Archives: Rachel’s Blog

Monday, June 13, 2016

Venetian Life

It’s funny the things that become normal when you live in Venice for an extended period of time. I’m sure the students here at Carleton who did the Warwick Venice program understand what I mean. Using a boat as public transport to get around is an everyday occurrence and they are always packed with... More

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Internship

If you visit the Carleton Art History website frequently and have read the student blogs you may know that I’m currently in Venice working as an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the sister museum of the Guggenheim in New York. My internship is almost done with just over a week and a half... More

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

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... More

Monday, April 11, 2016

Art History Instagram

As the social media coordinator for the Art History department and as a university student I spend a lot of time online, specifically on Instagram. One of the things I’ve always loved about art history is just how fun it is and with social media art history has become funny and given us a... More

Monday, February 29, 2016

Guggenheim Internship

While applying to grad schools in the fall I also applied to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection internship program in Venice, Italy. This museum was the former home of Peggy Guggenheim, the same family as the Guggenheim Museum in New York. She amassed an impressive collection of modern art, discovered Picasso and married the Dada/... More

Monday, February 22, 2016

Seminars

When I was in first year seminars terrified me. I’ve always had a fear of public speaking, even in small informal settings and I’m much better at expressing my thoughts on paper. I didn’t even want to participate in my discussion groups and tutorials that were only worth 5-10%. So the idea of a... More

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The Arts in Ottawa

Living and going to school in Ottawa has many advantages when you’re studying art history. For example, the National Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives and the Ottawa Art Gallery to name a few of the amazing resources we have here in the capital. People often think of Ottawa as a boring government city... More

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Why I’m Choosing Carleton, Again

After almost two years of thinking about and researching grad school the time to seriously get down to business came this fall. Applying to grad school is basically like taking another course on top of an already packed course load with all the research, preparation and writing that goes into it. Initially I had... More

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

How to Network

For many of us the term networking is pretty scary. LinkedIn, job fairs, mentors, meeting business people and professionals – all this is a little daunting. I myself have never liked networking or talking to people for that matter, I’m shy and never know what to say or what questions to ask when confronted... More

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Practicum Experience

It’s a surreal feeling walking up to the National Gallery of Canada and going around to the Curatorial Wing, swiping your ID badge and going up to your office with a view of the Ottawa River. This is what I got to do every Wednesday for 8 weeks when I did my Practicum at... More

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