EXHIBITION
As a curator, I traditionally host about 10 exhibitions a year at our Gallery: five undergraduate/graduate exhibits, two advocacy or juried exhibits, two professional practicing artists and one collections exhibition. I’ve found that this blend of exhibition programming offers a range of experiences for our students and patrons. I also curate ten mini exhibitions that act as a preview of the creative explorations happening in our Visual Arts Department.
TEN MINUTES WITH THE ARTIST
10 minutes with the Artist is an episodic series that examines the visual explorations and professional practice of artists. 10 minutes features short interviews with exhibiting artists where the discussion ranges from the artists’ personal vision to working methods in various media. All episodes are available on YouTube. (CLICK IMAGE FOR LINK)
INTERVENTIONS
Our Gallery creates public interventions to help our interdisciplinary audience grow 
their understanding of concepts and how to view/think/respond to art. These often interactive projects are installed throughout buildings to offer an unexpected opportunity to participate in a creative endeavor. Past interventions have included sharing secrets, your daily mood, personality, travel stories and ideas of censorship.
VIRTUAL REALITY
Since August, 2018, I have curated parallel programming to supplement and contextualize our current exhibitions. These programs offer visitor’s an experience that explores some facet of the subject matter, history or medium. In the first ten weeks we saw a 76% increase in Gallery attendance. Visitors have interacted with the VR not as a game but as a programming opportunity to better understand the artwork in the gallery and the conversations/questions it inspires.
OBJECT BASED LEARNING
For the last year, we have been working to develop OBL curriculums to help teach subjects like Science, Math, English and History. Our goal is to categorize our collection and allow professors from across the University to use these items for teaching, learning and research. I am very interested in active collections and OBL is a great way to affect a large and active community of learners.
ANTHONY FARIS 