Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

CONTENT:

1.) I plan on doing several things for my independent component. First, I will continue my work at AMOCA as a photographer and odd jobs person. Then, I also will hope to try to instill a better functioning art show at Ifest. For example, we will have a stage and Easy-Up setup for the art, as well as freestanding wall dividers so there is a more professional feel to it. Also, there will be better advertisement and activities so that more ipoly students will be interested in it.

2.) My project will meet the 30 hour minimum thanks to my diligent work at AMOCA, and any extra hours will be recorded with my work on the I-fest art show.

3.) My independent study component relates to my working EQ (What is most important in curating an art show) because with this component I will get the chance to actually curate Ipoly's own art show. I will use the techniques I have learned in order to make this the best ever Ipoly art event ever. (:

Extra Blog 6

ITS INSTALLATION TIME AT AMOCA (:

Blog 14: Independant Component 1

LITERAL:

a) I, Ivy Jordan, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b) Susan Reed

[sreed@amoca.org]

c) Spreadsheet

d) I have completed helping AMOCA photograph their advertisements for an entire show. This has been a longstanding amount of work that had to be done on a weekly basis, but basically with my efforts attributed to the whole, I can successfully say that I helped significantly with the progression of the next show.

INTERPRETIVE:

a) In my experiences, I have been keeping up with updating my extra blogs as the year goes on to show what goes on during my mentorship. However, I do not save a lot of the photos, but the ones that are up are going to be attributed to the AMOCA website that is under construction right now. I have been taking a lot of the product photos etc. 

Look!

I photographed the bottom picture

^^ 

The newest show.(:

APPLIED:

a) This component (simply volunteering) helped me to understand my topic better because now I have seen what goes into make a show twice all of the way. Speaking and inteacting with the staff really helped me to gain a better understanding of what actually goes on, as well as just watching from the sidelines. Who would have known that making veggie platters and photographing tiny photos would be such a big deal? They actually aren't but they are a big essential for making the bigger things look nice. I learned from Susan how you can market yourself out there (or the museum). She goes to seminars and festivals for art, basically anything she can do to advertise AMOCA better. I learned that in order to have a good turnout and therefore a good show, you need to get out into the world and make sure they know about your event. Its a lot about advertising.

Blog 13: Rough Draft 30

Here it is!

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. What is most important in curating an art show?

2. What are some of the struggles you face when you put an art show together?

3. What is the communication with the artist like?

4. How do you normally get someone to sponsor or contribute to the museum?

5. How do you personally start withbcreating an art show?

6. How do you normally come across different concepts?

7. If circumstances allowed it, what is one big change you would enact for the museum?

8. How do you normally handle customers or artists whom are very high strung?

9. What advice would you give to someone going into the field?

10. What do you think is the most important role within a functional museum?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1.)  I am doing my mentorship at the American Museum of Ceramic Arts.

2.) My contact is Susan Reed. She oversees the advertisement of AMOCA and their day to day activities.

3.) I have a total of 60 Hours and 30 Minutes recorded.

4.) The amount of service that I have done was and is very helpful to the betterment of my project. It helped me to understand how many small jobs go into making a museum run, from seeing how the organizational structure for each piece that is cataloged is made, to applying for grants and using connections and networking like its your best friend. I have seen a lot of things happen in this tiny museum, and it has truly been an exciting experience. I hope to continue learning from my time of being an intern there. 

Extra Blog: 5

AMOCAFEST - OCT 27th

{aka octoberfest}

This is one of the staff, her name is Nicole. I do odd jobs for her a lot. 

He doesn't work here. We just hired them to do traditional German dances like the chicken dance. 

Yes, the food was delicious.