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The Shins: The Bittersweet Nostalgia of Oh, Inverted World

The Shins 2001 album Oh, Inverted World magically expresses the condition of nostalgia.

NWA’s Cross Country Dreams Don’t Make It Across the Finish Line

If Northwest Academy started a cross country team students would not be able to compete for other schools' sports teams.

Don’t Ban Fun Home

Fun Home is simply a memoir of vulnerability.

The Art You Love

"How do others relate to our art?"

Starlight

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

Marilyn Monroe in Oil

"I really love the complexity of portraits."

Reaction: Moonlight

Two students react to Barry Jenkin's Moonlight.

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The Art You Love

"How do others relate to our art?"

Void Of Course

“Void of Course” draws its name from an astrological term that describes a period when the Moon is not making any major aspects before it transitions into the next sign.

Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

Citizen Kane: A Recreation

"Where Citizen Kane is abundant in conversation, I felt a modern version could very easily have less speaking, and more visual storytelling."

The Art You Love

"How do others relate to our art?"

Void Of Course

“Void of Course” draws its name from an astrological term that describes a period when the Moon is not making any major aspects before it transitions into the next sign.

Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

Citizen Kane: A Recreation

"Where Citizen Kane is abundant in conversation, I felt a modern version could very easily have less speaking, and more visual storytelling."

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.

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

Mad Max: Fury Road: Artistic Responses

“Who killed the world?”

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The senior class was assigned to create a project that explored the themes that connected the texts we had read thus far, such as home, family and patriarchs/matriarchs.

Album Cover Recreation: R.E.M. – Murmur

A recreation of a classic album cover

Guy in Space – Physics Arts Beats

What if you were created fully formed in the depths of space. What would you know, think, see, and feel in the vast and empty darkness?

Music

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.

Reaction: The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about The Supremes' breakthrough album, Where Did Our Love Go (1964). Here are their reactions.

Rain Dogs

We tried as best we could to capture the gritty and sleazy feel of the track as well as its absurd lyrics.

Reaction: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

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

Remembrance

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

Remembrance

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

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