Name: Summer Bias
Hometown: Lakeland, Florida
Year: Junior
Age: 20
Major: Art History and History
Minor: Museum Studies
Relationship Status: Single
Her Campus (HC): What attracted you to FSU?
Summer Bias (SB): A lot of my friends came here. It was a pretty simple decision. I applied to UCF, UF and FSU. I got into all three but decided to come to FSU.
HC: A double major and a minor based in history seems pretty intense. Howâve you been holding up?
SB: Those are the only things I think are really interesting, so itâs been alright. I started with art history and from there I just figured I would also enjoy history. History is just like one big story.
HC: What made you want to study art history?
SB: Junior year of high school we had an assignment in art class where we had to draw a gallery and put famous works of art in it. So in order to do that we had to go through art history books and that was the first time Iâd ever gone through one. It was honestly just the best thing ever. So I didnât actually work on my art assignment for a few days. I just paged through the book. Then I took AP art history the next year.
HC: Are there any artists youâre particularly fond of? Like are there any painters, musicians or dancers (etc.) that youâre really digging?
SB: My favorite visual artist is Joseph Hornel, number two is Francisco Goya and Gustav Klimt after that.
HC: What country would you love to visit the most?
SB: I think anywhere that Iâve studied a lot. My favorite type of art is Spanish colonial. So probably somewhere in Latin America where thereâs colonial mission churches. Thatâs the type of art Iâd know the most about, so visiting a place with a lot of Spanish colonial art would be amazing.
HC: What museum is at the top of your âMust Visitâ list?
SB: The Louvre probably. I feel like as an art historian, you just have to go there. Even though most people have a bad experience. Mostly because itâs overwhelmingly big and there are so many tourists around.
HC: If you had to choose any other field of study, what would it be?
SB: I would choose physics. Itâs so fascinating to me but I donât think Iâm mathematically savvy enough to study it. My dad bought me a quantum physics book thatâs really well written and pretty easy to understand. So whenever I read it my mind is just blown.
HC: Whatâs one of your favorite spots in Tallahassee?
SB: I like Mission San Luis a lot, the Living History Museum and Village are pretty cool, even if the performances can get a bit cheesy. Food wise, I really love Bada Bean for coffee and lunch.
HC: Whatâs your guilty pleasure?
SB: Definitely Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Orange County.
HC: Totally with you on that one. Whoâs your favorite housewife?
SB: In Beverly Hills my favorite is Lisa. She and her husband are so adorable. Their dog Giggy is too precious. In Orange County, I guess Heather but I honestly donât like her that much.
HC: Where do you see yourself after undergraduate life at FSU?
SB: In graduate school. Not sure where. But definitely continuing with art history.
HC: If you could give any advice to your teenage self, what would it be?
SB: Probably to be less shy. Because people arenât that scary and they donât care that much about what others are doing.