Hello, again! So, yesterday, I (along with Aliya) went to a meeting at the Contemporary Jewish Museum to start planning the VIP Museum Mixer that's happening on November 25th. Just to give a bit of background, the Mixer is an annual two-part party at the CJM. The first part is the VIP Mixer itself–only teens who work at museums can come and it's a nice way to interact with/meet people through fun activities. The second part (which the CJM interns are in charge of planning) is a larger party that's open to all teens who want to come and it's centered around the current exhibition that's going on at the CJM. During the party, the exhibition will be Arnold Newman: Masterclass which is black and white photography.
When we first got there, we had to go through this crazy security process. Thankfully we all survived and made it into the building where we sat down at a conference table with a bunch of other museum teens. There were representatives from the CJM, YBCA, the DeYoung, and the AAM (of course). We started out with some introductions and then we played Exquisite Corpse as an icebreaker.
The main purpose of the meeting was to just start laying out goals and ideas for the party. Goals were brainstormed from the questions, "Why are we planning this event? Why should people come?" Some of the goals we generated were: to meet other teens with similar interests, to have fun, to step out of your comfort zone, to show some museum pride, to learn more about other museums. Some activity ideas were: taking photos with polaroids, dancing, competitions (karaoke, relay races, photography), scavenger hunts, and making zines.
We got a lot of ideas brainstormed as a small group but during the meeting, we decided that we wanted to hear from the Art Speak Interns as well! What do you think we should aim to achieve during the party?
I'll be back at the museum on Sunday to talk more about the meeting. See you then!
-Natalie
^ Aliya looking cute during the meeting.