Paintbrushes and Photo Shoots

Today, instead of the normal Wednesday meeting, I was able to paint and reorganize the arts & crafts gallery. Apron, paintbrush, and a lot of pink Spackle helped me go over nasty hanger holes and dents to perfect the walls of the gallery. Using a step ladder around the fragile art pieces helped me gain access to the whole area and finish with nice and clean walls. I then was able to exchange some wall paintings for others, and re-organize the layout of the gallery walls. After the paint dried, I was able to add more to the gallery and style the layout of the gallery. Catherine Alexander, the SAA gallery director, guided me through my little jobs and activities. It was fun to be able to paint early in the morning as well as style the parts of the gallery to my taste and overall look. 
Then at the ending parts of my interning shift, I head upstairs to the "nest" and help James O'Shea, the marketing/program supporter with duties like editing books, photos, and even postcards through the Salem Art Association. I get to learn programs like InDesign and PhotoShop as we create cool visuals on the computer. 
Today I also had a miniature photo shoot where James (also the photographer of SAA) was able to take a few photographs of me in the gallery. Here is a picture of myself in the morning at the downstairs gallery. I also learned more of the skills of PhotoShop by editing my own picture for the purposes of displaying it here.