FINN HELLER
My Events Through the Global Studies Program
Mass MOCA and Williams College Museum of Art
A Global Studies trip to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and to the William College Museum of Art
The art displayed in these museums was of assorting kinds, tackling a wide range of issues from poverty to racism to just art that went against no social issue. The contemporary art museum was located in a smaller town giving it the benefit of being cultured while still feeling simple. I enjoyed how it was not dedicated to any particular type of art or artist as this allowed for me to view a larger variety of art as well as the messages they conveyed.
As Ukraine Goes, So Goes The World, Wednesday, October 12th, 2022
A lecture by Timothy Snyder at UCONN college
I was fascinated by this event as it discussed how the Ukrainian-Russian conflict had played out and the significance of it to the rest of the world and the future. I was further intrigued by the speaker's discussion of how genocide has almost become treated as normal in the modern day and age, a harsh reality that I agree needs to be confronted.
30 Americans, September 29th, 2022
A school field trip to the art exhibit 30 Americans at the New Britain Museum of American Art
This was a field trip taken by the entire Global Studies program to exhibit featuring art only by African American artists from the 1970s to the 2000s. I enjoyed this trip as I believe that it helped me learn to look at art in a different way than I have before; by considering the race of the artist and how that connects to and affects the art they have created.
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This event was beneficial to me because of the exposure to the religion of Judaism I experienced there. I am a hardcore Atheist who was raised to be Catholic, so I believe that it was very good for me to expose myself to the religion of Judaism, especially on a Jewish holiday as that allowed me a better sight into the religion's traditions.
An outdoor celebration of the Jewish Holiday Rosh Hashannah
Rosh Hashannah in the Park, September 25th, 2022
