Images and watercolor paintings of nature around campus!
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It’s a Drag Show. It’s a Punk Show.
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Our second episode of Artist’s of Catlin Gabel stars senior Zia Ma. She’s a talented cartoonist who often finds inspiration from Studio Ghibli. In this video we learn about how Ma transformed doodles in her notebook to a passion towards the abstract side of the artistic spectrum. The acompanian background music was Over the Rainbow played on the piano by Eva VuStern.
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In our third episode of Artist’s of Catlin Gabel, Teresa Walsh talks about her passion for performing arts. In particular she speaks to music and her past experiences with Pacific Youth Choir and current time with Catlin High school Choir. We also get to learn about how the people in her life have helped her reach her true talent. The accompanying background music is Over the Rainbow played on the piano by Eva VuStern.
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The first time I spotted Lehman Noviello’s artwork, it was adorning the walls of Focus Group, a thrift store in SE Portland. The colors were tasteful, yet explosively vibrant.
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“It is sad. There are many galleries that I know that are really good and they are privately run and privately owned and they have closed down. A lot of them have. The pandemic really has severely hurt physical galleries,” says Jenny Wright Champlin, a local artist whose work is currently displayed at Sequoia Gallery and Studios.
We’ve all been there. It’s 2 a.m. and you’re scrolling through Netflix, unable to find a movie that perfectly matches your mood. Do you want to laugh? Cry? Swoon?
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Like many of my peers, I had to make a big life decision on Friday, May 1, the annual national deadline to formally accept admission offers and submit deposits for fall term. With so many unknowns, colleges are now pushing back making a decision about the fall semester until the middle of the summer, making the college decision even more difficult. My inbox has been inundated with emails from university presidents and admission officers trying to reassure a nervous incoming first-year class, while acknowledging a harsh new reality. I thought it would be fun to curate their words into the poem below.
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On Friday, Feb 22, 2020 a group of six high school boys had possibly one of the most genuine conversations of their lives. In an overcrowded, small, wood cabin located in the center of Camp Westwind, they reminisced and bonded over their favorite childhood cartoons. Using their iPhones for light, they covered everything from “the best cartoons of all time,” to “the most slept-on cartoons of all time,” and even the “cartoons with the best plot lines/story arcs.” For each of them, this conversation brought back feelings of pure, carefree, childhood happiness.
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“Aaaaahhhhhh!” shrieks Catlin Gabel School (CGS) ninth grader Dylan Beckett, who plays Pugsley Addams, strapped to a torture device.
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On Saturday, Jan. 22, 2020, about 30 teenagers huddled in Elsa Norling’s basement in northeast Portland, Ore., awaiting local artists Dial Carlos, Zoid, Paris, and Likethehighway.
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Memes have woven themselves into popular culture, but where did they come from, and what makes a meme a meme?
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Nintendo successfully joined the video game world with the creation of the famous red-capped plumber, Mario. Nintendo’s most famous video game character, first appeared in their arcade game Donkey Kong in 1981 as a carpenter named “Jumpman.”
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Catlin Gabel School (CGS) players’ fall production of the revamped french farce “The Imaginary Invalid” promises entertainment. The plays will run Nov. 15, 16, and 17 in Cabell Theater.
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This summer, junior Jackson Shroeder created a three-hour-long documentary to chronicle his travels on the Camino de Santiago in Spain as part of a Catlin Gabel School global trip. His fellow pilgrims were 10 Upper School students, led by Dave Whitson, Catlin Gabel School (CGS) Palma Scholars Program Director, and two CGS alums.
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In the absence of music teacher Damien Geter, Kelly Ballard is teaching Rock Band and Choir this year to keep the music program running alongside Mark Pritchard.
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Everyday household items made out of repurposed materials.
“We make flower pots out of clamshells and different materials, we make recycling bins out of plastic bottles, we make jump ropes out of plastic bags, pillows out of donated fabric and scraps...pretty much anything you can think of, we’ll go for it”.
Dear Empty Lots,
Even though you’ve moved on to be a tall fancy apartment complex, I will remember your everlasting presence in my memories.
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