Ah, interning for a non-profit. Perhaps not the most lucrative summer job, but an inspiring place to learn. Especially at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, where tasks range from teaching classes to hanging shows, from designing flyers to writing this very blog. You may know Davide Weaver, Gina Alvarez, Bryan Walsh, Greg MacNair, and Adrian Aquilino, that fearsome-fivesome that is the driving force behind the SLAG, but the Guild’s interns, too, are a passionate group. Everything we do exposes us to a different facet of a world in which it finally seems possible to actually have a career as an artist, each with a different skill set, and with different goals for what we might take away from the experience. Take a chance to meet us all.
The Graphic Designers:
Corinne Nagel:
A 22-year-0ld Visual Communications major at Truman State, Cori is finishing up her fifth year after taking some time off to study art in Florence, Italy. Though she enjoys graphic design, she also has a passion for fine arts, and her jellyfish, at left, should attest to her talent. Cori’s task at the SLAG is to recruit a younger generation through canvassing, designing cards and imagining events. While she has another multimedia internship with Scottrade, Cori still makes time to come to the SLAG because she loves the atmosphere. In her own words, “Everyone should come and see how flippin’ sweet the Gallery is and support the area’s artists.”
Christina Toth: 
Having recently graduated from UMSL with her BFA in Graphic Design, Christina is currently working towards her Associates of Arts in Web Design. At the SLAG, Christina works primarily on the event ArtDTour, an upcoming gallery tour collaboration with ArtDimensions, doing the event’s branding, creating logos, cards, pamphlets – the works. To bring in the bucks, Christina also works at Bed, Bath and Beyond, but spends her days making some kickass flyers for the Guild. Check out one example of her ArtDTour work at right.
Eric Halbert:
Though working towards his degree in Graphic Design at Hampton University in Virginia, Eric is a St. Louis native and an experienced multimedia artist. Eric prints, sketches, paints, and designs, all within the realm of what he considers to be conceptual art, “art in which the concepts or ideas involved take precedence over traditional aesthetic or material concerns.” A very versatile guy, Eric is working on design work for the Guild’s proposed sculpture garden within Oak Knoll Park, hoping to further his skills in Graphic Design.
The Event Masters:
Emily Haw and Lizzy Sutton:
Emily Haw is a rising senior at Mizzou, studying Journalism and Art History. Her dream job? To work as a PR rep for an art museum. Emily hopes to get her foot into that world by interning here at the Guild, and often spends her days writing press releases which she says “is really increasing my confidence!,” and working on the planning and marketing of ArtDTour. Lizzy Sutton, a recent Mizzou grad, is Emily’s sorority sister and counterpart, 
though Lizzy’s focus is making arrangements for St. Louis Classics. Having recently completed her BA in Art History, Lizzy is eyeing WashU for graduate school, and can often be seen flyering the heck out of St. Louis, soliciting sponsors, dealing with submissions, and generally ensuring that St. Louis Classics becomes an awesome event.
The Grant Man:
Rick Boggs:
Twenty-four year old Rick Boggs is the Guild’s grant-writing intern, working here as he pursues his degree in Liberal Arts from UMSL. With a minor in English and a certificate in Technical Writing, Rick is well prepared for the challenges of aqcuiring sums of money for a non-profit organization. While most of his time is spent researching grant organizations and generally trying to keep the Guild afloat, though, Rick has taken on one more exciting task – promoting the Guild’s legendary ghost for an episode of Ghost Hunters. Seriously.
The Girl Fridays:
Hannah Ireland:
If you’ve been keeping up with the SLAG//BLOG, then you well know Hannah. A printmaker at WashU, this rising senior is a woman of many skills, not the least of which being teaching a print class for kids. Having finished her tenure as printmaking instructor, however, Hannah now spends her days helping to coordinate the Guild’s education programs as well as working in the galleries, meeting local artists, writing artist profiles, generally taking care of all sorts of chores, and exposing herself to all facets of the world of the working artist. Her monoprint, Homes, at left, seems to ensure she’ll have no problem finding a place there.
Alicia Meier: 
Also soon to be a WashU senior, Alicia is working towards her B.A. in Comparative Arts, a degree that encompasses art, Art History, foreign language, and Comparative Lit, with minors in Photography and Writing. Fresh off a semester of studying design in Barcelona, her big task at the moment is the installation of a darkroom at the Guild in conjunction with Washington University Photography Association – an organization for which she serves as VP/Treasurer – in which she will teach a B&W Photography class in the fall, as film photography is indeed her passion (check out her photo Waiting to Board at right, or see more of her portrait work in the header for the post “The Great Darkroom Endeavor”). Alicia, though, always has time off from her photo-tasks to make phone calls, hang shows, flyer for events, move and lift, and – you might have guessed it – write this blog. Her goals working at the SLAG were much the same as her friend Hannah’s – to get a feel for what it might be like to actually be an artist. So far, all the wonderful people at the Guild have made it clear, for once, that it’s possible.
Tags: alicia meier, christina toth, corinne nagel, elizabeth sutton, emily haw, eric halbert, hannah ireland, meet the slag, rick boggs, slag interns
