Naida Daniela Soto Ramirez
Internship period : August 11th 2021 to December 15th 2021
My experience in Acopia was quite pleasant. For starters, the house the company offered me is very cozy, as are my roommates. About my internship, the staff were always friendly and kind with me, if I ever felt sick they never pressure me to go to work and I could choose if I would like to go after I felt a little bit better. The work I had to do was simple and easy, nothing that I had to worry about but at the same time it was challenging. Especially when it came down to looking for artists for the gallery, the challenge wasn't the fact that I had to look for them but rather was to find someone that was willing to participate in this project. The main thing I was in charge of was the discovery and support of young artists. We will target outstanding artists in Asian art universities. This was because many or at least most young artists don’t have opportunities to promote or sell their works. My tasks were:
● Finding young painters all over the world.
● Make and design the webpage of ACOPIA gallery.
● Planning to hold the ACOPIA gallery
My expectations about this internship were more on the activities that we had to perform rather than the whole experience but due to Covid and Korean covid regulations some of the activities were cut off. Sadly I wasn’t able to participate in many Kpop Cultural Planning and Management such planing Kpop performance events or hold a fashion show in Korea.
This events were the ones I was excited for but due to the regulations that were in place at the time that I started my Internship
Some of the things that I would like to suggest is that if there are a lot of interns don't let them work on the same project, kinda assign them a specific project so that way there is no overlapping with their work.
Hello, this is Dani!! The first Mexican ISKA trainee. My ISKA activities started almost at the same time as my internship, around 4 months ago, and I am really grateful for the opportunity that was given to me. The time I spent so far as an ISKA has been really mind opening for me, I was able to build confidence in my singing and dancing throughout my lessons and with the help of both vocal and dance couches. Even though my period as a trainee is about to be over, the purpose of ISKA is really meaningful. ISKA is trying to build a better multicultural world through art.
Acopia gave the opportunity to work on my skill and gave me a boost of confidence while working on ISKA activities. With weekly vocal and dance lessons, I got better at practice.
From now, I know my skills are worth the try to keep improving and that I do have talent even if I didn’t see it that way. Due to Covid-19 regulations in Korea, many of the opportunities that ISKA had were cancelled or unavailable. One of the activities that we did were the weekly ISKA live performance.
Every week alongside Acopia Thaomi, I was able to improve my skills and show it to those that were interested in the program. Dancing is not my strong point, but with the help of the dance teacher at Acopia I improved and am still improving little by little. Every part of ISKA production was working just as hard. From the cameras to the video editing, ISKA was clean and polished. I would like to thank the staff for their time and patience with me during practice and the live, also thanking Acopia Thaomi, she helped me a lot during my first classes and helped me to be less nervous during the live. Sooo this is it… ISKA DANI saying goodbye!!
