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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: The Stooges

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Iggy Pop and the Stooges' self-titled 1969 debut. Here are their reactions.

Reaction: James Brown- Live at the Apollo

The History and Popular Music of the '60s class learned about James Brown's classic live album, Live at the Apollo.

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.

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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

Abstract Line Drawings

Students have been experimenting with lines, shapes and textures to create graphic art in Sean Cain’s intermediate art class.

Reaction: Joni Mitchell- Blue

The History and Popular Music of the ’70s class learned about Joni Mitchell's emotionally raw record from 1971. Here are some of their reactions.

Artist Spotlight: Zadie Niedergang

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

Chemical Interactions: Exploring the Behavior of Oil, Water and Food Dye

We captured images of the chemical behavior of common household materials: vegetable oil, tap water and food coloring.

Music

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.

Joy

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

Rain Dogs

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

Alright: An EP

I took a lot of inspiration from Elliott Smith's guitar playing style and his songwriting.

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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