Shadowing - Minneapolis Institute of the Arts - Krista Pearson - 4.5 Hours
Today was my first shadowing experience with Krista. I got to observe a workshop that deals with empathy. It was held in the Wells Fargo wing, and there was a wide variety of people who attended the workshop. Two ladies presented a powerpoint about empathy. The whole workshop in itself felt off. I especially felt this way with some of the activities the presenters had us do, and more so when they played us this Planet Earth “Awe striking” montage of nature. I wouldn’t say I was suspicious of their actions, I was definitely feeling uncomfortable and not emotionally moved by the presentation.
What really shifted the mood of the workshop was when two individuals at an opposite table brought up the fact that they’ve felt uncomfortable with how whitewashed the whole presentation and overall research done for that workshop. She brought up that a lot of the information given to them is white male dominant, and that the MIA doesn’t want to go in that direction, and that they need to do something to fix this workshop. So, from that, I got to witness this beautiful and amazing discussion and conversation from the many smart and intellectual people that sat in that room today.
I look forwards to the rest of the shadowing that I get to go on with Krista. So far I’m having an amazing experience learning and seeing everything I can that goes on with the MIA and all its events and meetings.