POST 1
With many hours, kilometres, and tolls ahead of me I began my internship in education and public programs with a dynamic council funded arts centre in the deep west of Sydney - or is it still Sydney? This was not my first choice for internships, but after the interview I could see the valuable contribution these programs can have on the local communities and how they support the delivery of curitorial content. The education manager did say where possible she would lend me to the curators.
Day one just happened to be in school holidays and a piñata workshop was underway in the art studio for under 10’s. The facilitator was desperate for some help, so after being given coffee I ‘got down and dirty’ with the kids and glue! This was all fine and normal for me, being a material hands on ‘kind-a-gal’.
At lunch I ran into a fellow Arts Administration student who was part of the installation team at this arts centre. After lunch I was given a desk with computer in the open office area, and asked to do some research on a short list of artists that may be invited to exhibit in possible up coming collaborative exhibition with the local football clubs. This was my first taste of how diverse the local communities are, I was looking at artists names that were Sudanese, Lebanese, Vietnamese as well as local indigenous. Alas this project never went ahead, which I found out later often happens. The research doesn’t all get trashed, it was often adapted or transformed primarily to fit the budget!
Day 2 I spent helping with registration, that is delivery of artworks for the centre’s annual Art Prize, and collection of art works from the previous exhibition.
Day 3 got hot with handling art works, and helping the curator with placement of the very diverse works in style, skill level and size.
Day 4 was back to research, this time for their bi-centenary exhibitions and celebration.
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