Hi everyone! It's crazy to think that Megan and I only have 2 more weeks at The Madi, it has gone by so fast! This week especially has been very interesting. This weekend the new show, Origins in Geometry, will be opening so we got to help out with a bunch of the behind the scenes work for it. One thing that was most exciting was to make the wall labels for all the pieces. This worked perfectly since we had already been working on the wall labels for the museum in general. We also got to see the planning and placement process for the pieces, which was obviously a very exciting experience. Megan and I also ran into a bunch of the artists that were accepted into this show (both from Dallas and as far as Venezuela) which I never would have expected to happen at the beginning of our internship. Getting to work so closely on an exhibit is something I have never had the chance to do, so this was an amazing first experience. I think this was most fulfilling coming from an art history background. I remember when we first started, Megan and I were so overwhelmed with all the art in the museum, but now we can easily look at most of the pieces and be able to talk its history and know who the artists are :)
I am also excited because next week we will be having FOUR workshops, which is the most we have had in a week so far. Since the new show will be up and running, I think this will be a great experience for the classes. An activity I would like to test out is to have the students do The Madi's usual program where they get to make their own work inspired by Madi art, and then have a discussion about how Madi and geometric art is connected. This will involve the classes to go through the show with the pieces they create and then form discussion groups where they can point out similarities and differences in both kinds of art. I believe this will be quite interesting because we have elementary through high school aged groups coming so I am looking forward to the varying discussions the groups will have.
I think this new exhibit and all of the workshops next week will make a great close to our internship :)
I'm glad there's a blend of education and behind the scenes work for your internship at the MADI, that's awesome that y'all will be having so many workshops there on top of helping with the new exhibition. It's great that a new show will be coinciding with it, I'm excited to hear about how the workshops all go!
ReplyDeleteHooray! 4 workshops!! That will really allow for you to hone your skills. I always enjoyed having back to back workshops in museums.... I feel like having them so close together gives you time to figure out what you want to say, how you want to say it, and when. There is such an art to teaching and I think that having multiple opportunities for experimentation is very valuable. And, I really like the extra spin you are putting on things by having students use their art as a point of discussion and connection with other participants and the collection. Like Alex, I look forward to hearing how they go!
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful that you and Megan have been included in so many aspects of museum work! What a valuable experience you are having! Good luck with your workshops, knowing you two, I am positive they will be exciting and engaging for all the participants.
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