Winter has started to creep up on us in Eugene, week 5 of the quarter has somehow hit….and we are all wishing that it was summer again. So let’s take a look at some of our art historians’ summer adventures!
May Schlotzhauer (2nd year grad student and our AHA treasurer) travelled to Tokyo this summer. She spent seven weeks as a foreign exchange student at Senshu University, studying Japanese and going to museums.
Sarah Gordon (our AHA C0-Chair) went on the UO art history/architecture program to Rome. One of the courses she took was a drawing class, and we have the privilege of showing you her wonderful work!
Sarah says: Having the opportunity to study in Rome has been invaluable in developing my understanding of major works of art. To capitalize on my unique chance to interact with these pieces, I spent my free time this summer drawing throughout the city. This endeavor allowed me to approach the works I had only seen in textbooks and slideshows in a new and exciting way–and my favorite drawing spot quickly became Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona.
Faith Kreskey travelled to Japan this summer. She says:
I spent eight weeks in Kawasaki, a suburb of Tokyo, studying at Senshu University as part of a Summer language program. Aside from 20 hours of class a week, I went to a number of museums and galleries over the Summer. This includes the Farmhouse Museum, an open air architectural park that featured actual Japanese farmhouses that represented folk architectural styles from across Japan in the 19th century. They had been relocated to Kawasaki and refurbished at some point in the 90s. It was only about fifteen minutes from the university campus. Another exciting highlight was a fashion exhibition at the Tokyo Municipal Modern Art Museum featuring the work of Rei Kawakubo, Kenzo, Yohji Yamamoto and Junya Watanabe. I also managed to see Yayoi Kusama’s line for Louis Vuitton, which was displayed using a variation on her famous aggregation sculptures.
In closing, we will just leave you with Sarah’s picture of an awesome Italian dog which she “found chilling right next to San Biagio”:
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