32517 - Laboratory of Visual Arts Management

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Laura Carlini Fanfogna
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: L-ART/04
  • Language: English
  • Moduli: Laura Carlini Fanfogna (Modulo 1) Fabiola Naldi (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts (cod. 0902)

Learning outcomes

The course is focused on the organization and management of an exhibition in a museum or an exhibition centre

Course contents

The course will deal with the following topics:

Exhibition concept, learning styles theories, team building, budget, time schedule, exhibition design, loans, transport and insurance, facility report, marketing and communication strategies, evaluation.

Teaching methods

The course is composed by frontal lessons and will also enjoy the participation of exhibition and event professionals who will present their organization as case study.

Assessment methods

The students will be required to work in teams in order to develop a simulated project of an exhibition in a museum and/or exhibition centre, based on the acquired experience and approved by the professor. The exhibition should take into account also the use of multimedia and new technologies in the display.

The selected case study will be developed according to students' backgrounds and skills (communication, educational, curatorial, marketing, etc.). A paper in English (max. 20 pages) has to be written by the team and a ppt presentation has to be prepared. Each team will illustrate the project at the exam. Each student (member of a team) has to write and illustrate his/her own part during the exam, and will be individually evaluated.

Teaching tools

The lesson will be using different tools : screen, pc, etc.

Office hours

See the website of Laura Carlini Fanfogna

See the website of Fabiola Naldi