Presentation of work

Art and design

The role and impact of curators

Artists as curators

Selecting work and considering the audience

Reproducing art: postcards, prints and artist editions

Writing an artist statement

Talking about your work

Promotions: how to publicise a show

This teacher-led unit concludes the course with a physical or virtual exhibition. Pupils, having been introduced to curating, will select work based on quality and criteria, explore presentation, and mount and frame their pieces.

Curating an exhibition

It shapes how the audience read, view, or experience the work.

It helps reduce the number of pages in a sketchbook.

Why is the presentation of work important in art and design?

written notes that explain choices, intentions, and improvements

short, factual information such as title, medium, and date

the way work is arranged to communicate ideas

“It has red petals and a green stem.”

"This painting explores natural forms; soft watercolour washes show fragility."

“I painted this quickly before lunch.”

Which pieces of information would you expect to see on a label?

to show the journey of ideas clearly from first experiments to outcomes

to make it look identical to someone else’s

Why should a sketchbook or portfolio be organised like a story?

True or false? Presentation doesn’t get marks on its own, but it affects how clearly examiners can understand your work.

Presentation of work

Lesson outcome