Free Friday

Atlanta and Athens for the Win

Friday involved a private tour of the Decorative Arts & Design exhibit at the museum. All interns were led by one of the lead curators throughout the entire High campus. The Deco & Design works are sprawled out and dabble into other collections: folk art, African art, modern/contemporary, and American art. I learned the Deco & Design exhibit is one of the most expansive collections at the museum, as it stretches from dates1640 to the millennium. It's definitely an exhibit that will capture centuries-worth of your attention.

After the tour we all headed to our Lunch and Learn with the Exhibition department. This department does not have an assigned intern; yet, after learning about their duties and roles, many of the interns agreed that we would have loved the opportunity to work with this particular department. Before our lunch we went on a "behind the scenes" tour of the museum. We rode the freight elevator down to the basement and saw where they made custom-built packaging cases, an exhibition design room, along with the backs of galleries, where we learned how the floor plan can mold to each specific exhibit. I enjoyed the design room most. Michael Shapiro, the High's director, prefers to see physical models of the future exhibits. Therefore, I was able to see the potential space for the 2013 Frida & Diego exhibition (the exhibit I have been researching all summer). It was fascinating to see the art works I have been studying hanging up on the musuem's figurative walls, knowing that in six months they will soon be available for all to enjoy.

As all fun and game ended and I headed back to my cubicle for a few more hours. I was able to create another Pinterest board, Paws and Parr's Photo Contest. Martin Parr is a commissioned contemporary photographer in, the current MoMA exhibition, Picturing the South. One of his pictures involves Doguroo – a full-service dog care facility on Northside Drive in Atlanta. To engage with the High's followers on social media, there was a doggie photo contest open to the public. Check out all the cute pooches, including the winner Scout!

After work I headed to the Braves game for fun with friends and the soon-to-be brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Georgia College. To get to Turner Field (and avoid the $20 parking fee of my last trip) I took MARTA for the first time -alone. Having a MARTA station directly across from the High is convenient and saved me time and money. I made it to the field in one piece and met my Little (Hayley), my Great Gran Little (Niki), and another sister Jhadelys, along with 60 other friends from school. Although the Braves didn't pull out a W on Friday against the Washington Nationals, it was nice to be out and socialize with friends.

This past week was extremely busy and I was exhausted after Monday, but had to stick it out until I could sleep in this weekend. After a lazy Saturday afternoon I headed to Athens for some much needed time with my cousin Natasha. Our big plans of hitting the town turned into Margaritas at Fuzzy's and a Kevin Hart stand-up comedy DVD. It was the best decision to stay in. So many laughs and good times could not have been beat by anything downtown could offer.

I am still relaxing and recuperating from my busy week, but I am ready to start back up tomorrow at the High. It has officially been a month since I have been interning, and I have come away with many memories and some new skills and lessons learned.

Hope all had a great weekend!