Following the previous week, Week 8 consisted of more camp preparation, along with a gallery installation and a final project. As the second session of Camp Creativity began the following week, I moved into the bulk of preparation. I sent out information emails to parents attached with the forms which they were to return to me. I examined the camper roster and sorted the kids into their color groups, dependent upon age, and created their name tags for the following week. Additionally, I began to organize the binders for the counselors with the completed parent forms, blank incident reports, sign in sheets, and emergency phone numbers. I also coordinated with my Programming Director and the Education Coordinator on what supplies needed to be reordered. 

While camp preparation was underway, a new gallery was being installed for our current exhibit ‘Worthington on the Walls’. A month prior, I had curated the submission list for the exhibit entries, so I enjoyed watching the installation and seeing which works had been chosen by the panel of judges. I have no previous experience in the Arts Administration sphere, so it was interesting watching the installation process first-hand. 

In Week 8, I was assigned my final project at the MAC – to begin a series of Programming Impact Reports. The goal of these reports is to measure the financial impact, as well as admission statistics,  of various series of programs, which are primarily free or ‘pay what you can’. Before beginning this project, I met with both the Development Director and the Executive Director to discuss the content and format which they wanted the Impact Report to reflect. After meeting with both of them, I began gathering information regarding attendance and revenue from our online ticketing system, balancing reports, and physical attendance sheets at the MAC.