All the best,
Shanjun
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Farewell day
All the best,
Shanjun
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Do small things with a heart that's full of gratitude and joy ∩▽∩
Before starting the internship, I was being worried a lot. Even I was a little frightened. I encouraged myself so many times to knock the door of that institution on the first day. Since English is my second language, I really wondered what kind of tasks I would be given. Certainly, all the tasks the supervisor gave me were small and even sound boring(if you go through all of my posts, you can know what I did),but I would like to say that I was doing every task with a full heart. The reasons are simple: above all, I love working for art, and secondly, I am always gratitude for ** giving me this intern opportunity and valued it deeply.
I am a stubborn person - If I were indifferent to something, even if I was paid a large amount of money to do it, I would not finish it well. Last year, during my first intern at a photo shop in China, the boss had asked me to be a cashier. Unfortunately, I hate counting money and indeed I had once forgotten to charge a customer 15 RMB. On the contrary, this time was completely different; I felt like a fish in water ^ ^ I enjoyed doing any small thing that the curator and registrar gave to me. Some tasks, such as filing and reformatting CV, sound very tedious,especially for the other staff who has been working here for a long time. However, all of these things were utterly fresh to me. I always think it is essential to do these "trifles" well if I want to develop my career within this field. If I failed to do these small things, how could I finish more challenging things in the future? I never despited the routines, such as checking daily artist's mail by EMU. In the beginning,I didn't do it until the curator put the box in front of me, but after a few days later, I got a habit of checking the box everyday through EMU when the curator hadn't been arrived, and put every mail in the corresponding file. I knew that the curator was very busy and mail filing was a tedious load for her, but I would like to help and practice to be organised myself. Also, through frequently checking the file, I have acquired a lot of excellent information about Australian contemporary artists.
It is not because the language, I prefer "say less, do more", but I was not shy to chat with other staff and they are very friendly and polite. I am grateful to them all.
I had to get up very early to go to work on Mon and Tue, but I was full of joy and enthusiasm, because many things I am interested in were waiting for me to finish.
I probably wouldn't write any more until next week (the last day of my intern),and maybe one more post left. Hope everyone enjoy reading my experiences which would be my beautiful memories of studying abroad Y(^_^)Y
I am a stubborn person - If I were indifferent to something, even if I was paid a large amount of money to do it, I would not finish it well. Last year, during my first intern at a photo shop in China, the boss had asked me to be a cashier. Unfortunately, I hate counting money and indeed I had once forgotten to charge a customer 15 RMB. On the contrary, this time was completely different; I felt like a fish in water ^ ^ I enjoyed doing any small thing that the curator and registrar gave to me. Some tasks, such as filing and reformatting CV, sound very tedious,especially for the other staff who has been working here for a long time. However, all of these things were utterly fresh to me. I always think it is essential to do these "trifles" well if I want to develop my career within this field. If I failed to do these small things, how could I finish more challenging things in the future? I never despited the routines, such as checking daily artist's mail by EMU. In the beginning,I didn't do it until the curator put the box in front of me, but after a few days later, I got a habit of checking the box everyday through EMU when the curator hadn't been arrived, and put every mail in the corresponding file. I knew that the curator was very busy and mail filing was a tedious load for her, but I would like to help and practice to be organised myself. Also, through frequently checking the file, I have acquired a lot of excellent information about Australian contemporary artists.
It is not because the language, I prefer "say less, do more", but I was not shy to chat with other staff and they are very friendly and polite. I am grateful to them all.
I had to get up very early to go to work on Mon and Tue, but I was full of joy and enthusiasm, because many things I am interested in were waiting for me to finish.
I probably wouldn't write any more until next week (the last day of my intern),and maybe one more post left. Hope everyone enjoy reading my experiences which would be my beautiful memories of studying abroad Y(^_^)Y
I will miss you ( to my intern teacher- the registrar )
I don't know how to say farewell to you next week. It is really not enough to say a "thank you", if I did this, I would hate myself. All the goods will come to the end, and I still cannot accept that after next week I cannot see you anymore...Whilst my supervisor - the curator wants me to do things for her, you teach me as a true teacher who cares about me, so I would hate myself more if I were ungrateful for all your help.
When I saw you on the first day of my intern, I thought you were a little unapproachable, but this impression turned out to be a mistake when I assisted you in accessing a "stegosaurus". You has got a mild temper and infinite patience. I was very curious about why the label of every part of "stegosaurus" should be inside the small grooves. You told me that this was for avoiding the exposure of the label after the "stegosaurus" was constructed. You taught me how to correctly label an object with different materials and gave me a very useful handout - a simple guide to labelling museum objects. When working and communicating with you, I felt the time passed too soon...%>_<%
When we packed and unpacked the artworks, you introduced a lot of packing materials I heard from the textbook but didn't see before. You taught me to open the package always from the back and also told me how to stack artworks (face to face, back to back). I was a little shy to talk too much but you wanted me to remember the importance of communication during moving an artwork.
