About this Event
The 2022 History and Culture Guest Curatorship is an opportunity to create a research-based physical exhibition featuring cultural and historical content. Application Period: July 1 to September 1, 2021.
This info session is IN PERSON at the museum. Please wear a mask. Five Oaks Museum is located on the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus at 17677 NW Springville Rd, Portland, OR 97229.
Five Oaks Museum has a 65 year history: a former county historical society that grew into an independent nonprofit museum, it was reborn in January of 2020 as a platform for culturally embedded history, arts and culture. The institution makes space for challenging dialogues and critique, and values innovative, accessible learning opportunities.
The guest curator program at the museum de-centers the authoritative voice of major exhibitions, entrusting communities with their own cultural storytelling. Guest Curators have creative control over the design, content, and texts of a featured online exhibition on the museum’s website. Staff will support Guest Curators in utilizing the museum’s cultural resources, developing curriculum, and logistical and project management as needed.
The History & Culture Guest Curatorship for the 2022 cycle is a stipended project designed to be achievable for folks with other work and personal commitments. Five Oaks Museum staff, especially the Cultural Resources Manager, Head of Integrated Learning, and Co-Director, will work collaboratively and in support of the Guest Curators throughout to ensure the project runs smoothly and to share the workload with the Guest Curator. The History & Culture Guest Curatorship begins in October 2021 and the exhibition will open October 2022.
The museum’s history and culture exhibition follows the academic calendar in order to offer a thoughtful and exciting cultural resource that can support curriculum offerings for area schools from elementary through college. This school-year length exhibition sees the heaviest traffic of all the museum’s exhibitions. The History and Culture Guest Curatorship includes a research period in the museum’s collections and archives and delivering a public talk. Proposals for school-year exhibitions are required to have historical and cultural elements; they are welcome, but not required, to include art.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Five Oaks Museum, 17677 Northwest Springville Road, Portland, United States
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