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.
Wow Em! That looks incredible. That will give you such a diverse scope of the arts and community. Is it directly through the council or another agent?
ReplyDeleteHey Liz, I think I just replied but I must have accidentally deleted it... oops! (Still getting used to the world of blogging!) To answer your question, I obtained the internship through a COFA lecturer and she is the main point of contact with the council for this project. It will be largely research, reporting and writing based, but will also entail becoming involved with people from the community including local arts workers. I'm looking forward to getting started!
DeleteGood Luck, Emily! :)
ReplyDeleteIt’s so cool to become a museum advisor. Where is the regional museum? I think you can manage well. Good luck!
ReplyDeletevivian
Congratulations - sounds a great opportunity. I think I was very briefly involved with the same project awhile back when still in planning stages, glad to hear you get some of the community engagement side as I think this makes planning heaps easier (and better) and gives you something tangible and exciting to envisage
ReplyDeleteYou've got best of both worlds - really looking forward to hearing how it progresses