Before my weekly meeting over at the MIA, I did some last minute research for the protest art collection. When I met with Sheila, she was very excited about the questions that I wrote out, so I felt a huge sigh of relief. We went over a few of the questions to rephrase a few, so they were more direct for the students. We also added a few follow up questions for the students where they would have to find evidence in the artwork to support their opinion. Sheila offered for me to do another set of questions relating to artwork on the theme of Joy and Wonder. I’m very excited to generate questions for that theme relating to the senses and emphasize the playful movement a lot of the artwork collection has. On Wednesday, I was also able to meet with Angela Olson, Studio Program Associate, on creating spring art kits with projects a few teaching artists put together. Angela showed me around where I can find materials and where the printer is located. Along with this, I happily offered to help compile addresses of the participants into a spreadsheet, so it would be easier to print out addresses for shipment. Back at the gallery I work at in my hometown of Wausau, I’ve also helped create art kits for virtual class. It'll be an interesting comparison of how each gallery handles the kits, especially since the MIA is much larger than my hometown gallery. Near the end of the week, I observed a virtual art tour. The tour guide picked art that could be related to a book that the group read. I didn’t catch the title of the book, but the genre was a romantic comedy. The tour guide would pull up a picture and would ask how this work relates to either a theme of the book or to a character. The whole event felt more like a conversation between the tour guide and the members. They’d make jokes about the characters and discuss what they enjoyed about the book.