Saying Goodbye

For some of us in the Art History program this term has been our final sprint to the finish line of our undergrad. As happy and relived as we all are to be done I know we’re maybe all a little sad to see it end. Not because we’ll miss the late nights of essay writing and the stress of classes but we’ll miss the friendships we’ve made. To celebrate graduating one of the fourth year students organized a little dinner for graduating students in the Art History and History & Theory of Architecture program with the faculty. The dinner was a chance for everyone to catch up, say goodbye (until convocation at least) and learn where everyone will be heading off to next year.

At the dinner we started talking about how many people including our family and friends as well as random people we met ask us “what are you going to do with an art history degree?” Well it turns out you can do a whole lot. Some of us fourth year graduates will be continuing in Art History and going to Grad School either at Carleton or other schools in Canada and even Europe. I’ll be returning to Carleton and I’m also heading off to Venice for part of the summer to do an internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Some of my other fellow classmates and friends will be working next year in heritage tourism or business, going into heritage conservation, talking a year off to consider further studies or traveling around the world. It was so nice to talk to your professors about our future plans and see how excited they were for us.

At the end of the dinner I think we all got a little sad knowing that we may not see each other until convocation in June and then who knows when after that. However the great thing about Art History at Carleton, as I know I’ve said before is the connections and friendships you make. So even though we’ll be around the world soon we’ll still stay in touch and talk about our love of art.