This photo shows the aspect of art and theatre class as it depicts a closed curtain. It is symbolic of my favorite aspect of the class: seeing plays.

This photo of books hanging from the ceiling of Park Theatre represents a transformative moment in my semester as a Contemporary Art and Theatre student: I realized while looking at this display that the skills I've developed as an English major talking about literature could transfer to the ways I talk and think about art. Recognizing this increased my confidence interpreting the shows and works we saw for the rest of my time in London.

This pic shows how my mind is working during the art class, I connect myself further and smoother to that mysterious stuff. I can really see the beauty of art and its multi-dimensional functions. So hyped.

This is a picture of the Tate Modern, London’s premier contemporary art institution.  This converted power station turned museum, is situated in the heart of London, on the southbank of the Thames.

A bookshelf of books located in the Tate Modern’s The British Library. This exhibit displays the stories of thousands of immigrants to mainland Britain and their stories. A representation of my semester witnessing art and theatre in London.

This picture was taken at the White Chapel Gallery in the Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020 exhibit. The picture is just one frame from a video installation that represented an artist struggling to find his identity and seemingly lost mentality. The artist was characterized by a large nose, ears, and hands (not in frame) that limited his ability to paint. This video was particularly strange because he never said any knowledgable words and kept the attention of the viewer by the pure shock factor.

A lunar eclipse: The moment where the sun and the moon come together to form something that's rare for people to see. I chose this to represent two sides of myself from different times (pre/post London) coming together to make me into this eclipse where the sides are now fused.

This photo is of Tehching Hsieh’s “One Year Performance” at the Whitechapel Gallery. This performance was one that truly resonated with me and allowed me to understand the idea of an artist’s unwavering commitment. Seeing Hsieh sacrifice his sleep in order to create art taught me about an artist’s process and helped me to better appreciate some of the previous works seen in my London Art and Theatre course.

The subject matter for the art we saw was all over the spectrum. Some were physical and visible, but much was also about concepts and intangible things. The pieces created about lofty ideas and with lofty methods were the ones I had the most difficulty understanding. I took this image after the end of a theatre show we saw called Conundrum. In it, the main character frequently repeated this line to himself saying that he needs to be realistic in his prospects for the future. I am repurposing this quote as something I frequently said to myself on my commute to see art for that week, whether at a gallery or a theater.

This photo was taken by me at the end of the Dogs of Europe performance. I think this represents my course participation because this was the show that I chose to do my project on, so I got to understand the historical context pretty well and the end speech just tied together the history with current events

This is a photo I took at our class's very first art show, ‘Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s - Now’ at the Tate Britain. Pictured are a few of Neil Kenlock’s photos, taken of the UK Black Power movement during his time as the photographer for the British Black Panthers (BBP). These black-and white photos depict various protests during the movement as well as members of the BBP. Kenlock’s work was featured in the “Black Power'' section of the exhibit.