It is not often that our Museum staff has the pleasure of discussing our exhibitions and receiving feedback on them from other Museum professionals and artists. Thanks to SDEEG , a lovely group of people who took time out of their busy day and weathered horrid traffic to come to us, we got to do this yesterday. Sometimes one gets so close to something that it becomes hard to see it. My painting teachers always told me ‘Make a few marks and then take a step back to observe what those colors and strokes did to the rest of the painting.’ Curating is not so different from this method. Yesterday Olivia and I were given a chance to step back and look at what the Museum has created and how it appears to the public.
We received amazing feedback on the strengths of the show and on things that could be improved upon in the future. Since this meeting my mind has not stopped spinning around all the aspects and ideas we can update in the exhibition as well as points I will keep in mind when approaching our next interactive exhibition which will open in August of 2011 [that is not as far away as it seems at first glance]. This has also inspired me to tackle some of the things I would like to change about this blog. Until now setting up a section for reader comments and questions has proven a technical issue [as I am slowly becoming technically savvy]. With this said I am now on a mission to figure out how to let you comment and leave your mark on the blog. For now if you have any questions or feedback please email me at tsmith@ci.escondido.ca.us and I will post all appropriate questions and write responses to you.
‘Touched, unsettled, and awash in troubling/sweet nostalgia after visiting the Wes Bruce installation at California Center for the Arts in Escondido. Experience it before Dec. 31. BEAUTIFUL.’ - Erica Kelly
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