Living out a dream: Artistic immersion in London
Author: Joanna Byrne
In her application for the London Global Gateway, Rachel Mills’ described a daydream that she often had in South Bend. The fantasy scenario involved her exiting the tube station into Trafalgar Square, and walking the through crowds of buskers, commuters and tourists to reach her place of work: the National Gallery.
While a career at the National Gallery remains an ambition for Mills, her time in London brought her vision to life in more ways than she ever expected.