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Mama Kat Thursday: Best Job I Ever Had

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I've had many jobs over the course of my life, but my all time favorite was working at the Bolling Air Force Base Arts and Crafts Center in 1984, shortly after Hubby and I were married. It included  wood-working shop, ceramics shop, framing shop, a large from for art & craft classes and a small art supply store for brushes, paints, canvas, etc. Each of these areas also offered classes so, for a small fee, you could learn how to build something with wood, frame your own art, learn to paint in oil or watercolor and pour and paint your own ceramic pieces.  Joint Anacostia-Bolling Arts & Crafts Center (2017) I saw in the base paper a job opening at the Center and applied and was hired to manage and build-up the Craft side of the Center.  The Art Director wanted more classes offered, so my job was to find and hire instructors for a variety of art & craft classes as well as teach classes myself.  We had a friend, an Air Force officer, who did stai...