Let me try and explain how awesome it is to be apart of something at MoMA. This blog post will not even come close to the amount of excitement I have about everything I am doing right now. Let me just say again, I love what I am doing. Caroline is incredible and this experience is truly a gift!
Caroline and I agreed to meet at MoMA this morning with some of the last few things we had to bring. When we arrived around 10 o'clock, the vinyl install people weren't there yet and from what I understood, they were suppose to have been. They ended up calling Sarah and Sheetal, (MoMA's workers who are managing things with Caroline) and informing them they were running a little late. They finally got there and started to install the giant banner that is above the space. We couldn't really do much in the space as far as setting up things until they were done and so Caroline and I decided to take lunch. On the way to the cafeteria, the alumni photographers called me. They were finally ready too. I met them out front and they directed me into taking some staged type photos, like me wearing my backpack on one shoulder and smiling while the MoMA sign was in the back. It ended up being alright in the end. I hope they got some good ones. They told me that the writer would be getting in touch with me too so I guess I'll have a little write up too.
After that I grabbed a quick lunch and made my way back inside. The graphics were almost done and we finally got to move some of the things back into the space and where they belong. One of the physical works showed up as well! A penny machine that flattens pennies with a design in reference to an oil spill in a New York creek.
I'm sure reading this is seeming like nothing special but these interactions with people and being a part of something truly bigger than I have ever been a part of is fantastic. I can't wait to see what the future holds!
After I left MoMA I met up with Gabby Ospina, a Flagler College alumni! She graduated in graphic design two years before me and she has been doing well here in New York which is great to hear about. We went out for crepes. I got a strawberry and Nutella one an d it was SO GOOD! Then we went town the street for a drink. Luis decided to bail on us, his loss. Maybe I'll see him on Friday at the opening? I love being here!
