Thursday July 14, 2016

Thank You:

Unfortunately, this will be the last blog post published by the students at the Academy. Thanks Mom for telling me that you liked it in a letter. Thank you to all parents and stray Google wanderers for checking out our posts. I know I had a blast working with the Blog/ Thank You Note Company, and I only hope the rest of our writing team feels the same way. Sayounara!

-Molly

VMFA Tour:

Upon arriving at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts today, our group was treated to an in-depth presentation of the museum’s entire East Asian art collection. It was especially intriguing to see how all the art was connected in style and usage. It spanned from Chinese, to Korean, and then finally to Japanese art and prints. We even got to see some interesting objects like decorative screens, intricate bowls and pottery, and sword handles.

       

  -Amara

Night Class

(Beginner):

We learned how to tell directions today! Now we can tell someone how to get the bank, park, or a Seven-Eleven. We can also name places on a map as well.

-Isaac

(Intermediate/Advanced):

Due to the field trip, class was postponed until the evening. Today we reviewed the reports we did on the museum’s works and commented on them. Then, we wrote an essay on everything we did today and began to brainstorm caption ideas for the slideshow, making it a pretty eventful class!

-Mirai

Carytown:

Despite the extremely hot temperatures, after spending time in the air conditioned VMFA, everyone went to a local shopping district in Richmond called Carytown! We split into groups and visited various stores, with mainly everyone purchasing toys and snacks from Japan. Even though I live in Richmond and have visited the area before, I discovered many hidden gems and stores that I definitely plan to return to in the future.

-Olivia