SSU art students spend spring break in London

PORTSMOUTH -- During the 2008 spring break, Shawnee State University students and professor Isabel Graziani traveled to England for an art class to study art and architecture.

A total of 15 students, including Taryn Malone and Charles Haskins, went on the London trip.

Graziani and her students visited Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the Tate Britain, the Wax Museum and St. Paul's Cathedral, among others.

"One of the more interesting things I learned while on the trip was that Prince Charles married Princess Diana at St. Paul's," said Malone, a senior.

After the group tours, students also had the opportunity to explore London on their own.

The experience definitely made an impact.

"I have never experienced anything like London," said Haskins, another senior. "The effect of actually experiencing another culture has enhanced my perception and made me see my own culture from a new perspective."