Prepare an exhibition

Prepare an exhibition

Activity number: Type of skills: Competences (21st century skills) covered: 2

Cultural

Creativity and Innovation / Collaboration / Communication / Critical thinking and Problem solving

Activity title: “Prepare an exhibition”

Type of activity Workshop Abstract The workshop will give some inspirations to the participants in order to built together an exhibition to show the products made in the previous days of the training. Sharing ideas and perspectives based on the group discussion will lead the trainers to give a meaning to the objects they created presenting a unique story told by many voices. Goal Express yourself and the group collaboration with objects. Objectives Find a group meaning for the pieces made by the trainers; Interpret the meaning results planning an exhibition; Built a participatory

exhibition. Target group The trainers who participate to the previous sessions Duration 3h 30’ Venue A place for projecting a Presentation for the first part and then a big empty space to discuss together and observe the creations from different point of views. Requirements Projector, laptop, the outcome objects/work of art, different colors papers, white/black cardboards different colors papers, white/black cardboards and different colors pencils for the labels.

Content

Understanding how an exhibition built by the artists' their-self and with the educators/students/trainers participation is the starting point of the activity. Some experiences will eventually inspire or giving ideas to the participants who will have the active role of building their own exhibition for their own products.

Description of each phase/part of the activity Duration The role of the trainer The role of the participants Requirements

Introduction.

Recalling what the participants had done in the previous days, the trainer will present the agenda for the workshop, to clarify the timing.

Participatory Exhibition presentation.

Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi Educational Department planned and organized several exhibitions or specific experiences in big exposition involving students, educators and trainers. The presentation will help understand the participants how can this experience can be organize and which kind of exhibition can take place.

Site inspection.

In order to plan the exhibition it's 5’ The trainer introduces the activity The participants will acknowledge about the workshop's schedule

30’ The trainer show some practical examples using images The participants reflect individually on the facilitator's inputs and ask for more details and/or doubts

30’ The trainer facilitates and guides the observation of The participants observe actively Time to reach and come back from the

Projector, laptop, presentation

important to know the space. Using the strategies experienced the previous days the participants will explore the place, understanding the sizes and the potentials spots for the objects to display.

Discussion.

The group will collaborate to find and choose a common idea in order to exhibit their works of art, strictly connecting to the setting.

Hands on.

With the material disposal, the group will decide how to use it to display their works of art and practically build a “fil rouge” (common thread)for their exhibition in theory and practice.

Labels.

Once every decision is made, the group will decide how build the label and what to write/draw/show on them.

Final Organization

The group will list all the tasks to accomplish in order to build the exhibition, assigning the tasks in small groups

Museum set-up.

All the outcomes objects/works of art will find their finalized place as the setting, suggesting ideas, asking questions useful for planning the exhibition

30’ The trainer facilitates and guides the discussion, suggesting ideas, asking questions useful for planning the exhibition 30’ The trainer facilitates and guides the experimentation, suggesting ideas, asking questions useful for planning the exhibition

30’ The trainer facilitates and guides the discussion, suggesting ideas.

15’ The trainer facilitates and guides the discussion both in big and small group

45’ The trainer observes and helps the participants but without substitute the and take notes (written or audio) to remember what they see workshop room and the exhibition setting

The participants discuss and interact with the others

The participants discuss and interact with the others, experimenting and exploring the materials and the objects to display The participants discuss and interact with the others

The participants discuss and interact with the others, first all together and then in small groups The participants will set-up the exhibition Objects to display, several materials

Different colors papers, white/black cardboards and different colors pencils for the labels A sheet of paper for the list of tasks and groups' assignments

discussed previously, with their labels/captions and descriptions. participants!

Self-assessment and evaluation

Suggested resources Handouts / References

Observation during the activity and the exhibition itself will be the outcome to observe in order to self-assestment of the activity and the evaluation itself.

The presentation with Palazzo Strozzi's experiences with all the website links.