{"id":853,"date":"2025-10-31T14:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=853"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:15:25","slug":"growth-abroad-and-appreciation-for-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/2025\/10\/31\/growth-abroad-and-appreciation-for-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth Abroad and Appreciation for the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Ben Johovich |\u00a0 Summer 2024<br \/>\nArts and Engineering in Ireland<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_2483-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-859 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_2483-2-scaled-313x209-custom.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Johovich standing in front of Glendalough in Wicklow, Ireland\" width=\"313\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a> use\u00a0this\u00a0opportunity to rave about my trip abroad in Ireland and how it was a wonderful way for me personally to gain a better appreciation for art and architecture. There are many good reasons to study abroad; some may be cliche, but I promise they are all true. I saw this trip as a great opportunity to see a part of the world I never had the chance to when I was younger. And I couldn&#8217;t recommend it more, it is a great way to see some amazing places, meet new people, and have unforgettable experiences with your friends. From the art aspect, I love the street art in Dublin it gives the city a very modern vibe and the buildings are very mixed in classical and modern style. I also highly recommend going on study abroad trips with a very open mind and being willing to pack your schedule with events. Although you may be tired it will be nothing compared to the phenomenal memories you will make.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_3677-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-857 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_3677-scaled-221x295-custom.jpg\" alt=\"Looking down the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland\" width=\"221\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite parts of the trip is the new appreciation of the arts I gained while on\u00a0this trip. I had a very stereotypical view of artwork before and none of it really made sense. However, this trip allowed me to gain a new perspective on artwork and how it is not always paintings in a frame. You can see artwork and artistic ability in a number of different places and styles. Street art especially grabbed my attention because it is a very vibrant, smooth, and unique style that really adds to the character of a building. The architecture is also a very unique and beautiful feature of the city. A mixture of the 1700s and 1800s classical styles and the new modern style means that Dublin is unlike any city you can find here in the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2025\/10\/69304833-3A52-47A0-A99D-1F8E439A0328.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-855 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2025\/10\/69304833-3A52-47A0-A99D-1F8E439A0328-218x291-custom.jpg\" alt=\"Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland\" width=\"218\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a>Overall studying abroad is an amazing experience and an excellent way for people like me,\u00a0who never had the funds or time to travel, to have some truly once-in-a-lifetime experiences and meet amazing people. For anyone reading this, I cannot stress enough how highly I recommend this program and study abroad in general. I know I\u2019m so glad that I did and you will too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Ben Johovich |\u00a0 Summer 2024 Arts and Engineering in Ireland I\u2019m going to use\u00a0this\u00a0opportunity to rave about my trip abroad in Ireland and how it was a wonderful way for me personally to gain a better appreciation for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/2025\/10\/31\/growth-abroad-and-appreciation-for-the-arts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9196996,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9196996"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}