Last Week at the Carter

So it has finally come to an end.
Friday will be my last day at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. It was a great experience. I feel I learned so much. It hard to imagine that come next week I will no longer be a fellow there. Everyone was so supportive and gave me the room to share my ideas.  The experience really helped me decide what I want to do in the future. I found a love for community programs and I hope in my future endeavors I can continue designing/assisting with programs in the future. The Amon Carter was a wonderful place to work and any UNT student would be lucky to get the chance to work there. It's kind of strange since many of the people I first met there have left and there is a new staff. This week I only have one more program to help with. It is an afterschool program at an elementary school. The kids were a blast. I am a little sad this is the last one I will be helping with because I had finally earned their trust. It is strange how much working with K-12 students is built on trust. I do not think you can effectively teach someone until they trust you and it took weeks for the kids to become comfortable with me. I finally got the student who refused to do anything we asked to listen to us. He is a nice kid, but he did not like us.

Besides helping with that final program, I do not have much to do this week. I do need to clean up my desk it is covered with supplies leftover from programs and art that participants have given me. Friday is not only my last day at the museum but also the day I graduate. I will be leaving two places this week. I am looking forward to the future.