Category: Summer

Activating a Public Space: An Airport Art Museum – Anoushka Mariwala ’21

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I have always loved airports. I love their largeness, their gentle, safe chaos, and the persisting predictability of everything that happens inside of them. It is curiously calming to be indistinguishable amongst eddies of travellers and airplanes, at the centre of this space between separation and assimilation. However, this summer made me realize how much Read more about Activating a Public Space: An Airport Art Museum – Anoushka Mariwala ’21[…]

Art in Nature – Sydney Goldman ’21

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So far, this has been a summer best described with strings of adjectives; it has been infinitely engaging, exciting, and fulfilling, but also remarkably busy, draining, and chaotic. I’ve been interning in San Francisco at NatureBridge, a nonprofit that provides year-round environmental education for kids. As my adjectives somewhat illustrate, I absolutely love my internship, Read more about Art in Nature – Sydney Goldman ’21[…]

The Frick Collection: A Small Piece of Paradise – Yolanda Jin ’20

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Seated on Fifth Avenue, overlooking the southeastern corner of Central Park, is a modest estate that exudes a captivating sense of quiet grandeur. On the outside, the Henry Clay Frick House reveals little of the dazzling treasures it contains. The building has a simple, beige exterior embellished with few decorative touches and you can easily Read more about The Frick Collection: A Small Piece of Paradise – Yolanda Jin ’20[…]

Art + Technology – Grace Guan ’20

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Given my involvement with the Princeton University Art Museum, few people would guess that I am a computer science major, and I am often met with shocked expressions when I mention my concentration on highlights tours. Yet there exist many intersections between technology and art. This summer, I am interning at the Google Headquarters in Read more about Art + Technology – Grace Guan ’20[…]

Art and Health: Using Color and Creativity to Heal in Kathmandu, Nepal – Raya Ward ’21

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Namaste! I am writing from Kathmandu, Nepal where I’m currently interning at an art gallery through Princeton’s International Internship Program! I’m five weeks into my adventure and still have three and a half more! So far I’ve met so many wonderful people and have had some of the most unimaginable experiences. First, more on what Read more about Art and Health: Using Color and Creativity to Heal in Kathmandu, Nepal – Raya Ward ’21[…]

Devotion, Drama, and Dior: The Cloisters X Heavenly Bodies – Julia Cury ’19

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This summer I have a pretty stressful, but extremely fulfilling, internship in New York City. During the weekends when  I am not sleeping or otherwise completely fried, I’ve been enjoying (re)visiting museums in the city. My favorite trip so far has been going back to The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Read more about Devotion, Drama, and Dior: The Cloisters X Heavenly Bodies – Julia Cury ’19[…]

Art Made Between Opposite Sides – Cathleen Kong ’20

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When I emerged from the 59th Street subway station, my eyes were struck by the sun’s last rays peeking between office buildings. I squinted to adjust my eyes, and almost didn’t notice that I was standing directly in front of my destination, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City. The MAD Read more about Art Made Between Opposite Sides – Cathleen Kong ’20[…]

My Birth: An Installation by Carmen Winant – Morgan Steelman ’20

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The history of art is rich with images of the moments before and after birth. Nearly 40,000 years ago early humans were creating ‘Venus figurines’ – two and three-dimensional images of fully fleshed women with large breasts and round stomachs– as symbols of fertility and the generation of life. In Renaissance Europe, birth trays were Read more about My Birth: An Installation by Carmen Winant – Morgan Steelman ’20[…]

A Journey to the Land of Better Knowledge – Paul Klee, German Expressionism, and Undiscovered Museums in Bavaria (Tiger Gao, ’21)

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When one thinks about art museums in Munich, Germany, it is natural to first arrive at the Pinakotheks, where some of the world’s most famous paintings reside, or the Lenbachhaus, a place with so much symbolic significance for the German Expressionist movement. I, luckily, got to see the other side of Bavaria’s art scene as Read more about A Journey to the Land of Better Knowledge – Paul Klee, German Expressionism, and Undiscovered Museums in Bavaria (Tiger Gao, ’21)[…]

The Galleria Borghese – Grace Guan ’20

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If I could stand in one place to watch modern day history unfold, I’d stand over Italy for its centuries of art history. This summer, I was extremely fortunate to visit the basilicas and castles sprinkled throughout the canals of Venice, the famous Uffizi and Accademia in Florence that represent the heart of the Renaissance, Read more about The Galleria Borghese – Grace Guan ’20[…]