POST 3.
Mid December, about half way through my internship, the Education Manager said that she had no work for me until the new director approved the next season of programs. It was suggested that I call mid January to see if there was any ongoing projects for me to work on. I was not feeling very confident about the change of direction of the centre and that the new director may not want me back. Concerned as I was, I started looking at other options for an internship. Pre Christmas was not the best time to be calling centres about internship placements so I waited.
“Yes, come back, its all go!” I arrived back on 21st January to find that most of the projects I had been researching had be cancelled, even the Easter Festival I had created. That really disappointed the education manager, she loved it, but she was told that the word ‘Easter’ was not to be used as it was exclusive.
The main reason for cuts to programs was due to the centre running over budget for the past 6 months without a director. We did move forward with some of the workshops that had been discussed, but without the coordinating exhibition.
Second day back into my internship in January, my memories of mail out deadlines working in commercial galleries when everyone instantly drops whatever they are doing and folds and stuffs and labels and counts, icame flooding back. Its exactly the same in a large government organization… another day passes!
Kathie when is Mil-Pra? Are you having a hand in it?
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