Well, after much searching, I have managed to secure my internship placement!
I will be assisting a Museum Advisor to a regional council for the proposed development of a new regional museum. My supervisor discussed the project in detail with me earlier in the week and it sounds like it will be an exciting project, which will entail direct contact and engagement with the local community and surrounding towns and regional centres.
I am looking forward to starting this project and I think I will learn a lot from the experience, including dealing with regional councils, communities, and writing official proposals.
I am due to start in a couple of weeks, but I already have some reading to do in relation to the project to bring me up to speed with what my supervisor has been working on thus far. This project is so different to a traditional museum internship, which I had initially intended to undertake. For the purpose of this component of the Art Administration degree, I think it will be a really great learning curve; working on something that will eventuate in something so beneficial for a regional NSW community will I think be a really rewarding experience.
