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Oxbow Alumni Accepted to Prestigious Summer Internship

05/13/19

Oxbow Alumni Phoebe Dubisch has been accepted for mentorship in Medical Illustration with Barrow Neurological Institute for the month of June. She will also attend the Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics in July 2019. While at Oxbow Phoebe focused her energies on exploring the intersection of art and science. Phoebe came to Oxbow from Phoenix Arizona.

Phoebe's Final Project research and artwork focused on human perception and the impact our desire to make sense of the world that has on scientific research.

Click here to read Phoebe's Final Project paper

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)

Artistically, I learned a lot of new techniques and mediums while here. I had access to much more than before and I made the most of it. I tried everything I could and always talked to my teachers and peers about new ways I could make art. Every so often, I completely stepped out of my comfort zone. Experimenting with technique and testing my artistic boundaries has helped me realize how many paths I have to choose from in the art world and that makes me excited for the future.

— Macy Manning, Fall 2023

At Oxbow, the eye and the hand are inseparable from the mind and because their peers are also artists, students adopt fresh attitudes toward their work.

— Charles Altieri, Rachel Anderson Stageberg Chair, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley

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