{"id":4314,"date":"2024-08-21T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/collections\/2024\/08\/21\/summer-intern-reflection-bella-marinos\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:59:45","slug":"summer-intern-reflection-bella-marinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2024\/08\/21\/summer-intern-reflection-bella-marinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Intern Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bella Marinos (Psychology major, Studio Art minor ’24) was a Summer 2024 Intern at the Escalette Collection of Art. Below are her thoughts about spending the summer with the Escalette Collection.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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My internship began on a hot and humid June morning. I made the mistake of wearing a plaid wool blazer in an attempt to look some form of business casual. I entered the Fishbowl (nickname for the Escalette Collection’s offices) for the first time, sweaty, scared, and very excited. It was then that my 10 weeks with the Escalette Permanent Collection began.<\/p>\n

I had had a prior encounter with the Escalette and its fearless leaders, Fiona and Jessica, when I helped co-curate a show as a part of Professor Lassner\u2019s Contemporary Gallery Practices class in the Spring of 2023. At the time I had been a lukewarm Psychology student with my secret interest being art. This curatorial project, \u201cRelative Fantasies<\/a>,\u201d had been my first taste of what working in art looked like. It helped bring me to a crossroads where I could either 1.Continue to pursue psychology and practice art on the side or 2. Completely immerse myself in the art world and figure it out as I go along. I chose the latter and I am happy I did. Figuring it out as I went along, led me back to the doorstep of the Escalette Collection, this time as their summer intern.<\/p>\n