It has been a few weeks into my internship and everything
has been very enjoyable. For the most part, my experience has been stress-free.
Probably the biggest obstacle at first was learning people’s names and where
they sit in the gallery. After
delivering mail and running errands for people I have become familiar with
mostly everyone I work with. I have learned that it is important to speak up if
I have a question or need clarification rather than being shy and not
understanding. Oftentimes people assume you know how to do something when may
not. For instance, I was asked to find
an artist’s CV, not knowing it stood for Curriculum Vitae (an overview of an
artist’s professional history and achievement). Don’t be intimidated to ask for
help!
Sometimes, the workload is light and I am not asked anything to
do. Rather than waiting for someone to give you something to work on, I have
learned to go around asking people if there is anything they need help with. One
project of mine was to update the exhibition histories in alphabetical and
chronological order, and by gallery location. At first, this seemed
overwhelming but as I figured out an approach to organizing the hundreds of
shows it actually became quite fun and interesting. I was able to really study
up on the history of the gallery as well as it’s artists. Through such
obstacles, I have had the opportunity to learn and do so much more with my time
at my internship.
Feedback from one of my employers: “You take the initiative to do projects and also to do
projects that are not even given to you (i.e. organizing the storage closet
without us having to ask!) You are super enjoyable to be around.
You're enthusiastic to help and learn. You're always researching
art when there is downtime. You even stayed late for the Akris event AND
came in to work on a day when you did not have to be here.” I am flattered and equally happy to be here.
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