Happy 2010 from the ZeumMasters!

Happy 2010 from the ZeumMaster team! We enter the new year with amazing experiences from the floor, reflections from morning workshops, and of course OUR STORIES, told by US.

In the most recent morning meeting, we asked the teens to share their thoughts on the recent 2009 holiday season at Zeum. For those of you who have not experienced a 400+ visitor day at our museum, it is NOT an EASY task. But what's amazing is how the ZeumMasters make running a packed museum LOOK EASY to their visitors. Yes, these 24 high school interns are a huge part of making the magic happen here. Come visit and find out for yourself!

Below are the 3 questions we asked each ZeumMaster:
1. Describe your experiences working at Zeum during the Winter Holidays (one of the busiest times of the year!). If you have worked here for more than one Winter Holiday season, share any experiences from those years.

2. What did you enjoy and gain from the 2009 Winter Olympic Games? What suggestions and additions would you like to make for next year?

3. How will you apply your experiences from the morning team building exercises and the teamwork witnessed on the museum floor to the upcoming spring months?

Look out for each ZeumMasters responses and our thrilling ZeumMaster 2009 Winter Olympics short film by educator Eli Africa!

A Reflective First Blog Post by Brianna

Hey Everyone !
Brianna is taking this blog for a joy ride . I have been working at Zeum for almost one year . That one year mark is coming at me fast and I really can not even believe it . Going from never visiting Zeum to becoming so much a part of it is a dramatic and welcome change . When you first introduce yourself to someone you put down the basics " Hello my name is ___" and then your age , birthday , what you like , what school you go to , and other things along that line. Well heres how mine sounds - Hello my name is Brianna . I'm fifteen years old, and a ZeumMaster.

Zeum is such a big part of my life now . It is a place where I work yes but also it is a place where I learn. I honestly can not say how much I have learned from everyone who works here at Zeum. I believe it is because people who work here are all so different and diverse. If I have a question about anything under the sun and beyond I believe there is someone who works with Zeum that can answer that question ... Or at least know enough to help me find the answer.

Also Zeum is a very rare place where teens can work with adults and feel like they have some importance. I'm not busing tables at some awesome cafe , bagging grocery's at your nearest Safeway , Or even serving you coffee at your neighborhood Starbucks . I am a part of an organization that really incites great feelings in people. A place where people like working . A place that harnesses creativity . I really truly believe that a young children's lives are very impressionable. When I was around seven I used to watch tons and tons of movies . I would read almost non stop . When I used to read I would make the books I read into movies in my head . Then as I realized that I could make the images real . What I saw real . That came in the form of art . Now as I am getting older I still carry that same passion for art .

I think everyday that I work at Zeum I look at all the kids and can notice the ones that are going to take something from this place that day . Really that is what we are here for . To open peoples eyes to something they may have or have not ever before seen . I am just ecstatic to be a part of that great mission.


P.S : This was my first blog not only for Zeum but EVER. YAY !