My First Curating Experience #TAGIUP

During the month of April, myself, and 4 of my colleagues curated a student exhibition. This exhibition was titled TAG. The other curators included Laurie Barnes, Logan Five, Tyler Rahl, and Erika Stearly.

To sum up the project here are a few steps we took to carry-out the exhibition
1. We set up blank panels around the IUP campus with drawing supplies and the word TAG lightly stenciled on the panels.

2. We encouraged passers-by to 'leave their mark or 'tag' the board however they saw fit.

3. After two weeks of collecting 'tags', we hung the work in the Kipp Annex gallery in Sprowls on IUP's campus. The opening reception took place April 23, 3013.

4. Any 'artist' that participated was attributed as an artist on the announcement cards. Over 100 students participated.

5. The opening reception included another interactive piece. This was a large blank sheet of drawing paper that hung in front of a bin of the drawing materials used out on campus.

Here are some photos of our show!

Check out the link to the article about our show in IUP's school newsletter THE PENN
http://www.thepenn.org/wet-ink/tag-exhibition-celebrates-common-experiences-of-community-1.3036816#.UYCsTKVj7ww