Sara Crespin graduated from The University of New Mexico with a BA in Psychology and English in December 2014. Shortly before graduating she worked in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) providing therapy to children diagnosed with autism and became passionate about the work. She applied and was accepted to Arizona State University's graduate program in Curriculum and Instruction: Applied Behavior Analysis (MEd) in Fall 2015. The arts still play a huge role in her life and she continues to paint and experiment with other forms of arts such as videography.
Samantha Gozlan
03/11/16
Samantha Gozlan graduated with a BFA from Tufts University and is an Artist-in-Residence at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Dreyfoos is one of Oxbow's Member Schools.
Megan Broughton
03/10/16
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| Megan's Cover Art for Gaijin |
Megan Broughton designed the cover art for Gaijin, Jordan Okumura's first novel, published by Civil Coping Mechanisms as part of the #RECURRENT series.
Megan is a Contributing Editor for Entropy Magazine and Oxbow's Residential Life Advisor.
Lucia Ribisi
03/10/16
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| Adidas: Future Capsule |
Lucia Ribisi is in a group show Future Capsule that opened March 8 at the New Museum in New York and moved on to The Seventh Gallery in Los Angeles on March 10 and is on view through March 13.
"Future Capsule features a collection of mixed-media artwork including photography, painting, digital art and soundscapes as well as an immersive video experience in which visitors are asked to complete the statement, "My Future is ... ." The responses are compiled in video footage Adidas plans to release later this year." - read the full article by Christine Birkner, AdWeek.
Nina Gregg
03/08/16
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| Check out the event |
Nina Gregg was selected to participate along with 14 other artists/artist groups in the curated and juried show The Nerve: Performance Art Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her Oxbow final project Breathing Box, an interactive sculpture. Performances take place on March 18th and 19th and the work will be on display through March 26th. You can check out Nina's project on the Oxbow School website gallery!
Ingrid Burrington
03/08/16
Ingrid Burrington founded the School for Poetic Computation with fellow alum OS17 Casey Gollan. Check out their blog for upcoming workshops and the 10-week Summer programs.
Lulu Waks
03/08/16
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| Pack Trips in Patagonia! |
Lulu Waks lives in her native California and works in land conservation with local ranchers, farmers and other landholders to protect their properties from further development. She also leads women on pack trips in Patagonia, Argentina with fellow guide Aly Moyer. Along for the 2nd annual pack trip was Oxbow's own Admissions Director, Holly McVeigh.
Check out the website for more information!
Mary Arose
03/08/16
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| Temple Dance Initiation Course |
Mary Arose studied at the Temple Dance Initiation in India, a month long intensive embodiment course, it required her to show up, in person, and be present with herself, her body, the group of women and the teachings. She said each day was profound and rigorous with almost 7 hours of physical training during the day and mystery school and chanting during the evening.
MinJung Jessica Kim
03/07/16
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| It's a Trap, 2015 |
Jessica Kim received 6 Gold Keys in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, one is for her Oxbow Final Project performance video and painting piece It's a Trap. She was also designated an American Vision Nominee. Visit Oxbow's website Gallery to read her final project artist statement and research paper.
Karen Achar
02/10/16
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| Slade West, Two Hours, 2016 |
Karen Achar attends University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is the curator and contributing artist in the group exhibition"Primordial Delight" in the Sculpture Gallery at UCLA's Broad Art Center.
The exhibit includes the work of Oxbow alumni and UCLA student OS30 Brem Finnie, OS29 Slade West-she's been on a gap year and starts at Bennington College in the Fall, and Benjamin Briggance.
The opening is Friday, February 12, 6-8pm and the exhibit is on view through the weekend. The image is by Slade West, Two Hours, 2016, charcoal and pencil on paper.
