Here at Carleton we’re interested in writing exercises that engage with exhibitions. We’ve found that writing about exhibitions is a uniquely challenging (in a good way) assignment for students in various disciplines: Astronomy, French, Sociology/Anthropology, English, History, Mathematics, etc., etc.
The Tang Museum at Skidmore College has also created some fabulous models for constructing course assignments around exhibitions. Alison Barnes (who is presenting at our conference, by the by), teaches an introductory English course that is called Writing in the Tang. Check out the link to learn about what she’s done with some of her students. It’s awesome.
Click on “Access this Item” on the Northern Arizona University Special Collections & Archives page.
And to further advertise my old lab’s website a bit (sorry), Carolyn
has also given space to a number of space-artists:
http://www.ciclops.org/art_index.php. This doesn’t represent the full
range of art available, I know, but it’s a starting place. A lot of
those pieces were done with an eye toward accuracy and frequently in
consultation with astronomers.
-John
