curates
Organizes for display
Curates is the verb form of curate, meaning to select, organize, and present items with care and expertise.
Originally applied to museum collections and art exhibitions, the word now extends to any thoughtful selection: a curated playlist, curated content, a curated wardrobe.
The term has become fashionable, sometimes mockingly so, for activities that amount to mere choosing: She curates her Instagram feed obsessively.
Selects from alternatives
- handpicksChooses deliberately, one by one
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- screensDisplays or filters
- cullsSelective removals
identifies · highlights · prioritizes · vets · assembles · organizes · arranges · compiles
Displays for viewing
- collectionsGathered groups of items
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
docent · cataloging · conservator · display · installation · interpretation · restoration · patrons
Space for displaying artwork
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- paintingsPictures made with pigment
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- installationProcess of putting in
canvas · modernism · impressionism · abstract · expressionism · avant-garde · cubism · vernissage
Local church community
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
- vicarageClergy residence
- rectoryClergy dwelling near church
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
flock · pastoral · ecclesiastical · diocese · appointment · incumbency · living
chooses
Selects from alternatives
- handpicksChooses deliberately, one by one
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- screensDisplays or filters
culls · identifies · highlights · prioritizes · vets · assembles · organizes · arranges · compiles · edits
exhibits
Displays for viewing
- collectionsGathered groups of items
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
antiquities · docent · cataloging · conservator · display · installation · interpretation · restoration · patrons · archaeology
gallery
Space for displaying artwork
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- paintingsPictures made with pigment
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
installation · canvas · modernism · impressionism · abstract · expressionism · avant-garde · cubism · vernissage · aesthetics
parish
Local church community
congregation · flock · pastoral · ecclesiastical · diocese · appointment · incumbency · living
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, parish
- Anglican Politydioceses, parishes, synods, archbishops, bishops
curateshoards
Hidden valuable caches
dumps · clutters · stockpiles · piles up · amasses
curatesscatters
Distributes irregularly about
disorganizes · jumbles · disperses · randomizes · muddles
- museum curatorCaretaker of institutional collections
- curated playlistsDeliberately chosen song sequences
- art curatorManager of displayed collections
- curated collectionsPurposefully assembled groupings
- curated listDeliberately assembled selection
- playlist curatorOne who assembles song collections