Exhibiting culture: Marilyn
CRA2ECA/ CRA3ECB
As the exclusive higher education partner of Bendigo Art Gallery and Murray Art Museum Albury, La Trobe University is pleased to offer this fully accredited elective subject to all La Trobe undergraduate students and to members of the broader public who wish to make a general public registration.
The subject is taught by senior curators, academic staff from La Trobe University and guest lecturers.
Over two weekends & two locations
Bendigo
- 15 April, 2016 (evening only)
- 16 & 17 April, 2016
Albury
- 29 April (evening only)
- 30 April & 1st May, 2016
Norma Jeane Baker eagerly embarked upon her Cinderella transformation into Marilyn Monroe through strategically using her looks. The camera loved her and she loved the camera. Her dream of being a great star came true – in her lifetime and beyond. Being Marilyn, however, did not bring the fulfilment, contentment, and security the dream had seemed to promise. Why not? Was Hollywood to blame? The Kennedys? 1950s conservatism? The circumstances of her childhood? The double-edged sword of celebrity?
In addressing questions such as these the "Exhibiting Culture: Marilyn" will explore the Marilyn phenomenon through the a number of lenses, including those provided by history, politics, fashion, cinema and the visual arts, psychology, gender relations and law.
Students will have the opportunity to enjoy access to Bendigo Art Gallery's Bendigo Art Gallery and Twentieth Century Fox present Marilyn Monroe exhibition and to the Murray Art Museum Albury's exhibition Marilyn: Celebrating an American Icon. Leading La Trobe scholars and other experts will guide participants through a comparative exploration of the exhibitions.
This subject will be taught over two weekends (including the Friday evenings) – the first in Bendigo and the second in Albury - embedding participants in these unique exhibitions, as researchers, critics, creative artists, and writers. It will also have additional learning support available online until the end of the semester.
Image: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes © 1953 and 2015 Twentieth Century Fox.
Bookings
Bookings are now closed.
Subject information
When and where
When
Bendigo: 15 April, 2016 (evening only), 16 & 17 April, 2016
Albury: 29 April (evening only), 30 April & 1 May, 2016
Where
Bendigo: Visual Arts Centre and Bendigo Art Gallery
Albury: Murray Art Museum Albury
Full schedule/program details are supplied to students through LMS after enrolment
Subject outline and curriculum
Exhibiting Culture A
Exhibiting Culture A is an immersive, gallery-based subject, underpinned by La Trobe University's exclusive partnership with nationally and internationally renowned institutions. The subject is designed to deepen learning across a range of arts disciplines and creative practices, such as art history, social history, archaeology, philosophy, law, textual studies, education and politics, via the experience of a unique, curated exhibition.
While the subject content will vary in relation to the specific exhibition in which it is embedded, it will also address the following broad questions:
- what type of exhibition is this
- what holds this collection of cultural objects together
- is it organised around a theme, a period, an artist, a significant individual, a movement, or something else
- how does the exhibition direct inquiry and engagement
- what types of knowledge does it produce; by what criteria can an exhibition be evaluated
- how successful is this exhibition as a whole?
Assessment
- Exhibition essay (30%)
- In-depth investigation (30%)
- Creative response (40%).
Intended learning outcomes
- Apply a broad range of analytical, theoretical positions that relate to the exhibition and curatorial intent.
- Interpret and evaluate artworks in relation to a in-depth research question.
- Critically research a topic using relevant data sources.
- Communicate visually and in writing your ideas and the relevant ideas of other relating to historical, curatorial and theoretical material explored in the research and the exhibition.
- Evaluate your own creative arts or discipline-based practice in relationship to a critical contextualised position.
Exhibiting Culture B
Exhibiting culture B extends the engagement in and with the curatorial space, in conjunction with La Trobe University's exclusive partnerships with nationally and internationally renowned institutions as a way to transform learning. Students engage in the experience of a unique, curated exhibition that is contextualised with a range of arts disciplines and creative practices, such as art history, social history, archaeology, philosophy, law, textual studies, education and politics, allows for critical and creative responses.
Attending to the experience of the exhibition is a way to critically question how it is curated; what types of knowledge does it produce; by what criteria can an exhibition be evaluated, and how successful is this exhibition as a whole? This subject consolidates the immersive gallery-based experience with:
- relevant contemporary and historic lectures
- learning involvements and activities that afford a deepening engagement in inquiry
- critical questioning
- responding in ways that evaluate the experience, a theme, a period, an artist, a significant individual, a movement, or something else.
Assessment
- Exhibition essay (30%)
- In-depth investigation (30%)
- Creative response (40%).
Intended learning outcomes
- Apply a broad range of analytical, theoretical positions that relate to the exhibition and curatorial intent.
- Interpret and evaluate artworks in relation to a in-depth research question.
- Critically research a topic using relevant data sources.
- Communicate visually and in writing your ideas and the relevant ideas of other relating to historical, curatorial and theoretical material explored in the research and the exhibition.
- Evaluate your own creative arts or discipline-based practice in relationship to a critical contextualised position.
