My Growing Love of Art Museums: Leighton Kittleman and the Smithsonian Semester
My Growing Love of Art Museums: Leighton Kittleman and the Smithsonian Semester This last semester in DC has shaped how I think about art museums.
My Growing Love of Art Museums: Leighton Kittleman and the Smithsonian Semester This last semester in DC has shaped how I think about art museums.
This semester was an incredible time to be at the Smithsonian. There was so much happening, especially at my internship site, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), but also in the larger Smithsonian Institution. This semester saw Benin bronzes returned, national memorials dedicated, museums reopened, and sculpture gardens revived, among many other things.
There are many things I could say about my semester interning in Washington, D.C. I could describe it as enriching, illuminating, thrilling, and challenging. All of these descriptors would be accurate in a sense, but they fail to encapsulate my experience in its fullness. What I learned, witnessed, and felt through the semester is more than I can capture with the mere poetry of language, but what would an Honors seminar be without content for a blog post? It’s not real unless it’s documented, or something along those lines.
Over the summer of 2023, Kate Vaccaro undertook an intensive 4-week program at Oxford University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Going to Oxford had always been one of Kate’s dreams. “As a person who loves academics, the richness of learning there has always been appealing,” she said.
Our time spent in the Holy Land was rich with fellowship and joy, and highlighted the beauty of diversity in which God connects with his children. Beyond the spiritual encounters we had, there was an enlightenment of knowledge and understanding that came from the Biblical sites we saw, guides we were molded by, and the history we became familiar with during fall of 2022.
For Jan Term 2023, a group of freshmen Honors students travelled to Italy. Read about their journey through the Doge Palace and exploration of it’s historic and artistic value.
Over the summer of 2023, Kate Vaccaro undertook an intensive 4-week program at Oxford University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Going to Oxford had always been one of Kate’s dreams. “As a person who loves academics, the richness of learning there has always been appealing,” she said.
Hannah Stoddard, who is majoring in international studies, found that Honors has given her a way to connect her major, her personal experiences, and her passion. The intersection of these different parts of Hannah’s life has resulted in a pool project aimed to improve local communities.
Honors Graduate Spotlight Stephanie Melton clarifies her vocation For Stephanie Melton, ‘20,the Honors program was influential in helping to clarify vocation. Stephanie graduated with a