Field Trips 2024
French Art in Portland, Oregon
On Friday, September 13, a group of our students traveled to Portland, Oregon, to see special exhibitions, “Monet to Matisse: French Moderns,” and “Pissarro to Picasso: Masterworks on Loan from the Kirkland Family Collection.” Professor of French, Sabine Davis, was the organizer of this field trip. The visit to the Portland Art Museum was just the first stop of this incredible educational experience. Stay tuned for more.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site in Walla Walla
On Saturday, September 14, a group of our students visited the Whitman Mission National Historic Site in Walla Walla, Washington State. There, they watched a documentary and took a guided walk through a site that was once home to the Cayuse Native American tribe, where Presbyterian missionaries arrived in 19th century. Our students learned how tensions can be created and the dramatic consequences of implementing colonial projects without considering the original inhabitants of a given region and their culture. The aboriginal people of Cayuse Country (near Walla Walla River) were placed on a reservation, which had a huge and long-term negative impact on their lives: from being semi-nomadic, they became confined to a reservation.