Subject schedule
Block 1
Time | Session | Location | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
5.00 pm | Welcome and Introduction | Bendigo Art Gallery | Karen Quinlan, Director, Bendigo Art Gallery Director and Professor of Practice, La Trobe Art Institute Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Tansy Curtin, Senior Curator, Collections and Research, Bendigo Art Gallery |
6.30 pm | Break | ||
8.00 pm | Film Screening: My Week with Marilyn | Visual Arts Centre | Dr Felicity Collins, Associate Professor, Creative Arts and English Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing |
Time | Session | Location | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
9.00 am | Curating the Marilyn exhibition | Bendigo Art Gallery | Tansy Curtin, Senior Curator, Collections and Research, Bendigo Art Gallery |
10.30 am | Performing Identities: My Week with Marilyn | Visual Arts Centre | Dr Felicity Collins, Associate Professor, Creative Arts and English |
12.00 pm | Dressing Marilyn | Visual Arts Centre | Nicole Jenkins, Award-winning writer and vintage fashion specialist |
1.00 pm | Break | ||
2.00 pm | Sexuality, Hollywood and the 1950s | Visual Arts Centre | Professor Dennis Altman, Emeritus Professor in Politics |
4.00 pm | Marilyn, Miller and McCarthyism: A public relations and media perspective | Visual Arts Centre | Kevin Brianton, Lecturer in Communications and Media Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing |
5:00 pm | Break | ||
7.30 pm | Film Screening and discussion: Some Like It Hot | Visual Arts Centre | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing |
Time | Session | Location | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
9.00 am | Gallery visit and exhibition tour | Bendigo Art Gallery | Tansy Curtin, Senior Curator, Collections and Research, Bendigo Art Gallery |
10.30 am | Who owns Marilyn? Marilyn's Minders | Visual Arts Centre | Tansy Curtin, Senior Curator, Collections and Research, Bendigo Art Gallery |
12.00 pm | Who owns Marilyn? Privacy, Commodification and the Law | Visual Arts Centre | Dr Francine Rochford, Senior Lecturer in Law |
1.00 pm | Break | ||
2.00 pm | The Lost Child and Her Masks | Visual Arts Centre | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, |
3.30 pm | Seminar | Visual Arts Centre | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Dr Sofia Ahlberg, Lecturer in Creative Arts and English |
5:00 pm | Close |
Block 2
Time | Session | Location | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
5.00 pm | Welcome and Introduction to the Exhibition | Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) | Jacqui Hemsley, Director, MAMA |
6.30 pm | Break | ||
8.00 pm | Film Screening and discussion: The Misfits | TBA | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, |
Time | Session | Location | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
9.00 am | Gallery visit and exhibition tour | MAMA | Bianca Acimovic, Curator, MAMA |
10.30 am | Marilyn: Celebrating an American Icon A Curatorial Perspective | MAMA | Bianca Acimovic, Curator, MAMA |
12.00 pm | From Image to Icon: Marilyn and the Camera | MAMA | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing |
1.00 pm | Break | ||
2.00 pm | Marilyn's place in contemporary art | MAMA | Vince Alessi, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts |
3.30 pm | Seminar | MAMA | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing |
5:00 pm | Break | ||
7.30 pm | Film Screening and discussion: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Regent Cinemas, Albury | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing |
Time | Session | Location | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
9.00 am | Gallery visit and exhibition tour | MAMA | Bianca Acimovic, Curator, MAMA |
10.30 am | Marilyn in a Man's World | MAMA | Dr Edgar Burns, Lecturer in Social Inquiry |
12.00 pm | The Writer and the Actress: the Miller Connection | MAMA | Dr Sofia Ahlberg, Lecturer in Creative Arts and English |
1.00 pm | Break | ||
2.00 pm | Marilyn Monologues: dramatic writing workshop | MAMA | Margaret Hickey, Author, playwright and Associate Lecturer |
4.00 pm | Seminar | MAMA | Dr Sue Gillett, Subject Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Dr Sofia Ahlberg, Lecturer in Creative Arts and English |
5.00 pm | Close |
Accreditation
- La Trobe students are able to undertake this subject as an elective subject.
- General public who register and attend without the assessment component may apply for a certificate of participation which can be used to demonstrate continuing professional development.
Cost and bookings
General public registration
Full program (both Bendigo and Albury weekends): $450
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Bendigo Weekend Only: $250
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Albury Weekend Only: $250
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Members of the general public are invited to register and may attend either one or both weekends.
Current La Trobe University students may take this as Commonwealth-supported elective subject.
Accommodation and transport
Participants from outside Albury or Bendigo will need to arrange accommodation at their own cost. The Albury Wodonga and Bendigo Visitor Centres can assist with booking accommodation to suit your budget.
- Bendigo Visitor Centre: 1800 813 153
- Albury Wodonga Visitor Centre: 1300 252 879.
Transport and parking
Bendigo
By car: Bendigo is a 150 km (2 hour) drive from Melbourne along the Calder Highway. For more information, visit the City of Greater Bendigo page.
By train:V/Line trains run approximately every two hours from Melbourne and daily from Swan Hill and Echuca. The gallery is approximately 15 minutes' walk from the train station. For further information visit V/Line or phone 1800 800 007.
Parking: On and off-street parking is available in the Bendigo CBD. An off-street ticketed car park is available behind Bendigo Art Gallery. Entry is at the junction of View Street and Rowan Street.
For more information on travelling to and around Bendigo, visit our transport central page or www.bendigotourism.com.
Albury
By car: Albury is a 325 km (3.5 hour) drive from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. For more information, visit http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/
By train: V/Line trains run regularly between Melbourne and Albury with a line change in Seymour. The gallery is approximately 15 minutes' walk from the train station. For further information visit V/Line or phone 1800 800 007.
By air: There are daily flights between Melbourne and Albury with Rex. For more information, visit http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/airport
Contact
Subject Coordinator: Dr Sue Gillett
For more information about this subject contact:
Jennifer Uren
Administrator – La Trobe Art Institute
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce
T: +61 3 5444 7969
E: j.uren@latrobe.edu.au