Chapters

Welcome to a sort of digital journal of my summer internship experience!

  • This weekend was spent bouncing around a few different institutions, including the New York Public Library (NYPL) Stephen A. Schwarzman building, The MET, and the Morgan Library and Museum, meaning that I have sufficiently explored the midtown area, and a few blocks of the upper east side. As a side note, I am fortunate that…

    Read more: Chapter 5: A Weekend In The City
  • Well, I have completed my first week of working at A.M. Art Conservation! Boy have I learned a lot… Day 1: Today was mostly spent working on documenting a very large textile work that had come in the previous week. This particular work was a Burmese Kalaga from the 1990’s. To document this work we…

    Read more: Chapter 4: Finding My Footing
  • Some interesting realizations (ie. a rant on elevators and capacity limitations) The area that I will be staying in this summer is a beautiful location, with easy access to the train into the city but also teeming with green space and wild life (I may need to make a chipmunk tracker of some kind –…

    Read more: Chapter 3: Getting Settled