VSA4025

Museum practice and research

(ART)

Leigh Astbury and Anne Marsh

12 points + 2.5 hours per week for 4 weeks and 2 days per week during the 9 week period of internship + Second semester + Clayton + Corequisites: Two subjects at fourth-year level in visual culture or an appropriate discipline

Synopsis: This subject is based on a practice of internships for students at art galleries, museums or contemporary art spaces. It is designed to provide students with first hand experience of working within the museum/gallery system while introducing them to the types of research customarily undertaken in such institutions. After several preliminary seminars, students will be assigned to a museum/ gallery in which they will work for two days per week, over a period of nine weeks, under the direction of the relevant director, curator or museum person. They will undertake a research project of specific relevance to the gallery/ museum.

Assessment: Catalogue exercise (1500 words): 25% + Research project (5500 words): 75% + Internship practical work (equivalent 2000 words)