I am interested in becoming a curator for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City because some of my favorite childhood memories have formed around their beautiful exhibits. My personality has shaped around art work and my love for artist’s work and meticulous yet inspiring out of the box thinking would guarantee me a rightful job as a curator. I think I would be good at presenting a collection of artwork to the public in a new and interesting way.
I want to narrow down my options for the future and in doing so I have to be practical and eliminate some crazy dreams of mine. If those who might be informed or have had experience in this subject, please fill me in with the basics of my career requirements for becoming a curator. If i decided to pursue this career in the art specialization, how could I achieve this in the most efficient way?
Thank you for your time and support! You do not know how much this means to me.
Once I had as my teacher in a Concentrated Humanities Class, the former Director of The Ringling Art Museum, in Sarasota, Florida. He went on to become the Director of a Planitarium in Austin, Texas. His education was at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is a Great city, the Third Largest in the US with many fine Artistic and Educational Facilities. He had a double major, in both Celestial Mechanics Physics, and in Art History. His Final Exam had 362 Points, and I got 360 of them. I studied the Piano in grade, jr High and High School, and knew a lot about the History of Music, and could pick up a new piece of Classical Music and play it right off. My Favorite Book was then the Iliad (The Wrath of Archilles) and later "The Book of Amos," and "The Book of Mathew," also "Deuteronomy, Jesus’ Favorite Book." Ancient Greek Sculpture and Architecture took up its most talented Artists. Art History is the basis of these jobs, with Art Technology added on. Museum Curator ship also covers Archeology and Anthropology. So you will need these courses also. But, unless you are really deep into these subjects, you might not be happy in them.
May 29th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Once I had as my teacher in a Concentrated Humanities Class, the former Director of The Ringling Art Museum, in Sarasota, Florida. He went on to become the Director of a Planitarium in Austin, Texas. His education was at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is a Great city, the Third Largest in the US with many fine Artistic and Educational Facilities. He had a double major, in both Celestial Mechanics Physics, and in Art History. His Final Exam had 362 Points, and I got 360 of them. I studied the Piano in grade, jr High and High School, and knew a lot about the History of Music, and could pick up a new piece of Classical Music and play it right off. My Favorite Book was then the Iliad (The Wrath of Archilles) and later "The Book of Amos," and "The Book of Mathew," also "Deuteronomy, Jesus’ Favorite Book." Ancient Greek Sculpture and Architecture took up its most talented Artists. Art History is the basis of these jobs, with Art Technology added on. Museum Curator ship also covers Archeology and Anthropology. So you will need these courses also. But, unless you are really deep into these subjects, you might not be happy in them.
References :
Discussions with My College Professor, former Director of The Ringling Art Museum.
Continued reading on these subjects;
Biblical Archeology Review.