The Internship at the Taubman Museum of Art has been a very unique experience. I have been able to connect with any workers of the museum as well as yesterday attending an interview with Meredith Entingh who is fiber artist. We got to see some of her work and better understand how woven art, like the tapestry we are researching are made. Seeing her loom up close helped me better understand the process. With the research that my fellow interns and myself are doing we are also required to use our information to create possible programs for the incoming exhibit. Some of the student interns are presenting hands-on projects while others are being more information based. My group is making a possible brochure to hand out to visitors and better understand the tapestry.
Although research is an important part of understanding a work of art, artifact or any other historical object is it is just as important to properly present the information to the public in a way that is interesting, understandable and engaging. Our team of student interns are trying to help understand the best ways of presenting information to the public and with all of our ideas the Taubman will have many ideas to go with. We are also working on the title of the exhibit. A name of an exhibition is what draws the visitors attention and thus it should be just as engaging.
