The project starts with you contacting your partner (mostly email) and arranging an orientation or meeting with your partner. You should attend this meeting aware and knowledgeable about the institution, the mandate, exhibitions currently on view, have reviewed the posting. Some things to consider:
- Research the organization or artist, through the web, in person, the neighborhood, area of the city the gallery is located, people who may be associated to the space, etc.
- While many questions will be answered after the first meeting, it is always good to bring a list of questions to the meeting to be sure all topics of inquiry have been covered.
- If you are in a pair, before your official meeting, meet with your student partner that will also be working at the space with you, and discuss what you have learned in mutual research and share your list of questions.
- Indicate your skills, knowledge, and experience you bring to the project/organization.
- What areas do you hope to develop greater experience in or will need to learn?
- It can be wise to have 3 goals set for what you wish to accomplish in the first meeting.
It would be best if you could attend this meeting as pairs if there are two of you assigned to the position. At this meeting you will hopefully get a good idea of the expectations of your partner, arrangement of hours/schedule more details about the partnership, and a general sense of the person you will be working with. Please take notes and bring in questions that you may have. This meeting may also contain safety demonstrations or other administrative duties and procedures.
*This component of the partnership is required but not graded. If you do not “pass” this component, you will not be able to pass the course.
Contact Due: September 15th (latest) and orientation/first meetings should happen by September 22nd.