We are glad to welcome Alex Keilty to Oxbow as our new Environmental Science teacher. Alex is bringing his experience in the classroom and on production farms to Oxbow's teaching gardens. He can be seen walking the campus and neighborhood eating all manner of California treats from trees and bushes.

Oxbow has it's own special blend coffee Ox-Bohemian Brew direct from Alta Organics Coffee and Tea Company located along the coast in Davenport. California. Alta Organics is dedicated to supporting the farmers, the processors, the importers / exporters and all those who bring them the beans to make us the best cup of coffee around.

Click here to see the complete 2014 Alumni Art Exhibition and Sale photo album. If you have photos to share please email to alumnishow@oxbowschool.org.

Pizzeria in the Garden

Curious to see what students do in the studios, in the garden, in class and on field trips? Check out Oxbow's Facebook page and This Week at Oxbow our weekly blog (inactive over the summer and will resume in late August when Fall semester begins).

OS30 Final Projects and papers will be up on the website Gallery soon! To view OS23-OS29 Final Projects - just click the "MENU" button at the top right of the Gallery screen to select the Oxbow semester you want to view.

Holly's installation

Rings & Bracelet

Eric Swangstu gathers paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, animation, jewelry and photography from some of his moto-enthusiast artist friends from L.A., Oakland, Kansas City and Seattle. As an avid rider, Swangstu celebrates the moto-lifestyle by playing with the stigma often attached with the sport of motorcycling.

Izzy Pezzulo an OS28 alum and senior at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, FL has won the YoungArts 2014 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award and a Pathfinder Award Arts Scholarship.

YoungArts congratulates the 50th class of US Presidential Scholars. The 20 Scholars in the Arts, all 2014 YoungArts Winners, were nominated to The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars by YoungArts, and selected based on academic, civic and artistic achievement. The award, presented on behalf of the President of the United States, is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an artistically talented graduating high school senior. These talented young artists will showcase their work at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and at The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 23, 2014.Read the full announcement and event details.

Pezzulo spent much of her Dreyfoos career studying at other schools through various programs such as the Oxbow School in Napa, CA and Cow House Studio in Ireland. - Jason Schultz, The Palm Beach Post - read full article.

Boxed in, 2012

The exhibition Managing Object Expectations opened April 14 at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and is curated by Sabrina Blaichman. The group exhibition includes artists Nairy Baghramian, Zilla Leutenegger, Seth Price, Michael St. John, Chris Thorson, and Rosemarie Trocker. The show runs through May 25. "Managing Object Expectations proposes an intersection of artistic craft and the influence of everyday objects. The artists represented have chosen to create everyday objects rather than nominate them from non-artistic fields of production. By employing strategies of re-contextualization or unexpected uses of form and material, the works open spaces for new thought processes and realities."

The exhibition As Night Strolled Over to See What's Up opens May 6 at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Program at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and is curated by Oxbow's own OS13 Nora Rodriguez. The opening reception is May 9 and the show runs through May 28. "As Night features the work of five artists - Glen Baldridge, Robin Cameron, Michael Drueger, Phyllis Ma and Chris Thorson - who engage with the print's potential for infinite reproduction. Exisiting as singular objects or limited editions, these works invoke the technology and texture of commercial printing."

Falling, 2014, Watercolor on Rag Paper

Darren Waterston's exhibition Cadence is at the Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle, WA and runs through May 17th. He painted this body of work during his residency this year at MASS MoCA. The title of this exhibition refers to the sequence of chords comprising a musical phrase.

"Since I have been so deeply immersed in all things Whistler of late, I wanted to explore futher the parallels found in both painterly and symphonic compositions."

Darren was Oxbow's Visiting Artist in Residence for OS21. darrenwaterston.com.

Napa County Recycling and Waste Services recognizes Oxbow for our outstanding recycling and compost efforts in the community. To win the 2013 city award, nominees were surveyed to learn how much non-recyclable trash was in their recycling bins as well as the reverse. On April 8, 2014, Oxbow received the California State Legislature Certificate of Recognition, the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition and the State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition. California Congressman Mike Thompson, State Senators Noreen Evans and Lois Wok and State Assembly Member Mariko Yamada made the presentations to Tracy Bates, our Head Chef and the person responsible for coordinating our campus recycling program. This is the third time Oxbow has received this award, the first in 2011 and second in 2012.

This award was made possible through the efforts of ALL Oxbow - faculty, staff and students. The award included a cash prize.

Thanks and congratulations!