A class at the museum: final projects

A group of fourteen students, two auditors, and their teacher, came together from different disciplines for a five-week course to study, observe, and discuss museums and their objects: ARTH 250: Objects, Museums, and Meaning. For their final project, students were asked to create their own 5-8 object exhibition about a social justice or civil action issue close to their heart. Learn more about each of their projects below.

Aemara Mathews

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Junior
  • Major: Art History 

Exhibit: “Fake” Worlds, Real Displays

screenshot of a still of the seven dwarves from snow white and the seven dwaves
The Seven Dwarfs, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dir. by David Hand, Pro. by Walt Disney Productions, Dist. by RKO Radio Pictures, 1968.

Angela Nguyen

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Senior
  • Major: Religious Studies 

Exhibit: Pretty Ladylike: The Exploitation and Censorship of Female Sexuality

  • View Nguyen’s exhibit on Instagram. 
  • Read Nguyen’s statement and see the exhibit in PDF format: A.Nguyen.Pretty Ladylike
Black Shawl by Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Black Shawl by Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Carly Peck

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Senior
  • Major: English & Comparative Literature – Film Studies

Exhibit: American Beauty 

a screenshot of Beyonce with someone lifting her cheeks
A brief behind the scenes look at one of Beyonce’s most iconic music videos, “Pretty Hurts”, where she explores the pressures of our society’s beauty standards.

Gio Biggers

  • (he/him/his)
  • Senior
  • Major: Management and Society and Sociology 

Exhibit: Poverty Amongst Minorities in Baltimore

people gathered outside of building in Baltimore

Masako Hatano 

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Sophomore
  • Major: Art History

Exhibit: Mass Media and Consumerism

Jasper Johns Ale Cans 1975 Lithograph
Jasper Johns Ale Cans 1975 Lithograph

Niki Khoshatefeh 

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Major: Management and Society

Exhibit theme: student athlete mental health 

outline of a head with the words anxiety, stress, panic, written on stickers

Noah Williford 

  • (he/him/his)
  • Senior
  • Major: Political Science 

Exhibit: From Dowry to Decoration

hanging artwork of colorful eyes
Nazar Boncuk, newly made: Istanbul Turkey

Onyedikachi Ohia-Enyia

  • (he/him/his)
  • Senior
  • Major: Exercise Sports Sciences

Exhibit theme: Senseless violence in the United States

students stand in front of a blackboard
Karen Gutfruend 2021

Patty TBD

  • (they/them/theirs)
  • Senior
  • Major: English & Comparative Literature – Film Studies

Exhibit: Vitreous Desire: A Closet Tour of the American Dream

close up view of Hermes Birkin bag
The Diamond Birkin – Hermès (Crocodile skin, 18K white gold, diamond)

Solomon Lowry

  • (he/him/his)
  • Senior
  • Major: Geography

Exhibit theme: Decolonization

screenshot of google image of American Indian Center at UNC
Google maps rendering of the American Indian Center (AIC) in relation to UNC’s main campus.

Tomas Salazar

  • (he/him/his)
  • Junior
  • Major: Business

Exhibit: Labor Movements Then and Now: Times Change but the Struggle Doesn’t

Left: Image taken from the @sbworkersunited Instagram. Posted on May 19th, 2022, congratulating the 5 new Starbucks stores winning their union vote. The post also celebrates the growing total of unionized stores reaching 80. Right: Oil on Canvas poster made by Ben Shahn in the late 1930s
Left: Image taken from the @sbworkersunited Instagram. Posted on May 19th, 2022, congratulating the 5 new Starbucks stores winning their union vote. The post also celebrates the growing total of unionized stores reaching 80. Right: Oil on Canvas poster made by Ben Shahn in the late 1930s

Tyler Parker

  • (he/him/his)
  • Senior
  • Major: Communication Studies 

Exhibit: Glory & Destruction: Reactions to Who Stars and Who Suffers War

The Bayeux Tapestry (11th century)
The Bayeux Tapestry (11th century)

You can read more about the class at https://artseverywhere.unc.edu/a-class-at-the-museum/ 

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