Erin Mitchells Internship Summer 2012 701 Center for
Contemporary Art Slide 2 Quick Facts May-July 2012 135 hours
Location: 701 Whaley St. Suite 212 Columbia, SC 29201 Earned
Academic Credit Slide 3 Responsibilities and Experience Monitored
the gallery during open hours, tracking visitors, answering
questions about exhibitions, and directing callers and building
visitors to appropriate information. Updated mailing lists for both
701 CCA members and other interested parties. Assisted with exhibit
de-installation for exhibiting artists. Prepared gallery for
installation of new exhibits. Slide 4 Responsibilities Cont.
Archived print materials for record-keeping purposes. Assisted with
setup and cleanup for artist receptions. Assisted with summer youth
workshops for children and teens ages 6-17. Signed students in and
out each day, assisted students with artistic processes, and other
tasks as needed. Updated 701 CCA's Facebook page about upcoming
events, exhibits at other art venues, and any new information.
Slide 5 Summer Youth Workshop Images Slide 6 Working on a class
mural during the Drawing Workshop Slide 7 Other students working on
the mural Slide 8 Detail from the finished mural Slide 9 Students
self portrait drawings Slide 10 Students at work on their
self-portraits Slide 11 Students looking at the John Acorn show on
display in June (All artwork shown is copyright John Acorn). Slide
12 More from viewing the John Acorn Show Slide 13 Students
personalized the portfolios they took their drawings home in. Slide
14 As you can see, these kids had a lot of fun! Slide 15 Students
at the Recycled Materials workshop, who transformed trash and
disposable materials into robots, fantasy inventions, and
cuttlefish.
