The work experience journey continues.

During my week at the Bluecoat display centre I received an email from the Atkinson Gallery inviting me to attend an interview for volunteer work. I met a lovely lady named Jemma Tynan who interviewed me and accepted my application to become a volunteer at the Gallery. I have to attend a health and safety induction day on the 1st of May and then I am good to start. I will be assisting with the documenting of a recently acquired costume collection as well as running some mini summer workshops.  My confidence has grown so much since my work experience journey began and I have made lots of new contacts and have quite a few new career avenues I may chose to explore in the very near future.

The Blue Coat Display Centre.

I am pleased to say that after several months of applying to various artists and establishments I was offered a weeks work experience at the Blue Coat Display Centre in Liverpool city centre.

I started on Monday 30th March and finished Saturday 4th April. I have had the most enjoyable week thanks to Maureen Brompton (Director of the Gallery) and her team, Sam, Fran, Kate and Dot.  They made me feel very welcome and were extremely generous in sharing their knowledge of what it takes to run a successful contemporary art gallery and shop.  I can not thank them enough for an amazing week.

I have learnt so much this week and I can honestly say it has been a real eye opener in more ways than one. I hope to share some of the things I experienced during this week in future post but before I  do so I need to do a 15 minute presentation as part of the requirements of this module all about my week. In the meantime here is a link to the Blue Coat Display Centre website. http://www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com