Daily post synthesis

OLD: So I made some lables for some photos again. I almost need to do that every day, so annoying.

OLD: Sit down and turned on the computer.

NEW: I delivered some photos with my mentor around the neighborhood. we went together and the weather was so nice.

NEW: I went to an office where they frame the pictures. It was nice and they gave me a free magazine about art, it was interesting.

April 18 Weekly Vocab

1. Word / Phrase:invisible

Meaning: not visible; not perceptible by the eye

Context:Germs are invisible to the eyes.

2. Word / Phrase:trilogy

Meaning:a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.

Context:The artist have her new show named Trilogy and it would divided into three parts.

3. Word / Phrase:decade

Meaning:a period of ten years

Context:The will be a great change to the world after a decade.

4. Word / Phrase:Retrospective

Meaning:directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.

Context: My grandma always tell me about her retrospective life.

5. Word / Phrase:trespass

Meaning:an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied.

Context: You should call the police when someone really trespassing you.

April 17

MY mentor finally came back. But i did not have something new to do though. I made lables again. And my mentor went back to the new gallery at 4pm. I think there would be an oppenning party or something, i don't even know. liam is one of the co-woker. He usually gave me works when Yvonne is not here, but after i was done with the lables, I just sat there and stared at the celling, because he was so busy around to help some customers. Then another new interns came. He introduced himself to me. He was a college student. After that we both stay quiet and wait for liam. when liam finally had freetime, he just asked me to go home, so i did and the day was end.

April 16

My Mentor was not here again. She was so busy for the other space. I don't like that, when she was gone, i don't have so much to do. And because there was another interns there, I feel they don't need me, so I really don't want to stay here doing nothing. Then they made me do the lables for those new photos, which was the job I did not like, because the printer was so far away from my computer, and I need to stuck the lable into the machine in order to print, so I always need to get up and walk back and get up and back again and again, it made me so tired.

April 15

There will be another new silverstein photography open in 3 blocks away from the one that i work in right now. My mentor was there for the whole day. I delivered an art piece from the old gallery to the new one, so i had a chance to see how the new space looked like. It was really kool and bigger. Then i went back and because my mentor was not here and they didn't have much for me to do, they told me to go home. I was so happy, it was only 3:30pm.

Midpoint reflection questions

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?

My internship was different from my expectation because i am actually doing more computer works and work a lot with the art system. At the beginning, i expected to do more with photographs.


What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?

It is very different. My workplace is quiet, peaceful, clear and artistic and everbody look pretty XD and they all speak english. But my school is kind of wild and disorder sometimes.


What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?

I have a good relationship with my mentor and co-workers.


What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?

I don't really have challenges at the internship. But sometimes to work with the art system can be tricky, so i need to pay attention to it.



What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?

I don't know how to handing them that's why i failed the blog. But i'll start to be more organized and set a schedule for myself.



What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?

To make up the missing things of the blog.




What new things have you learned about New York City?

NYC is so lovely.I love NY.

Daily post April 2

I read a book about W. Eugene Smith
he was an American photojournalist and really famous and influenced
I made copies of the intorduction of the book for another exhibition.
The introduction was really long, i got so tired of the copy machine.

Daily post April 1

i don't have internship on Monday so I started the daily post on April 1.
Today i was really chill. This show is almost end and nothing much to do.
I helped the guy called Luis, he's the preparator for the next show,
so i helped him to frame pictures for the next show.
Then there was really nothing much to do.

weekly vocabulary

1. Word / Phrase:Gelatin

Meaning: a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.


Context:

2. Word / Phrase: specialty

Meaning:a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.

Context:

3. Word / Phrase:

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4. Word / Phrase:

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5. Word / Phrase:

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Third Week Assignment

Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently.

