RRN Presentation for Native Education Centre: Jewellery Class

We were lucky enough to get the chance to present to up and coming artists at the Native Education Center in Vancouver. The class was made up of a handful of aspiring artists learning about metal carving. The class was on its last day, so when we walked in with the intent of delivering a presentation, they weren’t all too eager to have to sit there longer than needed. Needless to say, when setting up, we told them that the RRN is a great tool 170 000 items on there they didn’t seem too happy to have to sit through that many pictures. Once the presentation got on the way, the audience’s attention started to focus more and more on the RRN. In the end, the live demo had everyone shouting out where to search and what to look for. Especially the pictures with the ability to zoom are what they enjoyed the best. In the end, its always the best feeling to deliver a presentation to where you go from nothing to an excited state, we could really tell the students were enthusiastic about the RRN

-Jody

Jody and I were invited to the last day of the Jewelery class at Native Education Center. The Principal and the Teacher thought that this presentation would be a great send off for their students. When we first started the presentation, the students were complaining because they just had a party of food and drinks and were anxious to get home. One man in particular was complaining of why we didn’t get there before and that 170,000 images were just too much. He was the first one that signed up after our presentation. When Jody put the first slides up, the mood quickly changed. It was clear that the class was quite impressed. Many signed up. One man in particular was really impressed. He was around 60 years of age. I approached him and said, ‘We can help you sign up.’ He said, “No, I really don’t know anything about computers and I have a hard time. I tried to send an e-mail and it came back to me so I just left it.” I told him about the tutorials and how they show you step by step and that you can also e-mail the university. He was quite happy and then asked for more of the invitations and brochures. One man said that there is a man that is registered under the Artist in the RRN. He said that this man from his reserve went to three museums and requested his art back and received them. This man wants to notify this man from his reserve to contact the RRN and be able to put these other artefacts onto the website also. Good day: wanted to send you good news.

-June