Internship Week 2

So far I really feel as if I am in the right place with this internship. I really feel as if I am doing something that I would do with or without the added benefit of earning college credit anyway.

I finally got to meet Suzette Boulais in person, and she is a really amazing woman. She really believes in what she is doing with Arts partners, and it shows just by talking to her. In our meeting Monday she really went over again what ArtsPartners is about, and really drove home that fact that helping and pulling together the overall arts scene is the main point. Really, this is why she wanted to let me work with the Art Guild as well. She told me that they have enough work for me just with ArtsPartners ( and I whole heartedly believe her), but that since their goal was to aid the local arts community and arts based organizations, she felt that sharing me was more in line with ArtsPartners as an organization.

I also got a lot of information on different projects that I am going to be working on for ArtsPartners, and about a million samples. I think the projects that I am most excited about are the 2011 Annual Report and the 2011 Educators Guide. They are both multiple page publications, and I have been given basically free reign, with the understanding that I need to provide a couple of options for Suzette to choose form. I am so excited about these projects in fact, that I have already volunteered my continued support via volunteer hours in order to AT LEAST finish the annual report.

Things seem to be going well with the Art Guild; I was able to finish the ad project I was working on in plenty of time to get printed. Of course this week I had a very important job interview on Wednesday, so I was only able to be in the office for one day, but they were very nice about my interview, and very supportive as well. Other than finishing that ad project, I was asked by jenny to work on basically a type setting project that I was unfortunately unable to actually finish. She didn’t have the copy for me when I was in the office, and wouldn’t until later in the week. She also needed it to be finished by Friday at noon, and with my interview, a long planned trip to Chicago, and my graduation ceremony on Friday; I just didn’t have enough time to work on that project. I do have to say that she was very nice about it however.

All in all, everything seems to be going really well, and I’m really looking forward to the rest of the semester. I really look forward to seeing what new projects the Art Guild comes up with for me to do. I also really can’t wait to get started on the projects for ArtsPartners.