Due in class Monday, November 14, 2016 (Note this is one week later than the syllabus indicates) Late papers lose 10 points/day. Double-space, 12 pt font, 1" margins, name on 1st page only. STAPLE the paper with either a dated ticket stub/receipt or a brochure from each museum . You will take the role of an art critic by visiting any two dedicated art museums and then writing a 3-4 page comparison of the two spaces, including discussion of at least one exhibition from each. For this assignment, the art on display is secondary to how it is displayed—so pick any exhibits you want. Make sure you visit art museums, not commercial galleries where the art is for sale, or college art galleries, whose budgets are quite limited. Overall, how do the two places differ and how do their exhibitions affect you? Be sure to bring a notebook and a pencil (museums tend not to like pens). A first-person perspective is OK. A little snark is OK. Try to make it interesting—I want your voice to come out. Feel free to write it as if it will be published for your peers. Check museum websites for closed days and fees. Sometimes they are free. Consider, for example, the buildings themselves: -Architectural style (Does it complement the collections? Is it impressive? Weak?) -Museum and exhibition layout (Are the galleries arranged logically or are they confusing?) And within the specific exhibitions, take note of the following: -Exhibition theme (Is the title and rationale behind the exhibit clear? Do all objects clearly relate to it or do some seem “tacked on” to fill the space?) -Organization of the objects (Are they presented in some order or jumbled together with no obvious connection? Is the viewer's path clearly defined? Are the “best” works all together or spread throughout the show in different galleries?) You may briefly note favorite or detested works and explain why. -Display (framing/mounting; lighting/glare/shadows; even the graphics and wall color—these affect your mood and reaction, and may complement or distract from the objects) -Information provided about the show and the specific objects: Is there enough, or too much, or irrelevant info provided on wall texts and labels? Are the texts well written and cleanly presented? -Are any A/V interactives available? Are they helpful and easy to navigate…or poorly designed? -How about the atmosphere? Lively or solemn? Cold and oppressive, or inviting? Can you get a sense of other visitors’ reactions? -Note the good and the bad. Do not be afraid to be critical. Overall, how would you rate the success each of the two exhibitions? How might you change things and why? Please remember not to simply write up a diary of what artworks you saw…the assignment is to compare/contrast the entire exhibitions. Please mind museum etiquette: don’t get all pointy with the pencil (no pens) or fingers anywhere near the surface of an artwork…this tends to make guards fre.

1. Due in class Monday, November 14, 2016 (Note this is one
week later than the syllabus indicates)
Late papers lose 10 points/day.
Double-space, 12 pt font, 1" margins, name on 1st page only.
STAPLE the paper with either a dated ticket stub/receipt or a
brochure from each museum
.
You will take the role of an art critic by visiting any two
dedicated art museums and then writing
a
3-4
page comparison of the two spaces, including discussion of at
least one exhibition from
each. For this assignment, the art on display is secondary to
how
it is displayed—so pick any
exhibits you want. Make sure you visit art museums, not
commercial galleries where the art is
for sale, or college art galleries, whose budgets are quite
limited. Overall, how do the two places
differ and how do their exhibitions affect you? Be sure to bring

2. a notebook and a pencil
(museums tend not to like pens). A first-person perspective is
OK. A little snark is OK. Try to
make it interesting—I want
your
voice to come out. Feel free to write it as if it will be published
for your peers.
Check museum websites for closed days and fees. Sometimes
they are free.
Consider, for example, the buildings themselves:
-Architectural style (Does it complement the collections? Is it
impressive? Weak?)
-Museum and exhibition layout (Are the galleries arranged
logically or are they confusing?)
And within the specific exhibitions, take note of the following:
-Exhibition theme (Is the title and rationale behind the exhibit
clear? Do all objects clearly relate
to it or do some seem “tacked on” to fill the space?)
-Organization of the objects (Are they presented in some order
or jumbled together with no
obvious connection? Is the viewer's path clearly defined? Are

3. the “best” works all together or
spread throughout the show in different galleries?) You may
briefly note favorite or detested
works and explain why.
-Display (framing/mounting; lighting/glare/shadows; even the
graphics and wall color—these
affect your mood and reaction, and may complement or distract
from the objects)
-Information provided about the show and the specific objects:
Is there enough, or too much, or
irrelevant info provided on wall texts and labels?
Are the texts well written and cleanly presented?
-Are any A/V interactives available? Are they helpful and easy
to navigate…or poorly designed?
-How about the atmosphere? Lively or solemn? Cold and
oppressive, or inviting? Can you get a
sense of other visitors’ reactions?
-Note the good and the bad.
Do not be afraid to be critical.
Overall, how would you rate the
success each of the two exhibitions? How might you change

4. things and why?
Please remember
not
to simply write up a diary of what artworks you saw…the
assignment is to
compare/contrast the
entire
exhibitions.
Please mind museum etiquette: don’t get all pointy with the
pencil (no pens) or fingers anywhere
near the surface of an artwork…this tends to make guards freak
out. If you want to look closely,
hold your hands behind your back.
When in doubt, if there is a label anywhere within sight of any
unknown object that you are
tempted to touch, DO NOT TOUCH IT, even if it is fuzzy and
looks like kittens.
At first mention, write: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
but thereafter use LACMA, or
the Fowler, the Bowers, etc.
Exhibition titles and titles of works of art should be
italicized: Standing Apollo

5. The info the museums provide is found on
labels
or
wall texts
(not plaques, cards, blurbs, etc).
Please keep on point: traffic on the way to the museum, when it
was founded and by whom,
square footage, parking woes, etc may be interesting, but they
are not relevant to this assignment.
Be consistent with verb tense.
Vary word choices: exhibition, show, installation, painting,
picture, image, artwork, work, object
sculpture, statue, figure, etc. "work of art"
not
"piece of art"
Note: “u” and “ur” are not yet actual words and are to be
avoided on pain of DEATH.
Its = possessive, like “his” and “hers” It’s = it is

6. Please keep in mind that that those little teeny dots, lines, and
squiggles—otherwise known as
punctuation marks—are your true friends. When in doubt, read
your sentence aloud, and
wherever you naturally pause, that is probably a good place to
put a comma or something.
Do not cut and paste text from museum websites. You must
credit the source of any interpretive
info that you quote or restate. Plagiarism will not be dealt with
lightly.
I expect a clean paper. So proofread it. Sleep on it. Then proof
it again.
MUSEUMS IN THE AREA
:
Check the museums’ websites before visiting to check their
hours. Most
museums have reduced admission for students with student ID.
Some museums have one day or one
evening per week when admission is free.
Asia Pacific Museum of Art, Pasadena MUZEO, Anaheim

7. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana Museum of Latin
American Art, Long Beach
The Broad, LA (contemporary)
California African-American Museum, LA Orange County
Museum of Art, Newport Beach
California Science Center, Los Angeles Riverside Art Museum,
Riverside
J. Paul Getty Center, Brentwood The Getty Villa, Malibu
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach Museum of Jurassic
Technology, Culver City
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena
Huntington Library, Museum and Botanical Gardens, San
Marino
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles

8. hello my name is ahmad amd my prompt is above i went to the
MUZEO, Anaheim museum and it was bad unlike the browser
museum of cultural art in santa ana. they arranged the art
gallery in a particular position and the view of santa ana
museum was perfect. the grape from sant ana museum and the
oil art from muzeo.