THE ONGOING SERIES PROGRAMS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
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Authors
Titcomb, Lydia M.
Issue Date
1986
Type
Capstone
Language
en
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Abstract
This thesis will offer an analysis of the ongoing exhibition programs as a means to present the diverse forms of recent art and to educate the public about it. The research included personal interviews with curators, directors, and other museum staff, a review of the literature, telephone interviews with artists who exhibited in the series, and, most important, a national survey of all the ongoing series programs in the country with particular emphasis on four case studies, in which members of the museums were also surveyed.
This paper consists of six parts. 1. A review of the history of contemporary art in America, beginning with the 1900s to the present. This section will describe the major events in contemporary art leading to the development of the ongoing exhibition series. An overview of all the ongoing exhibition programs listed in the directory of the National Endowment for the Arts, plus the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, which is not funded by the NEA but which has an ongoing exhibition program. A detailed description of four ongoing exhibition programs: MATRIX at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; CURRENTS at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts; MATRIX at the University Art Museum, Berkeley, California; and TEMPO at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California. 1. A description of the research method. An analysis of the success of the ongoing exhibition program in providing exposure of contemporary art to the general public and in stimulating their understanding and enjoyment of it. Suggestions for improvements in the program, 3 ideas for further research, and some new directions for museums as they continue to meet the challenges presented by today's art world.