scenario:
You are curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and have been contacted by the executive director of a non-profit arts organization, whose annual fundraising event is scheduled to take place in July of 2024. There are a variety of activities planned for this event, but the main feature will be you, a guest lecturer from the Metropolitan Museum of Art who will conduct a presentation on the Museum’s current exhibitions, collections and the Museum’s current approach to contemporary social issues in the arts.
The Executive Director has requested a script from you, the guest lecturer, so that he can preview what you intend to discuss. The director has requested that you include the following information in your presentation.
It must be neat, concise, written in YOUR own voice and it must follow the order below:
Your paragraphs must be no less than six sentences to receive full credit. Not fragments, nor three word sentences. Fully constructed sentences.
PARGRAPH 1
Name and title of job at museum.
Social issues that the museum has been working through and the proposed solutions (gender issues and any other diversity issues)
PARAGRAPHS 2 and 3
Discuss the most popular exhibit at your museum at this time – Degas/Manet. Provide background on the artists, their relationship, history – similarity/differences in style; and why they are being exhibited together.
Discuss two pieces of Artwork from each of the following periods (4 in total) currently in the collection: 1. The Modernist Period; and 2. The Post-Modern Period. Each description Must include name of artist, period made, social significance, and why these pieces were chosen for your presentation.
PARAGRAPH 4
Close out your presentation overview with some insight into where the collections are heading during the upcoming year, and how the museum intends to attract visitors in 2024 and 2025.
