Good morning, everyone, I hope this finds you all doing well and rested after our much cooler and a little wet weekend.  This is my last few days of my internship, I'll be finishing up and Wednesday then straight back to class on Monday, back to the studio and teaching!  I've been busy these last few days working on the list that Alli left for me before she left for vacation and I'm pretty much to the end of everything.  I cut out a LOT of felt pieces for an upcoming gallery exercise based on the Fish & Snail children book by Deborah Freedman.  The activity will involve getting the participants to work together to create/alter the narratives that they see in the paintings by manipulating felt/fabric shapes on the floor of the gallery, it should be very interesting and fun!  I also helped to troubleshoot new theme options for the upcoming Viewpoints programming called Weaving Together.  I created 15 wood weaving looms to be used by the participants and was working on the possible best uses of materials and such to keep the activity interesting and exciting for everyone.  I have tried to find something fairly quick and simple, being that there is a limited time to complete the activity and the skill levels vary from person to person.  I researched different techniques, materials and processes and I hope that some of that information will be useful.  The last project I have been working on is a "zine" that will be part of the Money:  The Early Years exhibition.  Classes will collaborate to create a zine (handmade magazine) in which students reflect on their relationships to the works in the exhibition.  There are many ways to create these zines and the students would be limited only by their imagination.  I have never done this before, so it has been very interesting to scan images and text and research various Monet related materials and get creative with the results, I think the outcome will be very interesting.  I've been able to help Marilyn a bit in the Kahn workroom, repurposing some of the foam core materials used in various displays and cutting the pieces down to a more workable size for future projects and such, making room and getting rid of stuff that is no longer useful, I think the workroom will be in great shape very soon!  I also was able to help with the Painting with Picasso children activity this last Saturday and it was great fun, the kids and the parents really enjoyed it and we had some wonderful pieces created. I really enjoyed my internship and it's been a great summer!  I'm looking forward to our next class together and getting my certification finished up after the Fall 2016 semester.  Not much longer now until I'm finished with school then off to begin a new career and life, continue my studio practice and maybe become a small farmer of sorts!  I'll look forward to seeing you all very soon and I hope everyone is well!