Overview
Your Exhibition Review/Final Paper applies your knowledge of visual analysis to an art exhibition design and is a culmination of all that you have learned this semester about the language and context of visual experience. See the rubric to make sure you have met all of the requirements before turning in your paper.
Please submit your review through TurnItIn by Friday of the last week of class at 5:00pm CST.
Introduction (10 points)
- Student clearly introduced the exhibition, including the name, place and dates
- Student introduced basic background information, relevant context, and themes
- First person "I" not used
Exhibition Review Section (30 points)
- Student described the visual design of the exhibition including but not limited to: wall color, lighting, display of artworks, path of exhibition for visitors, wall text, printed materials, size and scale
- Student avoided generic words like “interesting” or “good” and gave specific descriptions of the exhibition design
- Student connected these design decisions to the themes of the show
Visual Analysis Section (30 points)
- Student did a visual analysis of TWO artworks
- Avoided generic words like “interesting” or “good” and gave specific descriptions
- Connected these artworks to the larger meaning of the show
- Connected these artworks to vocabulary, ideas, and historical periods learned in class
Evaluation of Exhibition (15 points)
- Student gave their opinion of the exhibition and backed it up with specific examples
- Student kept a formal tone, even when judging the exhibition
Grammar and Style (10 points)
- Student wrote a 4-5 page paper in a 12 point font, double-spaced with normal margins
- Paper organized in a logical way
- Wrote clearly and formally
- Did not use ‘I’ until the evaluation paragraph
- If necessary, cited with footnotes, in Chicago Style and provided a bibliography
Images (5 points)
- Images included and captioned
- Student appropriately referred to images within the paper, using the artist's first and last name, the title
- Student located all of the images at the end of the paper, not throughout the paper
- Student properly captioned the images located at the end of the paper with: Figure #, Artist or culture, Name of artwork, Date, Material