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Charitybuzz Auction

12/13/14

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Only 11 days left on Oxbow's Charitybuzz auction which features lunch with Oxbow co-founder, Margrit Mondavi at her home in Napa. Visit charitybuzz.com for the complete list of lots.

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Jonathan Demme & Daniel Wolff in Napa January 18th

12/19/13

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme and Author Daniel Wolff have spent the last eight years documenting post-Katrina New Orleans. They will present New Home Movies from the Lower Ninth Ward at The Theater at 500 First Street. Proceeds support the Oxbow School Scholarship Fund.


Jonathan Demme is among Hollywood’s first rank of filmmakers, with credits that include Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married, Beloved, The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won an Oscar, and a trilogy of Neil Young documentaries. Tackling challenging and controversial subjects, he’s directed eight different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. Demme is also an activist, whose concern is reflected in such projects as Artists for Democracy in Haiti, the documentary New Home Movies from the Lower Ninth Ward on post-Katrina residents of New Orleans and its follow-up, the portrait documentary I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful.

Daniel Wolff is an accomplished talent as an author, poet and filmmaker. His writing has appeared in numerous diverse publications, ranging from Vogue to Education Weekly, and his non-fiction books include How Lincoln Learned to Read and an award-winning and best-selling biography of crooner Sam Cooke. He’s also received credits on such documentaries as The Agronomist, about slain Haitian civil rights leader Jean Dominique, and several projects on post-Katrina New Orleans, including I’m Carolyn Parker—the catalyst for his look at the lives of everyday American heroes in his text, The Fight for Home.

Cocktails & Screening with Jonathan & Daniel $125

New Orleans feast with Jonathan & Daniel $500 (seating is limited)

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Oxbow: A Bridge to the Future

02/20/12

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Bay Bridge by Todd Hido, 2011

Save the Date!
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 6 pm
At the Oxbow School, Napa

This year's riverside feast was inspired by our alumni and the 75th anniversaries of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges.

Auction includes work by: Christopher Brown, John Chiara, Todd Hido, Amanda Hughen, Richard Misrach, Jennifer Starkweather and an exclusive tour of the International Orange exhibition with FOR-SITE Executive Director, Cheryl Haines.

Auctioneers: The Art Guys
Feast by Chez Panisse and Friends
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The art that goes on in most high schools is usually relatively skill-based. At Oxbow, there is more emphasis on looking and seeing and more critical thinking about what you are doing, the human connection, that personal element. Through art you can begin to understand yourself better. That may be the biggest eye-opener for students. It is almost a preview of college. Get out of the mechanical factory high school education and get into something open, new, and invigorating in a small environment.

— Bill Barrett, Former Oxbow Board Member, Former Executive Director of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD)

If at any point Oxbow doubts the good it does, I just want to reassure you all that you’re changing the lives of young artists every semester.

— Colin Davis, Fall 2009

Oxbow gave Will a voice and a community. Under the nurturing attention of his wonderful teachers, he learned that he had the intellectual capability to express himself and that his unique point of view was, in fact, an asset.

— David Becker, Parent

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