This is from our High School Apprentice of the week. On behalf of the Communications department, thanks for all your help, Swapna!
I could not have been more excited this past June to start the Museum’s High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP). We have all been training since February and now the time had finally come to show everyone what we had learned. During training we all interviewed with the different departments of the Museum, but our department assignments remained a surprise until that first week. I waited anxiously.
When I received my first weekly schedule, I saw that I would be working in the Public Programs department. I thought it was pretty self explanatory; programs for the public. I was quite happy with my schedule, considering that I had always had an interest in event planning. The job of the Public Programs department within the Museum is to create programs and to let people know about them through the publication of a bi-monthly calendar. Although it sounds like a simple task, there is quite an amount of responsibility and work that is necessary.
While working in Public Programs I had various assignments that I needed to complete. My first task was to research biographies of the authors and performers who will be participating in upcoming programs. These biographies will be used for the upcoming playbills for the Museum.
I was also given the task to think of creative and plausible programs for the future. One of my favorite ideas is to host a Jewish Fashion Show, which could showcase the work of Jewish designers, and to display how Jewish style is emerging into worldwide fashion. The second part of the assignment was to research what kind of programs are taking place at other organizations within New York City in order to look for inspiration for our own programs.
I will definitely remember my experience in Public Programs. Not only because I was fortunate enough to have it be my first rotation, but because of all the things I learned as well. Thanks to my department mentors Sarah and Kim!
When I received my first weekly schedule, I saw that I would be working in the Public Programs department. I thought it was pretty self explanatory; programs for the public. I was quite happy with my schedule, considering that I had always had an interest in event planning. The job of the Public Programs department within the Museum is to create programs and to let people know about them through the publication of a bi-monthly calendar. Although it sounds like a simple task, there is quite an amount of responsibility and work that is necessary.
While working in Public Programs I had various assignments that I needed to complete. My first task was to research biographies of the authors and performers who will be participating in upcoming programs. These biographies will be used for the upcoming playbills for the Museum.
I was also given the task to think of creative and plausible programs for the future. One of my favorite ideas is to host a Jewish Fashion Show, which could showcase the work of Jewish designers, and to display how Jewish style is emerging into worldwide fashion. The second part of the assignment was to research what kind of programs are taking place at other organizations within New York City in order to look for inspiration for our own programs.
I will definitely remember my experience in Public Programs. Not only because I was fortunate enough to have it be my first rotation, but because of all the things I learned as well. Thanks to my department mentors Sarah and Kim!
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