{"id":7469,"date":"2019-12-10T15:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T21:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/art\/?page_id=7469"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:09:47","slug":"lasting-legacy-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/art\/lasting-legacy-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpretive Writing for the Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h4>Interpretive Writing for the Exhibition<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collectively, senior art history majors will select an exhibition <strong>title<\/strong> and co-write an <strong>introductory label<\/strong>. Individually, seniors will choose two artworks from the Flaten Art Museum collection and write interpretive <strong>object labels<\/strong> for each selected object.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Title (1\u20137 words)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe best titles will arouse interest and curiosity and give enough information to enable visitors to decide whether they are interested enough in the subject matter to enter.\u201d (Serrell 32)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Introductory label (20-125 words)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIntroductory labels set up the organization and tone of the exhibition. &#8230;it will help to prepare visitors for the size, sections, and themes of the space, even if it is a small exhibition.\u201d (Serrell 32-33)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Object label (75-150 words)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Object labels (sometimes called didactics) should refer to the visible specifics of the object and must make sense independent of other labels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start with visual, concrete information \u2013\u00a0what visitors can see. Work from the specific to the general, not the other way around.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make the vocabulary appropriate for a broad range of ages.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offer something for the expert, the enthusiast, and the first-time visitor.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a complex subject and illuminate it in a way that will excite your visitor.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose artworks based on your own interests, relevance and passion and art about which you can write an illuminating text. It is recommended you select something that will not become an exhaustive research project. The texts should be informative but not too dense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read these label guidelines:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kris Wetterlund, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum-ed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/If-You-Cant-See-It.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If You Can\u2019t See It Don\u2019t Say It<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beverly Serrell, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2nd ed., 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/art\/exhibition-timeline\/\">Exhibition Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/art\/formatting-text-panels\/\">Formatting Text Panels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpretive Writing for the Exhibition Collectively, senior art history majors will select an exhibition title and co-write an introductory label. 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