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Megan Landau

02/29/12

Megan Landau is happily working away in the Fashion Design program at Parsons NYC. She's not getting a lot of sleep, but loving it all the same. She mentioned that Oxbow and her experiences here helped her adapt to the Parsons life and shape her design style, love for hard work and passionate art. There are about five other girls from Oxbow's OS19 semester that either go to Parsons or live in New York City. She keeps in contact with the special friends made at Oxbow, friends that she'll always have and love. The accepting and creative energy on the Oxbow campus was infectious and it was the first time she felt like being absorbed by art was not unusual or out of place. Being comfortable as an artist never felt right until Oxbow and she's not sure she would have transferred to Parsons if she hadn't had Oxbow as an experience to support her decision. She wrote to tell us how much our school really does affect people's lives.

OS19

Rose Buchberg

02/18/12

Rose Bushberg is enrolled at CSU Monterey Bay with a major in Japanese Language and Culture but is currently in Tokyo studying at Waseda University. This past summer she completed an internship at a prestigious Japanese advertising agency called Dentsu where she worked in production and creative departments. She's working towards a career in Japanese creative advertising, mainly with television.

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Sandy King

02/18/12

Sandy King is a sophomore at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in the BFA program with an emphasis in photography. She's become very passionate about photography since leaving Oxbow, particularly analog medium format cameras. She feels that SAIC has a very strong photography department and because it is centrally located in a big city, there is a lot of opportunity to meet successful working artists. She hopes that many more high school students can experience the eye opening environment that Oxbow provided to her.

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Sienna Puleo

09/23/11

Sienna Puleo is currently in her third year at college at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and is working towards her BFA in Photography. She completed a grueling internship at CNN/HLN's Nancy Grace, and is more than excited to have a series of photo related internships within the New York City/Hudson Valley area interested in her skills and services. She began photographing at Oxbow, and is now experimenting with more advanced techniques in film and digital photography. She says her experience at Oxbow made her into the successful photographer and individual she is today.

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Esther Dane

02/14/11

Esther Dane is in her second year at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. She's interested in a career in nursing with a focus on Public Health Policy and Community. She's been spending time in the studio doing sculpture, mold-making and casting. In addition, she's developed new skills in bookmaking. She organized, curated and showed this past August at Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center in the Mission District of San Francisco.

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Miranda Scott Womack

02/12/11

Miranda Scott Womack recently finished her first album with Evarusnik called 'High Collar Dark Sky' (www.evarusnik.com) and is currently planning a tour and an extensive journey to India, New Zealand and Portugal. For tour dates, go to www.evarusnik.com.

OS19

Jesse Salazar

07/29/10

Jessie Salazar is currently teaching at the O’Keeffe Art and Leadership Program.

OS19

Gavin McCoy

07/29/10

Gavin McCoy is currently interning at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and will attend California Institute of the Arts in the fall for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

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Oxbow gave Will a voice and a community. Under the nurturing attention of his wonderful teachers, he learned that he had the intellectual capability to express himself and that his unique point of view was, in fact, an asset.

— David Becker, Parent

It's been a whirlwind week, but also a time when I sang the praises of Oxbow to my colleagues. I've been thinking much about how Oxbow is an exemplar of true education. That art centers the curriculum is hardly surprising, and for those of us who work within the traditional educational mold Oxbow offers a gold standard of focused project based learning. Beyond the school's approach to immersive experience are the intangibles which make Oxbow different. The sense of community and of working together, even as each student retained their strong individual presence is palpable. The feeling of warmth and trust between the adults and the nearly adults in the Oxbow community could be felt throughout the campus. The openness of the architecture and interconnectedness of the three studios in themselves speak of the Oxbow philosophy and identity. More than form follows function, the physical attributes of Oxbow have a distinct warmth and invite exploration.

I'm sure that the ongoing challenges of leading and reinventing your school might sometimes keep you from having the time to see Oxbow with the fresh eyes of a visitor, but your steady presence and vision are really visible in every detail. Thank you for inviting me to one of the most profound experiences in my career.

— Ken Rush, Visual Arts Department, Packer Collegiate Institute

Our daughter graduated summa cum laude from NYU with a double major in Studio Art and Art History. She is now working for Calvin Klein. She is contemplating getting a law degree and pursuing a career repatriating art objects. She still keeps in touch with several of her Oxbow classmates and they have regular reunions in Manhattan... I would say that Oxbow was the best semester that any of my four children spent in their cumulative 16 years of high school. Our daughter was the right kid, and for the right kid you do a wonderful job. You changed her life. Thank you.

— John Powley, Parent

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