SPECTRUM ARTWORKS – JES REYES – 5 HOURS
This was my last week of preparation before my teaching session at Spectrum and things are coming together. Final preparations were made, consisting of putting together the materials, making final announcements about the lesson, and then starting to map out where the finished pieces will be displayed in the building. I kept up my discussions with the artists in the studio as well, discussing problems in art and the things that were working. Once again all of their projects are well thought out and moving along very well, so there is a lot of work being done throughout the day. Outside of the studio I’ve continued getting materials to show the artists including visuals of artists works that have used found objects, and various books on the subject of found objects. Jes emailed me saying that there were around 12 people signed up, which was surprising and exciting, so I’m feeling ready for tomorrow!
MIA – CHRIS BOWMAN – 4 HOURS
My time at the MIA this week was spent helping with Sarah, a new teaching artist who I’ve worked with before. I was able to be there for the last lesson of the class that was based around the Hapsburg show at the MIA. I’m finding that with younger kids, there tends to be more technical questions than conceptual questions. Most of the time, they know what they want to do, and they know how they want it to look. I also had a lesson plan that I was to write up, so that added to some more time outside of the internship space.