INTO THE FURTHER

Matthew Santos just released his new album Into the Further.

"Matthew Santos might be most famous for singing the ever-popular line, "if you are what you say you are; a superstar," in Lupe Fiasco's mainstream hit, but he is so much more than that. Through his album Into the Further, he demonstrates real talent, soul and artistry. The album is extremely well crafted in instrumentation as well as pure musicianship. With a few Grammy nominations and several albums under his belt, Matthew Santos gives us yet another reason to grant him our undivided attention." - Interview with Alex Feigin, Pancakes and Whiskey.

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The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced it's Emerging Artist Grant Program, a new initiative designed to assist emerging visual artist across the United States. The Pilot program will award a diverse group of ten artists with an unrestricted grant of $12,000 per artist in addition to professional support throughout the year. For more information go to the Joan Mitchell Foundation website at joanmitchellfoundation.org.

It is with great sadness that we send news of Paule Anglim's passing on April 2, 2015 in San Francisco, she was a long time friend and supporter of The Oxbow School and of the arts. Anglim was the honoree at Oxbow's 2011 Annual Benefit Event.

Retropective - Paule Anglim (1923 - 2015) opened at the Gallery Paule Anglim at 14 Geary Street in San Francisco, California on May 7, 2015 and runs through June 27, 2015.

Paule Anglim is a Trustee Emerita at San Francisco Art Institute and they will hold a memorial to honor her on Sunday May 31st.

"The staff and artist of Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francsico present "Retropective, an exhibition in tribute to Paule Anglim and her passionate commitment to artists. The memorial exhibition will bring together artworks from 5 decades of Paule Anglim's shows and public art projects." - Gallery Paule Anglim
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Perched, mixed-media assemblage, 2010

The exhibition Mildred Howard: Matter and Spirit opens at the Richmond Art Center Gallery in Richmond, California on March 22 and runs through May 24, 2015. The opening reception is on Saturday, March 21st from 4-6pm.

"Mildred Howard: Spirit and Matter will showcase a selection of works that present some of the artist's most iconic sculptures as well as graphic works never before exhibited. Long admired for her direct and forthright reflections on society, Howard will be exhibiting work which incorporates her own image, popular images and anonymous photography. Whether taking found objects for use in assemblage or layering complex collaged works on paper, Howard imbues her artwork with the spirit of personal and community history as she reveals the matter at hand in the materiality of the of the object. Guest curated by Jan Wurm."

Howard was a Fall 2000 Visiting Artist Lecturer. You can see more of Howard's work at gallerypauleanglim.com.

The house that can't be any color but it's own, 2011

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation awarded Mildred Howard with a Lee Krasner Award including a three-year grant. This award is based on the same criteria as the Pollock-Krasner grants, but are given in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement. This honor is a tribute to and recognition of artists with long and distinguished careers. The award is by nomination only.

Howard was a Fall 2000 Visiting Artist Lecturer.

Some Kind of Shelter, 2013

Hard and Soft is an exhibition of selected ceramic sculptures by four women artists including Rebecca Manson, Lynda Benglis, Hilary Harnischfeger, and Arlene Shechet at the ACME gallery in Los Angeles, CA. They use ceramics in their work to explore and blur the distinctions between pliable and rigid, accidental and intentional, seductive and grotesque. The opening is Saturday, February 14 from 6-8pm and open through March 14, 2015.

"Rebecca Manson makes a series of marks and strokes with small bits of clay, in varying shades of off-white with hints of color. These small gestural marks Manson then combines into her large-scale sculptures and wall reliefs. Sometimes resembling an archaeological excavation, the resulting sculptures are simultaneously haunting and elegant."ACME Gallery

Manson was a Fall 2013 Visiting Artist Lecturer and is an Oxbow alum (OS14),

On Saturday, January 31st, Stephen hosted Peter and Geffen Rothe in the printmaking studio for the 'christening' of the etching press, tools, and materials that they donated in honor of Peter's mother, G. H. Rothe, a renowned mezzotint artist. Former Oxbow Board member, Bonnie Levinson, was in attendance as she was the link in getting the Rothe's to Oxbow.

On learning that Peter and Geffen were looking to find a good home for his mother's studio equipment, Bonnie put the Rothe's in contact with us and the result is a really great addition to the printmaking studio. To celebrate the donation, Peter installed a plaque in honor of his mother, and Stephen printed the last plate that Peter's mother was working on at the time of her death. The donation also included many of the artist's printmaking tools and a large amount of very high
quality printmaking paper.

It is with great sadness that we send news of a loss in the Oxbow alumni family: Madison Wilbanks, OS30, passed away at her home in Atlanta, GA of February 1st, 2015.

Madie was a senior at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA. She was accepted to New York University where she planned to study Photojournalism in the Fall. She was awarded a Gold Key in the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the category of Photography for her piece "Virginia."

Maddie, Sarah, and Stephen

Maddie and Palmer

This semester we invited OS29 Maddie Gibson to come for a visit. She joined OS31 for lunch and conducted studio visits afterwards. For more about the Alumni Angel program contact reslife@oxbowschool.org.