Internship Weekly-Journal 8

Holly Osborn

Tuesday 13 March & Wednesday 14 March                                                           Total Hours: 9

Queen of Sheba Painting

This week was yet another week that made me step back and ask myself, "Is this really my life?" Tuesday we got up, expecting to do edits and subbings, but Julie informed us as 10am that at 11am we'd need to meet her at the National Portrait Gallery. I ran upstairs to change out of my yoga pants and into proper intern clothes. We made it to the National Gallery, meeting Julie on the steps in Trafalgar, where she told us we'd be attending a press-viewing of the 'Claude inspired by Turner' exhibition. We got in, it was the first time me-Lucy-Beth-and Julie were all at a press viewing together. There were a lot of people at this one, as there should have been, it was an incredible exhibition. The paintings ranged from small sketches to large-scale intricate wall paintings. My favorite one was titled, "The Queen of Sheba," with its beautiful colors and incredible details in people I understand why everyone was so excited.

Claude piece

I don't really understand art too well, but I was able to appreciate its beauty. This was our first press viewing at the National Gallery, we got tea and breakfast goodies after the curators tour. We split up, Lucy and I returning to Vandon where we got to work on other projects. First we had subbings to do, only 6 each though so it didn't take too long. Then came the hefty job...we were assigned to find every concert going on in London from 22 March to the end of April...woah! With dozens of venues, concert times, and contact information this took quite a while. After I was done with my half, my word document was 10 pages long! After that my brain couldn't stare at a computer screen any longer and I called it a day.

Today was supposed to be another jam-packed day, but we suffered some mis-communication. We got dressed up and went to the V&A museum for the press viewing of the "British Design" exhibition, which is set to be the V&A's largest spring exhibition. After arriving and searching/asking for help, we found out that we were two weeks early. Well, at least now we know where it is? Since we didn't do that we were able to return to Vandon to have lunch with Central College's President, Mark Putnum and his wife, Tammy. Just a short while later we also had the privilege of taking Dr. Putnum and Tammy at the Royal Festival Hall to meet Beth, and talk about our wonderful internship. It was cool to talk about all of the awesome things we get to do, especially with someone who helps create this fabulous program. I was a little nervous for Beth, as there was me-Lucy-Mark-Jen-President Putnum-Tammy-and the international coordinator from Central-all directing questions at Beth. She did great, very professional and flattering, characteristics I hope to embody as a career-woman someday.

Overall, it was a productive week filled with new adventures around London. As my last required internship blog entry I want to say that I am so grateful for my internship. I love it so much and have gotten to experience so many opportunities. I can't wait for the rest of the semester to see what "This is London" has in store for me!