Internship Week One

I have finally begun my last semester of school, and with it, basically the internship of my dreams. I know, I know, quite the statement. the fact of the matter is, the organizations that I am working with are places that I have wanted to volunteer for anyway. The people are also amazing to work with, and I feel as if I will be able to really learn from them. I also feel as if I am going to get a huge amount of real world experience. I've learned never to work for free, and I really feel as if this internship is going to be immensely rewarding even without considering the school credit I am receiving from it.

I am technically interning with Suzette Boulais at ArtsPartners, although I am being shared with a couple of other organizations as well. ArtsPartners is a local organization dedicated to getting the word out about the different artistic programs in the area. a lot of their work revolved around simply partnering with an array of organizations and getting the word out as much as possible. They are funded through city money, and have to account for every cent they spend. Actually since their goal is to lift up the local art community, my getting to work with the Art Guild is one of their “services”. As Suzette put it, they have plenty of work for me to do in my 100 hours of internship work but they want to make sure that the free intern is shared with other groups who might need me more.

The Art Guild is also going to be pretty sweet I think. Not only do I get a chance to see the different exhibits, but I have already designed a few different advertising pieces for them, and will continue to do so. Although it’s not really the way I have worked in the past, I like getting thrown into something and expected to just sink or swim, and churn out something that is better than just useable. So far they seem to like the work I have done for them, and I really hope that I can get better through my time there. I also really hope that I can learn how to work in a smaller office, where design is maybe only a part of what I do every day. I do know one thing for certain though, this is going to be one interesting ride.