Time flies, the third week of internship was already end!! Another week is coming! i need a good rest! :)
Well, as i wrote in the past few entries, I worked with the 'smartbook' program in the Apple computer to make a catalog. So far, I compiled two books already, they all looked fabulous :]
The first book I worked on was for an artist called Roslind Solomon, she just had an exhibiton now until April. The second book was for Barbara Morgan, a photographer that had an exhibition in the gallery two years ago.
To make a catalog was not really hard, but you need to be careful about the details, to make a mistake was really easy and you don't even notice. The first page of the catalog was a press release, which was the information about the book, then the biography about the artist came next. These two things were easy to do, it could always find in the server, i just need to copy and paste. The next thing was to import photos and choose the appropriate layout for each page of the book, it could goes werid, so I usually spent a long time to do it and make sure there were no mistakes. After I drag all the images, the book was almost finish. The last thing to do was the List of Plates, It was a list of information on the back of the book that included the titled, year and sized of each images. Then I can order the book online and done :)
The third week was not a fresh week, as I wrote above, I just made a book and it was the second book i made. I still like it a lot because compare to the first book while my mentor help me with everything, this time i done it all alone and tried to solve problems by myslef first instead of ask my mentor immediately. However, this week was a good week for me but also tired. Hopefully the next week would goes well too:)

Second week Assignment

What did you do during your second week?

I became more busy in the second week. Actually i just did one thing for the whole week,which was to work with their art system to update information for some art pieces, but there were tons of information to updated, i felt dizzy..lol..

How was it different than the first week?

Compare to the first week, i felt less strange and became more familiar for my works.

What is something that you really like about the internship?

Basically, i like everything. Something that was special happen last week was i saw Robert Frank in the gallery. He's a photographer. He published a photographic book called "The Americans"in 1958 and became very famous and influence during that time. I was happy to see him. My internship always give me a good chance to learn more and open a new door to myself.

What is something you dislike about the internship?

Nothing!

Who else's blog have your read and commented on?

Bunch of people:Kate, Nafi,Pablo, Giselle, Juan, Claudia, Arthur, Arma, John,Marina,Syira and Mr. Andrew!

March 4,08

The second week of internship started!!

today, i learned how to make a catalog.

it was fun but really really tired and triky.

The new exhibition was called INSIDE OUT，

It started on March 3 and ends at April,

so the book that i made today was for the artist of this show.

Many people came visited the gallery today even though it was rainy outside.

i worked on the computer for almost 4 hours.

then i finished the whole book at 5:30,

there were totally 120something pages of the book.

I felt good to type " Compiled by Katrina Li" at the end:]

The End of the First Week of Internships

• What is it?

My internship site is Silverstein Photography.

• What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?

It's a photo gallery. Artists come here to hold an exhibition. People can come and visit if they are interest.
Professionals at silverstein photography are doing all different kind of jobs. The director is the person who direct the entire show. The Sales Associate is the person who contact buyer or customer. There are also preparator, registrar, and office manager.

• Where is it?

Silverstein photography is loccated on 535 west 24th street, Manhattan. I take 2 train to get there. First i take the L train from school to 8 Ave and transfer to the C or E train to 23th street.

• Tell a little about your mentor.

My mantor's name is Yvonne. She's the office manager. She's very kind and teach me patiently.

• What happened on the first day?

My mantor taught me different size and format of the photos that are appropriate in their gallery. Each piece of art should has a tag on its back that described the type of the photo and number. So i was helping to made tags for photos in the first day. It was not so easy as what i expect. There was no mistake allow to make, otherwise, I need to do the entire thing again.

• What kinds things have you done so far?

1. made tags for photos.
2. pick up a specialty signs for the show.
3. upload photos to the silverstein photography website.
4. pick up the print and slide for the last show.
5.worked with photoshop to change size and format of photos.

• What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)

I experienced how an artist spent her time and afford to organized his/her show. When i saw all of her art pieces were put up in the gallery, i felt very excite and amzed.

• When do you leave school?

I leave school at around 12:00.

• How long does it take you to get to your internship?

It takes me more that an hour to go there.

• When do you arrive at home?

I usually arrive home at around 6:30. Sometimes 7:00, it depends on the train.

• What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)

I work for 3 days. I have Monday off. But i need to make up hours, so that means i work 4 ~5 hours each day.




At this point, do you have any other questions, comments, concerns, queries, or inquiries?