In October, twelve Yale students and their professors embarked on a unique academic journey that blended classroom learning with firsthand exploration: a week-long trip to Norway to experience Arctic art, culture, and landscapes, funded by the MacMillan Center’s new Course Travel Abroad grant. The trip gave students the opportunity both to interact with the art and its subjects firsthand and to bring their individual interests to the conversation.
Organized as a core component of the “Art and the Arctic” course co-taught this fall by Professor Molly Brunson and PhD student Emily Cox, the itinerary included stops in Tromsø and Oslo, where students explored the Arctic, from fjord cruises and aurora chases to museums filled with Sámi art and nineteenth-century Scandinavian paintings.
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