Gallery Exhibition

You are a curator. Did you know that? An art curator is a person who sets up and arranges art in a gallery. You will be setting up your own gallery, too!

-YOU decide which artworks to show - YOU decide where and how to display them - YOU decide what information people get to know about you and your art - YOU GET TO DECIDE how to tell your story!

From Susan Kendzulak:

Art curators have an eye and passion for staging artwork in a way that creates interest in an art exhibition.

To be an art curator requires multi-tasking as the job entails being responsible for a museum's collection, selecting art to be displayed in a museum, organizing art exhibitions in galleries or public spaces, researching artists, plus writing catalog essays.

What Does it Take to Be an Art Curator? To be successful as an art curator, you should be:

Organized: Besides working with art and artists, increasingly curators need to work on administrative tasks, such as figuring out exhibition budgets, fundraising, and grant writing. Passionate: The most successful curators are passionate about art and the art they exhibit. Knowledgeable: Curators need to be knowledgeable in art and culture, so they may have an educational background in art history and philosophy. Adept at Multi-Tasking: Today's art curators need to multi-task, so being skilled in business, marketing, public relations, and fundraising is absolutely necessary. Art curators also need to be skilled communicators as they are often the mediators between the museum, artist and public. Proficient at Writing: Art curators also need good composition skills as they write the exhibition catalog essays, promotional materials and grant applications.