Vocabulary Fifth Week!!!

TEMPLATE: 1. Word / Phrase: Air Brush Meaning: a device which sprays paint with compressed air to offer a broad range of applications, from wide patches of paint to thin mists enabling precise details. Context:all Wanda Ortiz use air brush to paint her art works. 2.Word / Phrase: Acrylic Meaning:a plastic-based painting medium which, because it is water soluble, dries quickly and cleans up easily. Context: in my mentor's office is an acrylic blackboard and she put all the events days. 3. Word / Phrase: Acculturation Meaning: this word can describe both cross-cultural or intercultural borrowing and the process by which person acquire knowledge of the culture in which they live. Context: i saw it in one application that my mentor gave to us. 4. Word / Phrase: Archetypical Meaning: to me this means to represent an original type after which other similar things are patterned. Context: I hear it from Hector Canonge he is an artist that came to my internship. 5. Word / Phrase: Gallery Meaning: to me this means a room or building for displaying works of art. Context: I saw this word on my internship walls.

Midpoint Reflection!!!!

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?
my expectation of my internship are learn arts and now i think my expectations wasn't what i expecting, to learn more things about arts.

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?
The different between school environment and workplace environment are school are a lot of noisy, people can laugh loudly and you can see all the trash everywhere. Workplace environment which is Association of Hispanic Arts everything is clean, and organized. But the similar things are they both environment is the place to learned.

What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace? Which of these are transferable skills?
One skill that I learn Is Organized Skill. In my site they always needs help with the files to putting in order and that help me to be more organized.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults? What kinds of communication (verbal and non-verbal skills) have you gained?
My relationship with my mentor/co-workers is very good, they always telling me things about the workshops and teaching me a little how that work. they always working so we don't talk so much during work time.


What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
The most difficult to me was speak with other in my internship. I'm shy and sometimes is hard for me to talk with others people when i don't know so much the person. i trying to improve my confidence and finally try to ask anything to other persons.

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
I don't have the challenges in the school as a result of the altered schedule that i have to faced.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the internship?
I want to accomplish all my tasks that my mentor gives to me And try to help her with all the work.

What new things have you learned about New York City?
well something that i learn from New York City is that anyone could created their own style no matters what others people think or say about you. your can do anything you want like work in any places no matters if it too small.

4 wEeK!!

PART 1
What is it?
The site were i used to work is an non-profit Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA)

What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
The Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA) is a non-profit learning institute for Latino artists and arts administrators. Its mission is to promote career development, financial independence, and networking opportunities for individual artists and creative entrepreneurs.

Where is it? What is the neighborhood like compared to where our school is?
it located at:1702 Lexington Avenue, Ground Floor
El Barrio, New York 10029

Tell a little about your mentor.
My mentor's name is Jasmin Rivera, she's Puerto Rican and Bennie Matias, she's the boss of the association. Jasmin is a person who like the work that she doing and Bennie M is an hard worker who always is busy working and they both are intelligent, honest and friendly.

What kinds of things have you done so far?
I have done many things like, putting in order alphabetic a lot of files and searching for arts associations and artists online. we also had an event about Hector Canonge is a filmmaker & New Media artist, Silvia and me help him to put all his projects in the walls for the his presentation.

What were some of the highlights of the fourth week? (Memorable moments, cool things, incredibly difficult things...) I didn't have e great week because i was hoping something different but i hope to do better in all my work.

PART 2
Please answer some logistical questions...

When do you leave school?
I leave school at 12:00pm

How long does it take you to get to your internship?
It's take me 40 minutes or a hour.....

When do you arrive at home?
I arrive home at 4:00pm or 5:00pm.

What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)
I work the four days in the week from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm

Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)
My mentor Jasmin Rivera or Bennie Matias.

Part 3
This is a supplemental assignment for your fourth week.

How was the fourth week different than the third week?
well the third week i didn't do so much work during my internship and the fourth
week my mentor had work for us to do.

What is something that you really like about the internship?
really, am not sure about what I like of my internship.

What is something you dislike about the internship?
I'm fine with everything i do in my internship the only thing is that i would like to learn more things about mu internship's work.

Who Else's blog have your read and commented on?
I haven't read and commented yet others blog.

FiRsT wEeK!!!

This first week, i didn't do anything my mentor was talking about all art's stuff.
so was too short. the first day that i went there i thought that i will do something about "fashion designer" but was totally different because where i work is an association of hispanic art.