Inside an Exhibition: National Design Triennial
In this class, students will have the opportunity to explore an exhibition from both a curator’s and critic’s point of view. Using the upcoming National Design Triennial, “Why Design Now?”—a major exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum—the curators will introduce some of the key issues associated with curating design exhibitions for the general public. The Triennial, one of an ongoing series of exhibitions that celebrate contemporary design, is for the first time reaching globally under the rubric of environmental and social responsibility. The class will focus on the conception and development of the Triennial, as well as the special work that goes into preparing an exhibition of this subject and scale. Students also will consider the exhibition from a critical viewpoint by writing an exhibition review of the Triennial. In the end, students will understand how an exhibition is organized from a curatorial perspective, which will help to inform their critical writing about design exhibitions.
The course is offered jointly to students in the School of Visual Arts MFA Design Criticism program and the Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt MA History of Decorative Arts and Design program.
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