Au Revoir (Adios) - The Front BottomsDuring my internship I did a lot more self reflection than I expected myself to. Through this experience I was able to get a deep scope on different sides of the art realm. I witnessed the logistical side of the museum: Signing loan agreement for artists, putting away artwork, working out exhibitions, and art events. I was also able to witness the more physical portion of the art realm - creating artwork, frustrations with clients work not being up to par, clients backlash, mess ups that caused an inconvenience - but were easy to laugh at.
At the beginning of my internship I was apprehensive. It wasn't my first site choice and it wasn't at all related to my my career choice at the time. But I definitely don't have have any regrets or resentment on having been placed there. From a young age I expressed my interest in art I would draw on whatever I could. As I grew older my notes were splattered with doodles all ranging with different styles and different amounts of detail. I had always been nudged to going down an art related career path- and when I was younger that's what i desired but as I grew I knew that wasn’t where my passion lied. For a long while I felt that if I never took the path of becoming an artist that every painting I had done, all the work I had done to improve, that my internship would be meaningless. I didn't truly have as strong a passion for art as the people I worked with did, so at that moment it felt wrong to be in that environment. Although I do believe that if it weren't for my internship I would have never found my passion for cooking. I had began watching cooking shows since god knows when. I was always interested in taking cooking classes or ending up on master chef (Even if at the time I had no knowledge of how exactly to cook.). I would take any opportunity I could to cook with my dad, who would make the more complex meals in our household. I recall being given a cupcake recipe book as a Christmas present from a relative;I would read that book everyday, even if I wasn't going to put those recipes into action. Now this ramble about cooking does relate to my internship. During my breaks I would constantly be watching cooking videos, I would even find myself talking to my mentor about my favorite things to cook and the steps I would take to make a recipe. My internship was a fun experience. I was able to learn what I didn’t want to pursue, even if it was something I enjoyed. As I did my mentor interview I was struck. I heard Daniela talk about so much passion she had for her work and how much she genuinely enjoyed to come into work everyday. This made me realize that in whatever work field I pursue whether that be culinary, medical, hell even art. I want to make sure Income into work everyday genuinely happy and I want to wake up in the morning not feeling miserable or feeling as my work has no purpose. Don't want to feel as though I have to drag myself out of bed, or live unfulfilling. I want a place where i can be passionate, and i believe that place is in culinary school, in becoming a pastry chef.
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PUPPET - Tyler, The Creator[Artwork by: Alessandra Moctezuma] Internship has been quite the ride. It was truly an enjoyable and beneficial experience, while I did have an extraordinarily fun time, I’m not quite sure as to what impact I had within my work environment. I do think in the teen studios I was good with breaking the ice and chatting it up. And I did do some organization in the area where they kept supplies, so that systems a bit more functional. I guess its just harder for me to really try to identify if I did make an impact.
Although, I do believe one area where I was able to be beneficial to the Athenaeum was through social media. Daniela, my mentor, had stated in the beginning that she would be needing some help with social media as she wasn’t the best with it. So every Tuesday meeting, or whenever Daniela requested some assistance, we would show her something new about Instagram. We showed her what she could do to space out her post more appropriately so she wasn't posting too much or too little. I find it difficult to identify if I’ve had a strong impact on my internship. There are times Daniela will mention she's glad to have us here and such, but I can’t see myself having an impact other than cleaning things up or helping speed up the work progress. I guess what holds me back from seeing if I had made an impact is because I’m just doubtful if I’ve done enough. Constantly throughout internship I was just scared as to whether I had done enough regarding any project I worked on. I hoped I’d have had a strong impact on them but didn’t want to force it. |
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