Internship Day 4

Today I got to hang out with a bunch of well-known jewelry artists, like Nina Sajet, Carmen Hauser, Ulrich Reithofer, Juliane Brandes, and Tore Svensson. I helped them set up for the new jewelry show that is opening this Sunday. It was pretty cool, except for when anyone called out "Nina," both of us would look up and say, "what?" I'm exhausted now from running up and down stairs all day, carrying heavy display cases, preparing lunch, and making coffee and tea for everyone. I didn't take very many photos today, but definitely check out the artists' work because it's amazing.

Lunch for 10 people. Good thing traditional Dutch lunch is just DIY sandwiches.

Ice-cube freezer bags! Never seen these before. Do we have this in the US?

Great idea, right? It's like bubble wrap, except its bubbles of water that you put in your freezer, and when you pop them, ice cubes come out.

All the cashiers at the grocery store wear silly blue stripped uniforms.

Internship Day 3

I feel like I've kind of settled in to the flow of things here. Today I cleaned the gallery, packaged jewelry, helped prepare for a new show opening, tried on expensive jewelry, met Tore Svensson and Karin Seufert, worked on furnishing the new apartment, shared Theo's chocolate with Dutch people, and most importantly, ate a Kinder Surprise.

The new apartment is the top floor. Marzee is right behind it.

Antje Bräuer

Antje Bräuer

Etsuko Sonobe

Just wrapping up Mallory Weston's "Black Eel Necklace" for CoDA Museum.

Wrapping that eel was a challenge.

Ground floor of Marzee, looking towards the back

Ground floor of Marzee, looking towards the entrance.

Basically the reason I came to Europe

So exciting!

Oh the anticipation!

Yay!

Internship Day 2

Coffee seems to be the most important element of Galerie Marzee. Today I learned how to make espresso. And clean the espresso machine. I feel like a real intern.

I also swept floors, packaged items to ship, researched some stuff, prepared lunch, and tried to write English reviews for booked printed in Dutch. It was an interesting day.

St. Stephen's Church

St. Stephen's Church

All of the streets in Nijmegen are bricks or cobblestones

Sculpture outside a gallery downtown

View from the apartment I'm moving to in a few days

Kitchen in the apartment I'll be moving to. It has an oven and a dishwasher!

Taking pictures of everything in the apartment

Another picture of the view, looking the other direction

Because you never know when you'll need 3 different sizes of spoons

The view, again. Also, they're rebuilding the wall of the Waal River.

The view from the other side of the apartment

The very important espresso machine at Marzee

Ground floor and basement of Galerie Marzee (Sorry it's blurry)

St. Stephen's Church at night

Made pasta for dinner

Internship Day 1

Today was my first day as an intern at Galerie Marzee. It was a pretty relaxed day at the gallery. Everyone I met was very friendly, but as it was the second day back after the holidays, there wasn't much for me to do. For the first few hours I wondered around the gallery looking at all the incredibly jewelry. After lunch, they put me to work for the afternoon, making a list of contact information for American art schools. At 6 pm, the gallery closed for the night, and I left and stopped at a grocery store on the way home.

Everyone here bicycles! (Sorry it's blurry)

Downtown Nijmegen

Donwtown Nijmegen

Galerie Marzee

Pre-mixed alcoholic drinks in cans

I will, thank you.