I studied fine art and painting before I came here.
It's one thing to make art, but to know how the art world works from the other side is
really nice.
My name is Erin Chang.
I'm 23, and I'm Canadian.
Actually Canadian and American.
Right now I'm working at a company called, "Cigar Box."
And they basically advise cultural organizations on how to get the most impact on their projects.
And that's really where the economics of this study - it's coming in handy.
I really like that the study requires you to do an internship.
Because you can really take the theory, and put it into practice.
Which is really nice.
You get so many different perspectives on art.
So it's not just art history, and it's not just economics.
But it's economics and art history, and sociology and media.
And you get all these different angles, at which you can look at art and culture with.
Which I think is really unique.
As an example, you can take a piece of modern art - you can take a look at it from the economic
side and say, "This is what it looks like in the art market."
But you can also take a look at the historical side, and say, "Well it's valuable, because
it was owned by this person.
It was painted by this person."
Or from a sociological side, you can say, "Us as a society, we value these things."
It's a form of capital.
So you can really take a piece of art, and see why it's valuable from all these different
sides.
After class, I like to go to the pavilion and get a drink with some friends.
Do a little studying.
I just really love the center of town, Blaak.
There's a ton of really amazing and beautiful architecture there.
If it's closer to the evening - I like to go to the Witte de Withstraat, which is a really nice
street with lots of restaurants - and grab some nice food and listen to some music there.
I would really like to own my own art gallery. That would be the dream.