The 平特五不中 College Museum of Art has received the 2011 鈥淥utstanding Exhibition in a University Museum Award鈥 from the Association of Art Museum Curators, for its year-long three-part exhibition 鈥淚t Happened at 平特五不中 College: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973.鈥 The award was presented at the national organization鈥檚 annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts this week. This marks the first time the 平特五不中 College Museum of Art has been honored by the AAMC.
The AAMC gives Awards for Excellence in the categories of exhibitions museum catalogues. The four other exhibitions category winners were: Outstanding Monographic or Retrospective Exhibition - 鈥淎lexander McQueen: Savage Beauty鈥 at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Outstanding Thematic Exhibition 鈥 鈥淭he Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde鈥 at SFMOMA; Outstanding Permanent Collection New Installation (or Re-installation) 鈥 鈥淎rtist鈥檚 Eye, Artist鈥檚 Hand: American Indian Art Gallery Reinstallation鈥 at the Denver Art Museum. Awards are determined by the organization鈥檚 membership.
"Each year the awards become more and more competitive as the nomination pool grows,鈥 says Sally Block, Executive Director of the Association of Art Museum Curators, "As the only awards where curators honor their fellow curators, we are proud of the substantial achievements of the profession and are especially pleased to honor this year鈥檚 winners.鈥
鈥淚t Happened at 平特五不中鈥 was part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980, a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California. Together, the exhibitions and events told the story of the birth of the Los Angeles art scene and how it became a major force in the art world.