Museum Analysis Paper Requirements
All academic papers must include an introduction and a conclusion, and should be well constructed. •Limit your Internet sources. (Use the 2 required readings and themuseumwebsites.
For this Assignment:You will write a paper analyzing (2) arts organizations.
As a class we will visit two arts organizations. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a major arts mainstream institution andthe Japanese American National Museum (JANM), a community-based arts organization or ‘Ethnic Museum’. Your papers will be based on these visits and the (2) related readings that correspond to the types of institutions we visited.
For the paper you will analyze the (2) organizations individually as well as explain how these 2 types of museums differ from one another and analyze their role in the community;
Discuss how they represent multicultural arts in Los Angeles; and how all of that relates to readings and concepts we cover in class. A minimum of 5 pages and cannot exceed 8 pages. purpose of the field trips is to generate evidence from observation, readingsand class discussion (after the field trip) for the Art Organization Analysis paper you will write and submit. As we visit the exhibits in the museum you will have two tasks: 1) analysis of the two museums 2) pick 2 art objects(or artifacts for JANM)to analyze from each institution 3) Discussion of your own experience at each museum1)Analysis of the Museum:You are required to analyze MOCA and JANM. When you write your paper you will be expected to explain the museum using definitions and important information of the museums from the Duncan and Wallach essay, “The Museum of Modern art as a Late Capitalist Ritual” and by Loukaitou-Sideris and Grodach, “Displaying and Celebrating the ‘Other’: A Study of the Mission, Scope, and Roles of Ethnic Museums in LosAngeles”. In addition, make sure to check out the museums’ website, and read their Mission Statements, etc. as part of your Analysis. 2)Analysis of Cultural Artifact and/or Art ObjectYou are required to analyze (2) art/cultural objectsfrom each institution. You will analyze the (2) chosen artworks on display in the exhibits. In the case of MOCA, you should pick out two “works” of art that you want to include as part of your analysisand write about in your paper. When you write your paper on MOCA in particular, you may want to explain the art work you choose and may use the definitions of the artist from the Van Laar and Diepeveen essay, “The Function of Artists in Society” to discuss the artists.This assignment is designed to bring together your experience of reading theoretical texts, attending (2) different types of museums in Los Angeles, and viewing art and consequently analyzing the museums informed by the (2) required essays for this assignment. You need to provide quotations from the texts that demonstrate your understanding and application of the texts to your analysis. You will often need to exhibit some care in explicating a quote. Make sure to always follow up your quotes/citations with discussion, explanations. Situate your citations within a context. You also need to state your own position(ideas on museum, your experience, critical analysis, etc)in your analysis as clearly as possible and provide rational support for your view.•Analyze both Museums we visited-Analytical overview and interpretation.•Use assigned essays to support your paper and discuss key issues addressed in the essays and integrate into your discussion.

Here the websites to the museums
Contemporary Museum
https://www.moca.org/visit/grand-ave
I have no preference for the 2 artifacts
https://www.moca.org/exhibition/selections-from-the-permanent-collection

Ethnic museum
http://www.janm.org
http://www.janm.org/collections/

I have attached some photos from JANM but i can add more too.