A visit from Fulbright University to Illuminated Curiosities
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May 2022
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A workshop with curator Jeab Gridthiya
Students at Renaissance and EMASI attended NAF’s workshop with Bangkok-based curator Jeab Gridthiya for their art class. In the workshop, Jeab Gridthiya shared how to use curatorial processes and exhibition-making as tools for learning and how to use the 90-work collection to understand the art history of Vietnam in its social and political context.The workshop was part of NAF’s overall aim to encourage students to think about artworks and how it relates to their lives in a critical manner.
The students listened to a lecture on understanding the curatorial process, followed by an activity on connecting the artworks to form different narratives in the exhibition. Jeab Gridthiya asked them to identify the artwork descriptions, the ideas behind each piece, and the context of the selected works.
After the workshop, Jeab Gridthiya asked the students to explain the artworks and how they were connected. They articulated their ideas very eloquently, and Jeab remarked, “I’m very impressed with the quality of their language skills as well as their analytical thinking.”