Randy De La Cruz is working with several local projects at his school Design and Architecture Senior High School. He recently returned from Young Arts week as an NFAA Young Arts finalist in Visual Arts. His work is featured on the DASH website as January's Feature Portfolio and he's currently working on his own website and we'll post the link when completed.
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)
Oxbow forced me to create, and by creating, I established foundation for my thought.
— Jamie Roux, Spring 2003
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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