Last week, Julie from Upstream Arts and I met over Google Meet on Thursday and had our first discussion! We opened with why I was interested in Upstream Arts, and my past experiences. Julie then explained to me more about the program, and how I could fit in there, both in terms of schedule and as a person. I came to the meeting with less information about what I wanted out of this program than was ideal, so Julie gave me some tasks to figure out 2 more goals that I wanted to accomplish in this program, and familiarize myself more with some of their classes and offerings, through their website and the curriculum I was emailed!We also discussed how the residency would work on a technical level. Placed there as an intern, I would not be the one teaching the classes, because of how precise their lesson plans were, but I would shadow their teaching artists and assist them with 2 classes, both of which would be happening once a week, every week. I would also help to prepare their online gallery show, using different software to prep the work to be posted on their website. Teaching the two lessons would have to happen outside of the Upstream Arts curriculum, so I need to figure out where, when and to whom I will be teaching this lesson. I am thinking maybe it would be best to teach one online and one in person, to people who are already inside my social distancing pod. I also need to have a background check complete on me, which I have no worries about. Later on in the week, Julie emailed me, and confirmed that I would be working with Upstream Arts, and the days on which I would be observing the classes. I am very excited to work with the organization as a whole, but also with the teaching artists I will be working with and learning from in the coming weeks.