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Put Down Your Phone And Connect (After Reading This Article)

Students are no longer allowed to have their devices out in class. 

We Are Not Stopping This Fight: Students React to Trump’s Victory

"We are Americans. We are not stopping this fight until we’re dead and gone."

Trans and Non-Binary Students Fear Trump Victory

Today, trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming students face a pivotal election.

Recreating Strangers on a Train

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

Responding to Literature

Seniors in Jada Pierce’s English class responded artistically to a variety of texts from throughout the quarter, using mediums from painting to beaded jewelry.

Fiber Paper Prints

As the second semester begins, experienced black and white photography students are working with large-scale fiber prints.

Reaction: Nick Drake – Pink Moon

The History and Popular Music of the ’70s class learned about Nick Drake's melancholy final record from 1972. Here are some of their reactions.

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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.”

“Glass-Lung”

A response to "Glass-Lung," a short story from All the Names They Used for God, a collection from visiting writer Anjali Sachdeva.

Cyanotypes and Words

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

Artist Spotlight: Zadie Niedergang

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

Music

Reaction: Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about a pair of classic Bob Dylan albums, Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966). 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.

Reaction: Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch!

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Eric Dolphy's avant-garde jazz album, Out to Lunch (1964). Here are their reactions.

Reaction: The Beatles – Revolver

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about The Beatles' much-loved album, Revolver (1966). Here are their reactions.

Reaction: Patti Smith – Horses

The History and Popular Music of the ’70s class learned about Patti Smith's monumental art-punk record from 1975. Here are some of their reactions.

Remembrance

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

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