CMA UP CLOSE: MATERIALS AND PROCESSES (IN-PERSON)

This course will offer insights into the materials and processes that artists use in making art, as well as the methods museum professionals use to conserve and exhibit them. Hear perspectives from conservators, preparators, curators, and educators on the materials, making, care, and display of art. Individual session topics include: how Japanese artists’ engagement with Chinese forms and techniques was used as an alternative way to bring Japanese porcelain into the modern era, the challenges of displaying contemporary works on paper in an exhibition which includes recent print and drawing acquisitions, as well as discussion of different areas of the museum’s permanent collection and rotating exhibitions.