First Thoughts
This
summer, I will start my first educator experience outside the classroom and in
the museum. For the last two years I have been amazed by the theories and
approaches I learned relating to museum education. And now I will try to put
them into action!
My
internship will be at the Greater Denton Arts Council and will be focused on one
specific exhibition, American Brides: Inspiration and Ingenuity, which shows selected
gowns from the Texas Fashion Collection.
It will be a great reason to be at GDAC. I am so excited about this
opportunity, which connects with so many things I love: jewelry and fashion,
museums, hands-on activities for kids, and fancy ladies evenings ;) And who
knows, I may create a new series of jewelry based on this great experience and
exhibition!
I
was given a full freedom - and responsibility - to create two kinds of
programs, one of which is a program for adults, particularly women. This will include a presentation followed by
discussion and a short gallery walk. For
the last three weeks I have been gathering information about wedding jewelry
and traditions in different cultures. I will build a lecture for adult ladies,
which I will present at GDAC. I am so exited for the experience of presenting,
but I am also concerned. I have relatively high levels of stress when talking
in front of people, so it usually sounds like confused mumbling in the first
seconds no matter how prepared I am. I hope this will be the opportunity to
overcome my fear.
The
other program will be hands-on activities for kids and their favorite adults related
to exhibition. The challenging parts will be clearly communicating in English and
trying to understand the kids. I also hope to create balance between the
activities and the gallery visit.
I
am so excited for this experience, and through it I hope to understand better
how things work in the museum. I know that there are advantages and disadvantages
in being in a small institution. I hope to collaborate with another interns to do
my programs. It will help me to really offer variety and it is always good that
to have extra help to bring you the red color you forgot in the storage roomJ
Excellent
summer 2014 to us,
Tamar
Navama
Tamar, you are going to be such a star in this experience. You'll be combining so many of your passions and putting into practice theories that you've already mastered in class... I am delighted for you! I am excited to hear about how your creative and innovative programs will be put into place this summer.
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