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Angry Pigeons: Henry Tuttle

Henry Tuttle, a junior at NWA, has been sailing since he was in fourth grade. When his mother signed him up for a “Learn To Sail” class, he immediately found himself enamored with the fun of it.

Letter from the Editor

The future is wildly unpredictable.

“Early Adulthood”: NWA Grows Up

Since its founding in 1997, Northwest Academy has grown...

Recreating Strangers on a Train

For my Masters of Cinema project I decided to take four key moments and...

Reaction: Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Jimi Hendrix's 1968 double LP. Here are their reactions.

Reaction: Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Sly and the Family Stone's infectious 1969 record. Here are their reactions.

Artistic Response: Four Films

“I feel by looking at Lincoln’s life outside of politics, even just with those few scenes with his wife and sons, it was clear that he was an exhausted man with the weight of grief and pressure on his shoulders.”

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Recreating Strangers on a Train

For my Masters of Cinema project I decided to...

Cyanotypes and Words

Students in Kelli Pennington’s black and white photography classes experimented with cyanotypes and words in photographs.

Track By Track: Slint: Spiderland

Slint’s Spiderland is a moody, entrancing post-punk work of art.

The Moral Dilemma

The bad acting is intentional.

Recreating Strangers on a Train

For my Masters of Cinema project I decided to take four key moments and shots that I love from Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a...

Cyanotypes and Words

Students in Kelli Pennington’s black and white photography classes experimented with cyanotypes and words in photographs.

Track By Track: Slint: Spiderland

Slint’s Spiderland is a moody, entrancing post-punk work of art.

The Moral Dilemma

The bad acting is intentional.

Cyanotypes and More

Students share their artistic work.

James Brown- Live at the Apollo

I projected the live performance of James Brown over the top to incorporate the visual imagery related to his music.

Trolley Problem

The prompt for our artistic response (AR) was to create a unique moral dilemma in a similar vein to the well known “trolley problem.”

Remembrance

Most of my tracks begin with simple piano/keyboard licks or chord progressions.

“Art”

The model depicts the three apartments in “Art” each washed in primary colors to show emotion and status.

Photography

Life, Interrupted: Adam Fortmann

Together we feel like the overarching feeling of restlessness and cabin fever

Life, Interrupted: Aaron Drummond

"I can accept the situation when I’m living in my own world, barely leaving my bedroom, but walking around and seeing the businesses that I love shuttered has been harder."

Life in Smoke

In mid-September, 2020, Portland experienced hazardous levels of smoke from nearby wildfires.

Visual Art

Trolley Problem

The prompt for our artistic response (AR) was to create a unique moral dilemma in a similar vein to the well known “trolley problem.”

Artist Spotlight: Zadie Niedergang

I wanted to try traditional art techniques with a digital medium.

Reaction: The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Rolling Stones' classic 1969 record. Here are their reactions.

Self-Portrait

I wanted to be a bit more experimental with this piece, so I tried using Crayola markers and gouache to create some interesting textures.

Music

Starlight

Lots of late nights being stuck in my room led to this, and I’m really happy with it.

Reaction: Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Leonard Cohen’s acclaimed debut record. Here are their reactions.

Joy

This project was made as a response to the essay Joy by Zadie Smith.

Reaction: John Coltrane – A Love Supreme

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about John Coltrane's classic album, A Love Supreme (1965). Here are their reactions.

Thunderstorms

I wanted to capture the tranquility that often comes along with looking out a window into rainy and dark weather.

Remembrance

Most of my tracks begin with simple piano/keyboard licks or chord progressions.

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