We started off class with a costume contest – everyone who participated had great costumes ranging from Fra Luca Pacioli to characters from the Lorax (photos to be posted soon!). Robbie Twells claimed to have a Pope Francis costume but never followed through on wearing it to class. Emil Dimantchev helped walk us through the En-ROADS …
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An Insight into Carbon Markets
After a delicious dinner at Herr Doktor Professor Mark Smith’s house on Sunday evening (thanks again for hosting us Mark), we started off the week with a presentation by Colorado College graduate, Emil Dimantchev ’11. Emil Dimantchev was an outstanding economics major at CC and eventually landed at Thomson Reuters (formerly known as Point Carbon). …
Hallo from EC385: Economics of International Climate Policy!
Hallo! This block we are studying the Economics of International Climate Change Policy and preparing to journey to Bonn, Germany for 2nd and 3rd week, where we will be attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP-23). Currently, we are on campus doing lots of preparation (including, …
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Denver Museum Trip: Differing Opinions on Exhibiting Art
Yesterday, my class and I visited the Denver Art Museum and the Clyfford Still Museum. While in Denver, we were able to freely explore both museums and enjoyed a nice lunch at a salad bar called Mad Greens. I had a lot of fun on the trip! What I found most interesting about the trip, …
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Coming to a Close
Over the past two blocks, Victoria Ehrlich has led me and 15 other students on a journey through the history of western art. It has been a fun and eye opening experience that has shown us all how art has developed into what it is today, as well as the politics that surround the art …
Opening Day of Our Exhibition!
On October 12th, our exhibition titled, Faces, Places, and Spaces: An Exploration of Identity, finally opened. Clad in our spiffy gallery opening outfits, our class met outside the Fine Arts Center. For many of us, this was the first time entering the exhibition since adding our finishing touches, and the satisfaction on everyone’s face was …
Native Land
At the beginning of Block 1, I knew little to nothing about art history. We would look at artwork and it wouldn’t mean all that much to me. Over time, I slowly gained knowledge about how to analyze certain works of art and what the characteristics and formal elements of different time periods were. I …
Connecting Through Art and Our Exhibition – Faces, Places, and Spaces: An Exploration of Identity
As I walked into the Fine Arts Center with my parents, I beamed with pride. It was like giving them a tour of my second home, as I have grown to feel comfortable in a place I previously found intimidating. I led my dad, who majored in Art History, and my mom to our exhibition, …
One Day Before the Exhibition
It is the third week of the second block now—and I can hardly believe how quickly time has flown! The opening of our class exhibition at the Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is just around the corner. During the last 10 days, we have been working on the didactic labels for each artwork and …
The Art is Up!
After all of our discussions and planning, our chosen works of art are officially up in the UnBlocked Gallery! I was anxious to see how it all turned out, especially because it was set up while we were away on Block Break. Our class stopped by to see how everything turned out, and it was …
