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Ignition Learning — Activity Sheet

Curating & presenting original artwork

The Arts · Year 8

Name: ______________________Date: ____________

This one is a create-and-present activity, not a quiz — so there are no questions to answer on screen. Choose 3-5 pieces from your own visual arts folio (or make new small pieces if needed) and curate a small exhibition, deliberately considering presentation. Decide on an arrangement and order that supports a theme or story across the pieces, choose how you'll display them (a wall, table, or digital slideshow), and think about lighting or background if possible. Write or say a short curator's statement — a sentence or two introducing the theme and your presentation choices. Present your exhibition to a family member, explaining both the artworks and why you presented them the way you did. Mark this complete once you've curated and presented your exhibition.

Example

A student curating pieces exploring the theme of 'change' might arrange them in the specific order they were made, from simplest to most detailed, to visually show their own development — explaining to a parent that the presentation order itself is part of the artistic statement, not just a random arrangement.

Key terms

Curate:: To thoughtfully select, arrange and present a group of artworks around a theme or idea.
Curator's statement:: A short written or spoken introduction explaining an exhibition's theme and presentation choices.

This topic is self-directed and doesn't have quiz questions.