Eric Veit (OS10)

Visiting Artist Lectures

Eric Veit (OS10)

01/31/20

Please join us for a lecture with artist Eric Veit (OS10).

Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00 — 8:30pm
Location: The CIA at Copia Theater, 500 First Street, Napa, CA

Artist Biography

Eric Veit’s work deals with abstract principles such as the organization of information, relationships between human nature and non-human nature, cognition and categorization, fiction as opposed to truth, and the passage of time. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and recently at Bel Ami, Los Angeles; Motel, New York; Boatos Fine Arts, São Paulo; Carl Louie, London, Ontario; Rear Window, New York; Exo Exo, Paris; Parisian Laundry, Montreal; Jack Hanley, New York; SpazioA, Pistoia; Interstate Projects, New York; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco and Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.

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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

I learned to drop all previous assumptions I had about people because I had never met anyone like the other students at Oxbow. For the first time, my peers and their insightful thinking inspired me. For example, during the ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ presentations, I kept looking around the room thinking, I can’t believe all of these students are talking the way I think.

— Sara DeLong, Spring 2010

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