Conclusion

      Organizing an exhibition of works by various artists took much more effort than I expected. I had to dedicate a whole day to just research about artists  because I had to make sure that the artworks  went with my theme, had all the labeling information required, and the artist’s statement. Finding a variety of artworks that connected to one theme came naturally to me-probably because I am a big advocate on the need to take action to stop global warming. The artists I chose for my exhibition perceive global warming differently and I think that is what makes an exhibition successful. I think it is best to have different takes on one theme because it will help get your message better across. For example, some artworks may resonate to a certain group of people while other artworks will not resonate with the same group of people. I found it extremely challenging to find artworks that fulfilled all the requirements so I can post it; at one point I considered switching themes because I was not finding everything I needed about the artwork. For example,  I  wanted to use 1 or 2 more photographs in the exhibition that showed the environmental impacts of global warming (such as two boys drawing on dry, cracked land) but I could not find everything I needed to use the photograph.  

      The selection process must be even harder for those that organize actual exhibitions because not only would they have to research about artworks that go with the theme of the exhibition, but they would have to talk to the artist, invite the artists to attend, make sure the artists comes up with an artistic statement, organize when the artwork will arrive. Next time I go to an art gallery or art museum, I will make sure to praise the curator and any other member of the gallery and art museum for their hard work because I was somewhat stressed in the process of finding ten artworks!