Curate (verb) – to select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition). This is a further instalment in my series of posts about my experience as curator of Beneath the Southern Sky travelling exhibition of textile works. Once again, my focus is on preparing textile works to ensure that they are […]
Curator Knowledge
More About Hanging Textile Works
Curate (verb) – to select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition). As curator of the Beneath the Southern Sky travelling exhibition of textile works, I seek to maintain the works in optimum condition on tour and to ensure that they are displayed in an attractive and professional manner. Yesterday I […]
Shipping Quilts & Textile Works
Another challenge of travelling exhibitions is the travelling part. Entrusting quilts and textile works to postal and courier systems always seems an act of faith but, fortunately, I have never had a piece go permanently astray. Nearly three years ago, I packed up my Twelve by Twelve Theme Series collection in an Aboriginal print travelling […]
Hanging Arrangements for Textile Works
One of the challenges of curating a travelling exhibition of textile works is to ensure that it can be displayed securely and attractively in a variety of venues with a minimum of fuss. Accordingly, I specify that all textile worksgoing on tour must have a combined hanging sleeve and velcro strip casing attached to the […]
Packed in Pink
When you are organising a touring exhibition such as Beneath the Southern Sky, there are many logistical and other details to think about, not the least being how the exhibit will travel. I went suitcase shopping on Friday and, while this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, I can see some advantages in its […]
Vital Statistics for Beneath the Southern Sky Entries
This Australia Day 2012, I did not go for a swim (it was raining and I didn’t want to get wet), I did not watch or listen to the cricket, I did not listen to the Hottest 100 on Triple JJJ, I did not eat lamb (but I had sparkling shiraz with my steak for […]
