awareness post - anna guarneri

Anna Guarneri is an artist based in Philadelphia who has a BA in cultural history from UPenn and studied art at Gage Academy of Art and California College of the Arts. She works in stained glass often, and I find myself really enjoying the color schemes she uses -- I think they could be really good inspo for me as I seek to diversify the color schemes in my own work! Her compositions don't always fit into what I'd like my work to look like -- hers tend to be more regular/geometric whereas I try for a lot of rhythm and visual weight -- but I do think certain elements of her work could prove to be helpful to me in the future.

I love the color scheme used in this work, and the combination of very dark blues with very bright oranges and airy whites. I also think the way she displays her works could potentially* work for me if I ever made a piece with a flatter bottom edge, although I gravitate towards more irregular shapes.

Again with this piece, I really enjoy the colors. Moreso, though, the choice of very textured or vareigated glass pieces is something I'd like to focus on in the future. She also uses something called lead came on the outer rim of her pieces to provide more structural support, which would be good to look into.

career post - q2 - museum art historian/curator

Art historians working in museums often work on researching pieces that already exist in a collection, or writing wall plaques/descriptions for pieces that will soon go on display. Additionally, a large part of this role could be organizing new/specialized exhibitions (like the rotating exhibits at the VMFA) and helping determine the best way to display/discuss them based on historical meaning and significance. This is especially applicable if it's something like the Terracotta Army that was at the VMFA a while back, where it's more firmly historical. Historians/curators work closely with other departments within museums like conservators and tour guides/educators, and sometimes work as tour guides to give guests lectures about certain pieces or exhibits. To be an art historian/curator for a museum, I would need an undergrad degree (BA) in art history or a similar field, as well as (most likely) a masters' or even Ph.D (depending on the specific job) in art history, museum studies, or curatorial studies. Many historians or curators complete internships or other specialized programs at museums, and research/writing skills are always necessary. For an undergrad degree in art history, pretty much any school known for their humanities programs is fantastic (UVA, Columbia, Williams College, and other top-ranked schools). More specifically, Williams College is known for museum placement. For graduate programs, NYU's Institute for Fine Arts has a very prestigious art curatorial program.

process post - project #4

I think this piece is going well so far - I haven't been able to get as far as I'd like because I had a We the People competition this week that ate up my time, but overall I'd say I'm proud of my progress considering my last goals were negative space and new color schemes. I really want to focus on maintaining interesting color schemes in the future as long as it makes sense for whatever piece I'm working on -- up until now I've been doing either warm or cool coloring for my pieces and not overlapping a ton, but I'm really loving the one I'm using for this project.