4833 rph — Explore and Discuss

If you visit the Hyde Park Art Center within the next month, you’re bound to see a new face around. That face belongs to me! My name is Hillary, I’m a senior at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School and I will be volunteering at HPAC from May 12th to June 6th. Fortunately for us seniors, Lab offers us the option to go on what is called “May Project” and do something meaningful in our last weeks as high schoolers instead of learning in the conventional classroom environment. I have been making art since I was a child and I fully intend for it to play a significant role in my adult life in some way. Because of my love for art, it was only logical for me to see what I could do to help around the Art Center while also learning about how it functions. I will be interacting with staff in all the various departments at HPAC and doing everything from simple, everyday tasks that must get done, to assisting in a children’s class, to more significant projects. By the end of my time here I hope to have gained a well-rounded understanding of just how much it takes to run a successful and thriving community center like HPAC.