapter 21: There is No Planet B! An Audience Participation Project Meant to Inspire Aline Van Nereaux

EmpowerAudience (x) + Collaborative (y) + Democratization of Culture (z) = Empower)

Chapter 22: EmPOWER: Learning from our Youngest Community Members at the Clyfford Still Museum Nicole Cromartie and Bailey H. Placzek

Chapter 23: Anybody Home? Roselyne Francken and Tammy Wille

Act(Audience (x) + Collaborative (y) + Cultural Democracy (z) = Act)

Chapter 24: Collaborative Reach of a Site-Specific Exhibition that Addresses School Segregation Katie Fuller and Patricia O’RourkeChapter 25: Boundless Hospitality: M From a Different Perspective Sofie Vermeiren

Part IV: Curatorial Change and Tools

Chapter 26: One Museum, Three Dimensions of Curation: A Script Jay Boda, Charlie Farrell, Madison Grigsby, Anneliese Hardman

Chapter 27: You Say You Want a Revolution: Empowering the Edu-Curator Emily Dellheim,

Chapter 28: M Leuven: A Holistic Approach in Exhibition MakingPeter Carpreau and Sofie Vermeiren

Chapter 29: Inclusive Curatorial Practice Lynette A. Zimmerman

Chapter 30: Toward an Interactive Model of Competing Values: From Visualization to Toolkit Morgan Joseph Hamilton

Chapter 31: Dimensions of Education: Adapting the Curatorial Model for Museum Education Audrey Jacobs and Ashley Williams

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