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Valkyrie Speaker, a film major at the University of Pittsburgh, is a CAPA World columnist during spring semester 2017. She'll be shooting weekly videos for "An American Film Student in London", published every Monday. 

For this week's vlog, Valkyrie uses 5 words as themes to interpret in the city of London.

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Thanks, Valkyrie!

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Valkyrie Speaker, a film major at the University of Pittsburgh, is a CAPA World columnist during spring semester 2017. She'll be shooting weekly videos for "An American Film Student in London", published every Monday. 

For this week's vlog, Valkyrie shows us the fun she had around London with her leftover makeup from shooting a zombie film for class!

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Elizabeth Withers is an official CAPA blogger for spring 2017, sharing her story in weekly posts on CAPA World. A double major in English literature and history & philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, she is studying abroad in Buenos Aires this semester.

In this week's post, Elizabeth talks about some of her favorite things: books, street art, burgers, and parks.

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This week I decided to spend a day wandering through more of Recoleta and Palermo, where I managed to stumble across a few really extraordinary places (no surprise in Buenos Aires)! I started the day with a self-guided record store tour in mind. I’m no music expert, and I know very little about Argentine music, but I love the atmosphere of a second-hand record store. I was eager to spend a few hours sifting through various collections, hopefully learning a little more about what’s popular here.

Photo: inside El Ateneo

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Danya Carithers is an official CAPA blogger for spring 2017, sharing her story in weekly posts on CAPA World. A marketing major at the University of Pittsburgh, she is studying abroad in Florence this semester.

In this week's post, Danya explores two of the city's art museums: Gallerie dell’Accademia and an Ai Wei Wei exhibition at Pilazzo Strozzi.

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Although walking around Florence feels like visiting a museum every day in itself, I have already started exploring the Gallerie dell’Accademia and an Ai Wei Wei exhibit at Pilazzo Strozzi. Both museums reflect the wide range of art in Florence with Michelangelo’s David dating back to 1501 and Wei Wei’s art media from this year. 

Gallerie dell’Accademia

I wish I knew more about art history and interpretation to say something intelligent about these world-famous pieces, but I’ll give you my thoughts as an average art onlooker. Seeing David for the first time was truly amazing. First thought: IT WAS SO BIG! I actually looked it up and the sculpture is 17 feet tall (approximately three Danyas stacked up on top of each other).

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Words by Isabelle Zoeckler, a cultural studies and communications major at Clark University who studied abroad in Dublin during summer term 2016.

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“All art is at once surface and symbol” reads a shiny marble column in front of a statue of Oscar Wilde jauntily perched on a rock at the corner of Marion Square Park in Dublin.

Wilde’s words speak to the way in which one can learn a great deal from the art that represents a city. This past summer I had the opportunity to study abroad in Ireland through CAPA. As I explored the city, I took notice of the many monuments, like the one of Oscar Wilde, commemorating classic Irish authors who once called Dublin their home. These statues, bridges, and street names symbolize the importance that the city and people place on their literary history.

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Melanie Sweeney is an official CAPA vlogger for fall 2016, sharing her story in weekly posts on CAPA World. A double Spanish and marketing major at Siena College, she is studying abroad in Buenos Aires this semester.

In this week's video, Melanie takes us to one of the city's creative hubs: the Museum of Modern Art for a look around. Afterwards, we take a short walk to see some of the art on the nearby streets, by moonlight.

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Thanks Melanie!

Melanie's journey continues here on CAPA World every Thursday. Bookmark her profile and stay tuned!

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An Interview with Graham Fink, Multimedia Artist & Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, China.

Meet Graham Fink, a multimedia artist and the Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather in China. Graham is originally from London, but has lived in China for the past five years and has spent many creative years in the advertising industry. Below, he tells us about his current photography exhibition "Ballads of Shanghai" in London's Riflemaker Gallery and talks about the different approaches to advertising in Shanghai versus London as well as the importance of collaboration. He also shares a few tips for students hoping to photograph their study abroad city in a way that's not cliche and for those planning to launch a career in the advertising world.

CAPA WORLD: Tell us a bit about your background.
GRAHAM FINK: I was born in the UK (Portsmouth) and was very much the black sheep of my family. I went to art school as soon as I could leave school and studied painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and film. Then I got into advertising as it seemed to be a job where I could do all of these things. I worked with some amazing agencies, Saatchi’s, CDP, GGT, M&C Saatchi for many years and then I set up my own film production company. Here, I learned how to make music videos, commercials, and short films. I did this for many years, until I had an offer to go and run Ogilvy & Mather in China. I have been in China nearly five years now and during that time have also had five exhibitions of my artwork, comprising film, painting, drawing and photography.

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