Project Title: 30 Museums, 30 Days 

 

Essential Question(s):

• What inspires me as an artist? 

• What makes a good Museum? 

 

Statement of Purpose

For my Senior Project, I will… visit 30 Museums in 30 Days! I will be exploring art Museums in NYC.

 

Creative Action Plan                                                    Scheduling and Planning  

Creating the blog and Formulating the visual aspects of the project. Using my knowledge of Website development and design, I will create a color profile and theme for the blog while also designing a Navigation system that allows for viewership of each day in the experience.  While I am at the museums, I will use digital and film photography and video to document the process. Photo and video production of this size needs pre production work. When using film emulsions, I will first have to decide on a color, contrast, hue and saturation profile that is consistent throughout the images. To do this I must decide on one type of film to use throughout the process and secure enough of it made on the same date. This project will be heavily documented starting with posting photos from each day of the experience and then eventually creating videos compiling the experience.

In the first few days of the project, I will plan out each day according to the museums I see that day. Planning multiple museums in one day and figuring out the timing of each destination. Some museums because of the pandemic, require an appointment which will be made during the first few days of the project.  Planning the order of the museums is also important, there needs to be a diversity in each week, in funding and content. After the thirty days I will be primarily working on creating a visual journal, inspired by days spent in museums. What needs to be planned out before is obtaining materials and deciding on which mediums I will use to step outside my comfort zone. I will primarily be experimenting with mixed media practices using my photography. Securing studio space will also need to be planned out, scheduling time in a darkroom outside of school and possibly talking with artists about improving my practice.

 

Daily Plan & Schedule

Ideally, I will do this project between April 6 – May 6 visiting two Museums on the Weekends but  during any writing or art during the week. From mid-May, until til June that time will be spent working on the write ups for each Museums and also working on 10-15 distinct art pieces inspired by Art seen in the 30 days

 

9:30- 10:30	Depending on the Museum, I would spend the morning travelling there (Average time to get to each Museum is 45 minutes from my house)
10:30-2:00	Photographing, Sketching, and Writing for the project in the Museum and right after while it is fresh in my mind( Lunch included in this time)
2:00-3:00	Going home and brainstorming writing possibilities and Art projects
3:00- 5:00	Updating my blog from the day and Writing and creating art

 

Documentation Plan

The blog, created and designed using skills I learned in the Website Development course at LREI. I will look at popular UX designs and templates with the intention of creating my own unique look for the blog. It is likely that there will not be an in person Senior Project night so the blog will be a permanent place where my project can exist. Each Museum will have their own page consisting of pictures taken by me and a journal entry about the visit, depending on the institution, I am hoping to have at least 400 words per day. The Blog will have an interactive component, I want this project to inspire people to go to the museum or even appreciate art to a great extent. Each museum will have four distinct components on the blog: a journal entry with an op-ed style commenting on the art seen that day and adding needed anecdotes about the institution’s niche.

Research Plan

Research for my I- search paper.

Books

Living Museums by Donatien Grau

How to Write About Contemporary Art by Gilda Williams

 

Films

• Beyond the Invisible, Hilma Af Klint
• Gerald Richter Painting
• David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
• Black Art: In the Absence of Light
• The Price of Everything
• Simon Schama’s Power of Art
• Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain’s Hidden Art History
• Finding Vivian Maier
• The Mystery of Picasso

Backup Plan

Museums have digital platforms that still can be interactive and engaging.