One Year Later

Author: Jessie Marshall (UGC)

Jessie, a student from the studio of Graphics, shares about her experience on studying at the Academy of Fine Arts and takes us to her studio.

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Hey, I’m Jessie, I’m from Melbourne, Australia, and a year and a bit, or two and a half semesters ago, I moved here to Vienna to begin studying a diploma of fine arts in the Graphic studio.

Yeah! One year later - honestly, it took me a while to get used to things.. and finding a sense of belonging here, my level of homesickness really took me by surprise.

Um, so it was quite a culture shock, in a way.

I’ve had some really great experiences getting involved with the events at the Academy, I would really recommend that as a way to meet people. Like, the winter market we had earlier this week, or the Rundgang, or, my class had an exhibition a month ago, and that was really great… yeah, volunteering at the bar at events like these has been a really great way to meet people, and to find that feeling of community.

I’ve really met some wonderful people at the Academy. I really enjoy that it's people from all around the world - this ever growing international community.