OS12

Katarina Schmidt

06/29/11

Katarina Schmidt just graduated Magna Cum Laude from Central Washington University with a BA in Art and a BA in Anthropology! She's taking a break to live school free and adventure-full. Look for her art showing in the Pacific Northwest, or on her web-site at www.rekartak.weebly.com. She's been in touch with Oxbow OS12 alumni Lisa and Katelyn. She's traveling to the west coast this summer and then in search of an artistic career based in the social services. To quote Katie "Hooray for art and people! (and dinosaurs and battleships still, of course)."

She hopes all is well in the Bay Area, and that Oxbow is flourishing. If there are any Oxbow alumni from the Pacific Northwest or who are now working in the Northwest she would love to connect, network, do some community art! Please contact her by email at rekartak@gmail.com.

Hey guys! OS33 alumni here! I received a full ride to California College of the Arts and just wanted to tell you guys that if it wasn't for the Oxbow experience and the great faculty who saw the potential in me I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. I am still waiting for other colleges at the moment but I think this might be the school I will attend this fall!

— Keily Maldonado , 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)

If at any point Oxbow doubts the good it does, I just want to reassure you all that you’re changing the lives of young artists every semester.

— Colin Davis, Fall 2009

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