This week was mostly preparation for the 826 MSP event that will be starting next week. Sheila organized a prep meeting with some of the volunteers that I was invited to. We went over step by step instructions on what will happen for the event. At one point, we did a practice run at the MIA, where one of the volunteers led us up to one of the artworks where we ideated character traits based on the artwork. The facilitator had a sheet they read through asking the students, us, what special traits this character has, the character’s motivation, if they were the antagonist or protagonist, etc. I kept my ears peeled for transitions and how the facilitator responded to the student's remarks. There will be four different groups coming in the next month. I’m very excited that while the students create their stories, I will be able to illustrate three of their stories and facilitate the character ideation with the students for the last session. Throughout the rest of the meeting and on Saturday, I did some practice runs of quickly illustrating covers and sketching the artwork the characters will be based on. Meanwhile, I haven’t been able to discuss with Krista on revisions to my first lesson plan or a lesson plan for family day. However, on Saturday, I took some time to organize some lesson plans for some art camps I will be teaching over the summer. I’m teaching four week long art camps. While I was ideating for projects, I was surprised at how much my teaching artist minor has helped me ideate. While I was planning, I considered the process of creating artwork a lot more than I did for project planning prior to this class. For example, I’m thinking how I can get the students to do natural dying for a project or take the students for a walk around the town to ideate ideas for architectural design for a project.