I've just
finished a 20 day placement at JamFactory that started mid august.
I’m at
Adelaide Uni doing double masters in Art History and Curatorial and Museum
Studies. As part of my Masters Curatorial and museum studies we are asked to
complete a 20-day placement.
My
supervisor told me JamFactory had a placement position and I got really
excited. Having recently rewritten my cv for another internship
application for MOMA in New York I was able to reflect on my experiences here
at JamFactory I realized how much I’ve been able to accomplish whilst here.
This included
writing for the annual publication Marmalade which will be launched in February
2013. The bios I wrote for the feature article Generate will be part of the
exhibition display – (Generate is The Annual exhibition of final year
Associates) and I think that’s really exciting.
I was able
to work closely with the artists, which is so valuable in terms of experience.
I participated in the meetings with second year Associates and JamFactory’s
curator Margaret Hancock Davis in which we selected works for the photo shoot
and discussed what would be part of the exhibition. This gave me a good
idea on how you would approach working with artists on work selection and how
to guide artists through to the exhibition end display. It was really
exciting to be able to sit in on these meetings, getting to know artists
and providing me confidence for when I needed to discuss with them information
for the generate feature article .
Another
highlight was going to the photo shoot. That was a lot of fun. Sophie Guiney,
Marketing Manager, and I worked on this together. We unpacked all the work,
checked all the artist’s instructions regarding how they wanted it laid out. We
had a good dialogue with Tom Roschi utilising his photographic skills, while we
had some creative input about what angles and height to shoot at. It was a
really nice compliment of skills and it gave me a good idea about the kind of
input you have as a creative, but without necessarily the technical skills.
A typical
day here has included everything from covering for people when they duck out,
staffing the phones, signing for parcels. I’m a little bit sad to leave, but
I’ve had a really great time, and the best thing about Jam is that I feel like
part of the Jam Family and everyone has treated me like part of the family,
which is really great.
Next for me
is hopefully an internship at MOMA in New York.
We wish Serena all the best in her next endeavor!
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