Los Angeles County Museum of Art– Carlos Madrid Week 1

Los Angeles County Museum of Art– Carlos Madrid Week 1

I officially started my first week as an intern at LACMA on the 1st. I started with orientation and won a giftcard by getting the most amount of questions correct about the history of the museum on Monday! 

ORIENTATION + LUNCH

This is the outside of the museum, LACMA is the largest museum on the west coast, and fastly expanding with the opening of the galleries the David Geffen Galleries which I helped opened to the public later on in the week!

During my orientation I learned a lot more about the values of the museum and how that is seen throughout the art galleries.

The following day on Wednesday I met most of the staff in the education and public programming department. As I talked with staff I started to build ideas surrounding my capstone project, and how I wanted to connect my aspirations of becoming a curator to aspects of improvement for the art community.

This is the Yummy Coffee and Melt I got during my first day of     orientation!

On Thursday I learned more about the David Geffen Galleries and the new style of curation in which the curators craved. The new galleries have no floor system, and all objects will live on one singular floor to get rid of the ideas of hierarchy of artwork.  I found value in the exhibitions idea of oceans, and how the ocean connects all of us, especially since during Washington week my groups exhibition centered on Diverse Origin, Shared Identity. 



This is one of our office furry friends who helps me get my work done when I'm stressed, and occasionally will beg for a treat! 


OFFICE DOG!





Since I had Friday off due to the 4th of July, I worked on Sunday opening the David Geffen Gallaries to the NexGenLA program, a program which allows youth to attend LACMA for free! I learned a lot about children and how they interact with art and space. 










New Badge who dis?



This is me the morning of the opening of the David Geffen galleries getting ready for an exciting day of conversations with youth and families! I was extra happy because I officially received my LACMA badge and was #official. Below is a photo of what the David Geffen Galleries look like from above! 



That's all for last week, see ya soon!:)

THE DAVID GEFFEN GALLERIES







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