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Kristen Gibbs

09/04/13

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Hypnagogic

Kristen Gibbs graduated from the certificate program at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and will complete her undergraduate degree at University of Pennsylvania through PAFA and UPenn's combined BFA program. Kris received the John R. Conner Memorial Prize in Printmaking and the Henry C. Pratt Prize in Printmaking at PAFA and sold paintings in PAFA'S Annual Student Exhibition. She just finished a very rewarding internship teaching drawing and painting in a free after-school program for high school students in Philadelphia and is currently teaching at a preschool. She was also included in the Kennedy Center’s 12th Annual Infinite Earth exhibition of emerging artists.

I want to thank you all for being so supportive and wonderful, thank you for running this incredible program. And half of my acceptance to RISD is because of Oxbow. (Especially thanks to Chris who wrote my letter of rec, to Jennifer who revised my essays, to the admissions team who helped me with my portfolio.

— Jeff Shen, Fall 2014

In the year leading up to Oxbow, I became obsessed with the program, I was entranced with reading testimonials and researching interdisciplinary learning styles. When I arrived at Oxbow I was never disappointed, despite my endless expectations. I will forever cherish the time I spent at Oxbow and the connections I made there. Through Oxbow I was able to hone into the ideas I was thinking about, to refine my artistic process and to see the world in a new light every day of my life. I'm not going to say that without Oxbow I wouldn't be the person I am today, but I will say that without Oxbow it would have taken me at least four years to become who I am after one Oxbow semester.

— Phoebe Dubisch, Fall 2018

Hey guys! OS33 alumni here! I received a full ride to California College of the Arts and just wanted to tell you guys that if it wasn't for the Oxbow experience and the great faculty who saw the potential in me I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. I am still waiting for other colleges at the moment but I think this might be the school I will attend this fall!

— Keily Maldonado , Fall 2015

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