Camp Begins!

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Inside Oxbow

Camp Begins!

07/03/19

Moving through Painting, Digital Media, Printmaking, and Sculpture studios, campers have learned foundational processes from screenprinting to plaster casting to photograms.

In addition to technical skills, projects have asked students to think critically, imagining futures for Oxbow’s landscape, both dystopic and optimistic, and considering their personal experiences of collective history. For the latter assignment, students created animations compiling original and found footage that will be compiled on a hard drive and buried on campus in the first ever OSAC time capsule. Hiking, walks through Napa and other excursions have left plenty of time for fun beyond the studios. As we move into week two, students begin work on final projects. Can’t wait to see this group’s creations!

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Oxbow forced me to create, and by creating, I established foundation for my thought.

— Jamie Roux, Spring 2003

Oxbow was, without a doubt, the best part of my high school experience. A year after leaving, and I still feel as though it were yesterday that I was sitting on the lawn, eating in the dining hall, and laughing with my friends in the studios.

— Julia Weir, Fall 2015

The art that goes on in most high schools is usually relatively skill-based. At Oxbow, there is more emphasis on looking and seeing and more critical thinking about what you are doing, the human connection, that personal element. Through art you can begin to understand yourself better. That may be the biggest eye-opener for students. It is almost a preview of college. Get out of the mechanical factory high school education and get into something open, new, and invigorating in a small environment.

— Bill Barrett, Former Oxbow Board Member, Former Executive Director of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD)

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