Version 4: Poster Session

Your assigned group and poster location will be announced before the session. Check your group so you know whether you will present or visit first.

Complete the steps below in order.

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Step 1: Check your session schedule

Part	Duration	Group A	Group B
Arrival and setup	5 minutes before class	Install posters	Prepare to begin visiting
Part 1	1 hour	Present posters	Visit posters and complete the engagement form
Break and changeover	10 minutes	Remove posters	Install posters
Part 2	1 hour	Visit posters and complete the engagement form	Present posters

Group A: Arrive with your poster ready to install so presentations can begin when class starts.

Group B: Bring your poster with you, but wait until the 10-minute changeover to install it.

Before moving on: Confirm whether you are in Group A or Group B, where your poster will be located, and whether you are presenting or visiting first.

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Step 2: Set up your poster

When it is your group’s turn to present:

1. Go to your assigned poster location.
2. Use only the installation materials provided in class.
3. Install your poster in the assigned location.
4. Check that the poster is secure and can be viewed clearly.
5. Keep doorways, screens, signs, other posters, and classroom equipment clear.

During the 10-minute changeover:

• Group A removes its posters.
• Group B installs its posters.
• Return unused installation materials.
• Keep the installation area clear for the next group.

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Step 3: Remove your poster

At the end of your presentation period:

1. Carefully remove your poster.
2. Remove the installation materials.
3. Place your poster on the required table.
4. Return unused installation materials.
5. Leave the area clear for the next group.

Before moving on: Make sure your poster and installation materials have been removed and placed in the required locations before beginning your visiting period.

During this stage, you will complete both roles at different times:

• Presenting: Stay with your pair’s poster and discuss your research with visitors.
• Visiting: Visit posters presented by the other group, participate in conversations, and collect information for your engagement form.

Your first role depends on whether you are assigned to Group A or Group B. After the break and poster changeover, the groups will switch roles.

Follow the instructions for the role you are completing during each part of the session.

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Step 1: Present your pair’s research

Both partners are responsible for helping visitors understand the project. You may divide the conversation in a way that works for your pair and use brief presentation notes.

Be prepared to discuss:

• why you selected the artist or collective;
• your main research question and thesis;
• the two critical connections guiding the profile;
• how the selected artworks support, develop, or complicate your argument;
• how the course readings and other sources shaped your interpretation;
• your preliminary research-creation proposal; and
• an artistic strategy, medium, technology, method, or question you may explore further.

This is a conversation, not a memorized formal presentation.

When a visitor arrives:

1. Give a brief introduction to the project.
2. Use the poster’s images and sections to guide the conversation.
3. Explain the most important research connections rather than reading the poster aloud.
4. Respond to questions from visitors.
5. Ask or invite questions that can extend the discussion.

You may use notes, point to information on the poster, or refer visitors to specific text and images as you explain your research.

Before changing roles: Both partners should have contributed to communicating the project and responding to visitors in an accessible way that works for the pair.

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Step 2: Visit and discuss other posters

During your visiting period, move through the poster session and engage with the presenting pairs.

As you visit:

1. Look at the poster before or while listening to the presenters.
2. Listen to or review the pair’s explanation of their project.
3. Ask a relevant question or discuss an idea from the project.
4. Record useful information for your individual Poster Session Engagement Form.
5. Move to another poster when the conversation is complete.

Visit different pairs rather than remaining with one poster or only speaking with people you already know.

You are expected to continue engaging with posters throughout your visiting period, even after you have collected the four examples required for your engagement form.

Use discussion prompts when needed

You do not need to ask every question below. Use them when they help you begin or extend a conversation.

• What interested your pair most about this artist or collective?
• Which connection between the readings and artworks became most important?
• Did the research change how you understood either artwork?
• What tension or unresolved question remains in your analysis?
• Which part of the artist’s approach influenced the research-creation proposal?
• What new medium, technology, method, or skill might the proposal require?
• What ethical or representational questions would need to be considered if the idea were developed?

Before moving on: Make sure you have engaged with multiple presenting pairs and have enough specific information to complete your individual engagement form.

The Poster Session Engagement Form is an individual submission. Complete your own form using information you gathered while visiting and discussing the posters.

Complete the steps below in order.

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Step 1: Record what you learned from 4 posters

Complete entries for four posters presented by different pairs.

For each poster, record:

• the artist or collective’s name;
• 1–2 specific ideas you learned from the poster or conversation; and
• a theme, medium, strategy, technology, method, or approach that stood out to you.

Write your responses in your own words.

Avoid general comments such as “It was interesting” or “I liked the artwork.” Identify what you learned or what specifically caught your attention.

You are expected to engage with more than four posters during your visiting period. The four entries are the posters you will document in more detail on the form.

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Step 2: Identify a possible connection to Project 2

Review the posters you visited and identify one artist or collective that stood out to you.

Briefly explain:

• what specifically interested you about the artist, artwork, method, or research direction; and
• how you might extend or make distinct the pair’s preliminary research-creation direction through a different theme, medium, technology, method, audience, or context.

Your response should identify a possible direction rather than copy the presenting pair’s proposal.

This response is preliminary. It does not commit you to a final Project 2 direction.

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Step 3: Review and submit your form

Before submitting, confirm:

• I included my full name.
• I completed entries for 4 posters presented by different pairs.
• I recorded specific ideas I learned rather than only general comments.
• I identified a theme, medium, strategy, technology, method, or approach for each entry.
• I completed the connection to Project 2.
• I wrote my responses in my own words.
• I checked that my responses are readable and complete.

Submit your completed Poster Session Engagement Form at the end of class.

End of Stage 3: You should have one completed individual Poster Session Engagement Form ready to submit.