I would never find the charm of registration if I didn't meet you. The four steps of accessioning you taught me: inscription recording, measuring, describing and condition reporting made me love this work from the bottom of my heart. I am a person who loves to be organised and pursue perfection and through accessioning I found my talent for doing this well. Unfortunately, I was afraid of measuring things, and when you first time asked me to measure the width of a painting, I made a funny mistake, but from then on, I got more and more confidence to measure artworks of different sizes and never be fear of measuring anymore, and yes I did very well. But I think the hardest thing for me was to describe an artwork in a limited time. Thank you for leading me to practice this so many times and I made a big progress, but Sorry, as I am not a native speaker, I often experienced difficulty in finding a right word: I didn't know what the English name of the animal in picture was. Do you know? My favourite course is conservation, and I had tried to keep the glossary in mind, but I didn't get chance to use them in practice until you taught me how to check the condition with a torch. From the practice, I indeed found the limitation in my previous knowledge, but more important, I have known what a real "accretion" or an "abrasion" looks like. I made an obvious progress in reporting the condition and would never forget the method for doing it properly.
Working with you is the time I've always looked forward to, and now I still expect to help you next week. Almost every week you came upstairs and called me: "hi, Shanjun, how's going, do you have time to help me do some accessioning?" Sometimes, while searching some files, I couldn't help myself looking through the window and quietly saw you being busy downstairs #^_^# . You were always patient with me, but I've always feel really guilty at showing a very negative attitude one day before the Easter. On that day, you showed me how to handle a very large and unframed work, after that you told me to describe that aboriginal painting, but I said I wasn't in a good mood and didn't want to do it. Until now, I still feel very sorry about my grumpiness; I should't make you disappointed, although I indeed felt awful that day ╯﹏╰. On Monday in the following week, I went to work with a much better mentality, but I was heard of you had been sick for a whole week. I put a picture on your table I drew for you on Sunday and hoped when you saw it you would get better. That Monday I worked very hard with pretty enthusiasm. And I was very happy that you said the picture drown by me was very nice and cute ~@^_^@~
I really love the book you recommended: Museum Registration Methods 5th; I will read it carefully, because Ive become so fascinated with registration now ^ ^
I love speaking with you and watching the way you work, from which I gain so much more than the words can describe. I'll note everything you taught me down, keep them in mind, and bring to my country. I had a wish that one day I could become a good registrar, just like you =^_^=
Thank you and wish God bless you. Sorry that I don't want you to see this post; sometimes it is better to for you to know nothing.
I miss you. Hope one day I can see you again, and talk about registration again or talk about something else...When writing here, I am in tears.
When I saw you on the first day of my intern, I thought you were a little unapproachable, but this impression turned out to be a mistake when I assisted you in accessing a "stegosaurus". You has got a mild temper and infinite patience. I was very curious about why the label of every part of "stegosaurus" should be inside the small grooves. You told me that this was for avoiding the exposure of the label after the "stegosaurus" was constructed. You taught me how to correctly label an object with different materials and gave me a very useful handout - a simple guide to labelling museum objects. When working and communicating with you, I felt the time passed too soon...%>_<%
When we packed and unpacked the artworks, you introduced a lot of packing materials I heard from the textbook but didn't see before. You taught me to open the package always from the back and also told me how to stack artworks (face to face, back to back). I was a little shy to talk too much but you wanted me to remember the importance of communication during moving an artwork.
I would never find the charm of registration if I didn't meet you. The four steps of accessioning you taught me: inscription recording, measuring, describing and condition reporting made me love this work from the bottom of my heart. I am a person who loves to be organised and pursue perfection and through accessioning I found my talent for doing this well. Unfortunately, I was afraid of measuring things, and when you first time asked me to measure the width of a painting, I made a funny mistake, but from then on, I got more and more confidence to measure artworks of different sizes and never be fear of measuring anymore, and yes I did very well. But I think the hardest thing for me was to describe an artwork in a limited time. Thank you for leading me to practice this so many times and I made a big progress, but Sorry, as I am not a native speaker, I often experienced difficulty in finding a right word: I didn't know what the English name of the animal in picture was. Do you know? My favourite course is conservation, and I had tried to keep the glossary in mind, but I didn't get chance to use them in practice until you taught me how to check the condition with a torch. From the practice, I indeed found the limitation in my previous knowledge, but more important, I have known what a real "accretion" or an "abrasion" looks like. I made an obvious progress in reporting the condition and would never forget the method for doing it properly.
Working with you is the time I've always looked forward to, and now I still expect to help you next week. Almost every week you came upstairs and called me: "hi, Shanjun, how's going, do you have time to help me do some accessioning?" Sometimes, while searching some files, I couldn't help myself looking through the window and quietly saw you being busy downstairs #^_^# . You were always patient with me, but I've always feel really guilty at showing a very negative attitude one day before the Easter. On that day, you showed me how to handle a very large and unframed work, after that you told me to describe that aboriginal painting, but I said I wasn't in a good mood and didn't want to do it. Until now, I still feel very sorry about my grumpiness; I should't make you disappointed, although I indeed felt awful that day ╯﹏╰. On Monday in the following week, I went to work with a much better mentality, but I was heard of you had been sick for a whole week. I put a picture on your table I drew for you on Sunday and hoped when you saw it you would get better. That Monday I worked very hard with pretty enthusiasm. And I was very happy that you said the picture drown by me was very nice and cute ~@^_^@~
I really love the book you recommended: Museum Registration Methods 5th; I will read it carefully, because Ive become so fascinated with registration now ^ ^
I love speaking with you and watching the way you work, from which I gain so much more than the words can describe. I'll note everything you taught me down, keep them in mind, and bring to my country. I had a wish that one day I could become a good registrar, just like you =^_^=
Thank you and wish God bless you. Sorry that I don't want you to see this post; sometimes it is better to for you to know nothing.
I miss you. Hope one day I can see you again, and talk about registration again or talk about something else...When writing here, I am in tears.
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