290 Hours Down and 30 to go!

As the title of this post suggests, I have completed 290 hours of my internship and have only 30 more to go in the next week and a half. I have been obsessively updating my Slimtimer account (my online time sheet) at the end of every day. Its my Carolina Countdown. I really do love my internship, I couldn't have imagined anything better for my summer. I feel much more competent as a printmaker and I learned about all of the administrative work that goes into running a studio. Plus, I get to work with an awesome group of people who are really dedicated artists who feel tons of ownership for the shop.

Last night we had our July meeting, the only one we are having this month because so many people are on vacation, including the shop manager, so I got to run it. Needless to say it was laid back. We went to the bar across the street and discussed scheduling and scoop coater etiquette over Abitas. We got a lot accomplished. For one, we made a new policy that leaving burned screens in the shop over night will henceforth be a privilege for monitors only. We discussed the need for everyone to pay monthly dues in a timely manner so that we can order materials. Our new monitor, Maureen, offered to create a chart to keep track of who pays monthly dues where each payment is earns the monitor a gold star sticker. Some things work at any age.

For the next week, I will be working to make sure that the monitors have everything they need until Meg gets back August 5th. This includes prep for Teen Screen, the week long summer printing intensive for teenagers which is completely full with ten students. I'm stoked the class is full, because this summer will pave the way for teen programming for the rest of the year. My other project is photographing all of the projects I've been working on the last few weeks and uploading photos to the blog!