Author Archives: Cristina Fries

Cristina Fries

About Cristina Fries

I am a second year student from the University of California Davis who enjoys art in all its forms, traveling, and exploring. I am majoring English with an emphasis in Creative Writing and minoring in Art History. I've uprooted myself from home to come to London for 10 weeks to study abroad and intern at Dulwich OnView where I will experience and write about art and culture in this vibrant city.

Goodbye, London!

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It has been a great couple of months living in London, watching theater performances, looking at and thinking about art, but now I’m continuing my European adventure for another two months in other cities of […]

“The Body Adorned” Exhibit at the Horniman Museum

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“The Body Adorned: Dressing London” is Horniman Museum’s most recent free exhibition that explores the question of why we dress and adorn our bodies the way we do. People in various cultures throughout history have […]

South London Dreaming at GX Gallery

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GX Gallery currently houses an exhibit featuring works by the well known and highly accomplished artist, Tom Phillips. A recycler of materials, like old paint, post cards, and books, his works feature collages, prints, and drawings with […]

Comedy, Drama, and Cement in ‘Machines for Living’ at Blue Elephant Theatre

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Once again, the Blue Elephant Theatre successfully provided me with a theatrical performance that satisfied my love for the arts in a witty, humorous, and intelligent fashion in their latest production, ‘Machines for Living.’ This is the third […]

A Family in Wartime at the Imperial War Museum

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Imperial War Museum’s ‘A Family in Wartime’ exhibit: Photographs, films, audio recordings, and household artifacts are on display for us to discover what it was like for ordinary people to live in a time of uncertainty […]

Stik at Artists’ Open House

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For the Dulwich Festival, artists displayed their works in people’s homes for visitors to enjoy during the Artists’ Open House event. Although most artists had their finished works on display, Stik came with paintbrushes and […]

On Board the Cutty Sark

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The sight of the Cutty Sark against the horizon in Greenwich is impressive in and of itself, but the opportunity to explore the historic tea clipper, from bow to stern, hull to deck, is an […]

Rye Books Launches Richard Guard’s New Book

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Rye Books is a wonderfully quaint independent bookstore on Upland Road, boasting fiction, travel, art and design, children’s, hard-to-find, and a selection of previously owned books. They have a small café in the store, selling […]

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