Internship Goals

I will be interning at the Dallas Museum of Art in their education department. There I will be working with the Family, Access, Schools, and Teachers (FAST) cluster.

For this internship, I hope to gain more experience with access programs. As access for people of all abilities and levels of experience is a priority for institutions like museums, I look forward to working more closely with the planning of these programs. I have learned a bit about the Meaningful Moments program for people with early stage dementia and their care providers, and I hope to observe and help out with that!

Additionally, I would like to evaluate a program and suggest or implement changes based on that evaluation. While I have some experience designing and implementing programs, I have never had the opportunity to reflect on something that is already in place. I know a lot of museums are understaffed or don’t have the resources to evaluate what already exists, so that I will both have to opportunity to learn how to do that and be able to provide that service to the DMA would be great!

I am most excited to learn from the staff in the education department. In my previous experience working with in art education, I have always gotten the most from working closely with people who have been in the field for a while. Being able to pick their brains and watch them at work can sometimes offer learning opportunities that don’t come from reading books or trying things on your own. I have heard really wonderful things about the talents of the people in the DMA education department, and I look forward to seeing the kinds of questions they ask, the ways the facilitate conversations with other departments, and how they approach creating programs and materials.