Visiting Artist Natan Daskal

Inside Oxbow

Visiting Artist Natan Daskal

03/07/19

OS40's first Visiting Artist in Residence, Natan Daskal, was a wonderful addition to the Oxbow family fabric! Natan spent ten days with us, leading the students in workshops, exercises, and projects meant to foster awareness of space, body, and movement. Students considered bodies in space, human affect on space, and considered the micro and macro of human relations via movement exercises. Studio times ranged from constructing living sculptures to drawing each others' movements to presenting oneself as a self portrait. Natan introduced OS40 to the concept of the "score," in line with the practices of Anna and Lawrence Halprin. We hope OS40 carries forward their newfound knowledge of the RSVP Cycles into Project X and Final Project!

We first met Natan last semester at Salmon Creek Farm and are very happy to have continued our friendship with him!

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

Oxbow was, without a doubt, the best part of my high school experience. A year after leaving, and I still feel as though it were yesterday that I was sitting on the lawn, eating in the dining hall, and laughing with my friends in the studios.

— Julia Weir, Fall 2015

Oxbow School is one of the preeminent choices for creative high school students interested in the arts. Their project-based, integrated approach to learning mirrors the approach of many top art schools. At California College of the Arts, we are thrilled to see applicants who have attended Oxbow because we know they are well prepared for the rigors of college level work. I wish there had been an Oxbow School when I was a high school student!

— Stephen Beal, President, California College of the Arts

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