M M.H.

Mary Margaret Hatch

“I went on the Italy trip last summer. And it was kind of through the school because I took Italian art and culture. I wanted to take a class with Steve, and that was the one that fit in my schedule. It was really interesting to learn about Italy, and it isn’t like a traditional class. The focus wasn’t on a medium, or on prompts. It was more like research and you didn’t have to do physical art, like you could cook or could just make a slideshow for your projects. I made gelato with my friend for one of the projects. I made pizza one time, I made some drawings and a linoleum block print for one. I forget exactly when but I think it was probably February that it was like, oh, maybe we can go to Italy, and then we had to sign up within a couple of weeks. I really wanted to do it. I had to make sure that I was allowed to with my parents and figure out all that. But I really wanted to do it. Italy was really cool, my favorite part was Venice. We went on a gondola, and you’re not usually on a boat in a city like that. And that was really cool. Venice is just so different from all the cities here. After that trip I also stayed longer and went to Germany with my sisters and traveled around Italy a bit too with my mom and sisters. But I was very glad to come home. Even though I really liked being there, it took a lot of energy, so I don’t know if I really want to go far away for college.”