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Open House

Oxbow School College Portfolio Day

09/26/19

On Thursday November 14th, 2019 the nation's best art and design colleges will be reviewing student artwork and answering questions on our campus in beautiful Napa, CA. This event is open to all Oxbow students, alumni, and local teens.

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Location: The Oxbow School, 530 Third Street, Napa
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm

For more information contact the Admissions Office at admissions@oxbowschool.org.


The full list of colleges attending:

California College of the Arts (CCA)

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

College for Creative Studies

Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI)

Laguna College of Art + Design

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD)

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)

Otis College of Art and Design

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)

School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts)

The Cooper Union

The New School | Parsons School of Design

University of Arts, London

Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)


At Oxbow, the eye and the hand are inseparable from the mind and because their peers are also artists, students adopt fresh attitudes toward their work.

— Charles Altieri, Rachel Anderson Stageberg Chair, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley

I learned to drop all previous assumptions I had about people because I had never met anyone like the other students at Oxbow. For the first time, my peers and their insightful thinking inspired me. For example, during the ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ presentations, I kept looking around the room thinking, I can’t believe all of these students are talking the way I think.

— Sara DeLong, Spring 2010

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