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Exhibit Section Galleries
The TRADITION/INNOVATION exhibit is divided into sections
in a rather unusual way. Rather than using the characteristics
of the objects themselves as the criteria for creating
the four sections, the curators chose to consider how
the different artists exemplify the attributes the curators
identified as characteristics of a master artist, such
as their commitment to their artform, its history, and
its future. The four sections of the exhibit are:
In the virtual sections, as in the
exhibit, each section begins with a “conversation”
between the curator for contemporary craft artists and
the curator for traditional artists. These “conversations”
point out the differences and the similarities between
contemporary craft artists and traditional artists and
the way that they approach their work.
Medium Galleries
The remaining virtual galleries are organized according
to the media used by the artists. For instance, because
there are many basket makers, they were grouped in their
own gallery.
Each medium gallery includes:
- Images of the artwork created in this medium, comments
by the artistsabout the medium, and links to the artist
pages in Meet the Artists;
- National Standards in Visual Arts addressed by
the activities and lesson plans in this section;
- Overview of the art included in this gallery;
- Curators’ statements on the medium;
- General resource websites on the medium;
- Guiding questions for a medium-based unit;
- Statement for students on the medium with critical
vocabulary;
- Media based activities and lesson plans;
- Cross-curricular connections with activities and
lesson plans; and
- Power points
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