University of Central Florida (University of Central Florida Art Gallery)

The UCF Art Gallery will implement the Central Florida Citizen Curator Project to encourage more active and open engagement between the community and local museums, archives, and public history centers. The project will provide the opportunity for community members to curate exhibits at the Art Gallery and their partner sites, including the Goldsboro Historical Museum, the Hurston Museum, and the Hannibal Square Heritage Center. The gallery will facilitate two exhibits per year based on a unifying theme of local, social, and cultural issues. These exhibits will make use of three key overarching genres outlined by the gallery: educational, experiment, and rhetoric. By focusing on exhibits as genres, the gallery encourages curators to think critically about making informed decisions that will effectively communicate to diverse audiences. A three-tiered assessment plan, including front-end, formative and summative assessment will evaluate success and will be the basis of The Citizen Curator Guidebook, which will be available to the public.