#Artist | Black Girls Abroad

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Art in Richmond!

As an artist, I can’t write about a destination I’ve been to without writing about the art scene! And as an artist who studied in Richmond,

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¡Hasta Luego!

I spent a long time debating whether to go on this trip. I didn’t really have the money for it or emotional capacity, but I did have the tim

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The Art Scene in Mexico City

The goal of the trip was to learn about printmaking in Mexico City, and though that goal was accomplished beautifully, there was so much mor

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Shopping in Mexico City

Though my study abroad program in Mexico City wasn’t really built for things like sightseeing, exploring, or shopping, I still managed to sq

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Mexico

America comes across as having a uniquely selective memory when it comes to our southern neighbor. People forget that Mexico is in North Ame

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Art and History Heaven

If you love history, you’ll enjoy what Istanbul has to offer. If you love art and history, you’ll love what there is to find in Istanbul. I

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So the Parthenon is Just...There?

Athens was like an art history book come to life, not just in a Reading Rainbow meets History Channel kind of way, but in an ultimate immers

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Boldly Go (The Finale to My Qatar Adventure)

My final reflections on my VCU Study Abroad experience in Qatar. The last post in my Qatar collection.

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Patriotism in Qatar

You ever seen jokes about American patriotism? Those over the top images of eagles and guns and fireworks and men wearing American flag band

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The Art Scene in Doha

While I was here, I got a feeling that Qatar as a whole deeply understood and valued the relationships between art, design, history, culture

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