Please mark your calendar for Oxbow's first ever overnight alumni reunion on campus! We will invite all alumni semester classes to come spend Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3 including an overnighter on the 2nd on campus. We will have dorm rooms available, and you can also bring a tent or sleep under the stars.
For more details and to register for this alumni event please email Julie de Polo in our Development Office at jdepolo@oxbowschool.org.
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Our first ever Oxbow Alumni Art Exhibition is almost here! On Saturday, June 7th 4-6pm Oxbow alumni from 30 semesters will gather in San Francisco to eat, drink, and support the school. Admission is free and open to all alumni, alumni families, and friends. The show is in the Campus Center Gallery at California College of the Arts located at 1111 Eighth Street in San Francisco.
If you are interested in submitting work or volunteering to help at the event, please email alumnishow@oxbowschool.org.
10/02/12
Oxbow alumni, parents & friends join Stephen Thomas for a reception at DC Moore Gallery
6 - 8 pm, 535 West 22nd Street, 2nd Floor
Remote Futures exhibition by Oxbow School Trustee, Darren Waterston
RSVP by October 15 to phoebe@oxbowschool.org or 707.252.5427
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
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
At Oxbow, I got to try inquiry-based learning for the first time. This allowed me to control the amount of rigor and the depth of research in my topic, as well as picking a topic that I found most interesting. From going through this new process of learning, I feel excited to go back to the rigor of my sending school to apply the inquiry-based perspective to my classes.
— Meave Cunningham, Fall, 2015
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