Nia - Morocco Art/Design Trip 2017

Boarding an airplane and leaving the USA for the first time to experience a dual university, experimental, 10-day art and design trip around Rabat, Fes, and Marrakech

Apr 14, 2019
4 min

It's a Small World

Finally, the end of my epic Moroccan adventure. It was my first time leaving the country, my first time on an airplane, and my first time st

Apr 7, 2019
7 min

Being Black in Morocco

"What was it like seeing so many people who look like you?" "You went to the motherland! How was it?!" "What was it

Mar 31, 2019
12 min

The Whole Point was to Get Inspired, Right?

The trip was an arts field study, after all. The whole point of it was to get cozied up with Moroccan art and be inspired to do some art on

Mar 24, 2019
6 min

Let's Talk About Art

My Moroccan adventure was technically an “arts field study” hosted by the design departments of VCUarts. As you can imagine, the goal of the

Mar 17, 2019
11 min

Extreme Arts & Crafts

As someone with 6 years art history classes stuffed into my brain, when I imagined travelling to experience art I always saw myself in Italy

Mar 10, 2019
6 min

OMG I Need a Picture of That!

As an artist, a tourist, and a first time international traveler, I had an aching desire to take photos of everything. People, objects, anim

Mar 4, 2019
6 min

Mais Je Ne Parle Qu'Anglais! (Language in Morocco)

Wait . . . what? The languages spoken in Morocco are Arabic and French with some Berber Amazigh scattered here and there. That said, when it

Feb 25, 2019
2 min

Men With Guns

Men with guns: One of the first things I saw upon entering Rabat–Salé Airport. No one warned me that security in the country was armed like

Feb 18, 2019
2 min

So What We Smoke Weed?

Though cannabis is technically illegal in the country, it is highly tolerated. When I say hashish was around every corner I’m not being sens

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