The Sam Francis Gallery at

Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences Presents

A School of Fish

Artist Residency Project with Dakota Noot

Residency: Oct. 13-Nov. 7, 2025

Exhibition On View: Nov. 6-7 // 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Reception: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 3:30-5 p.m. (Reservation not required)

For his residency, A School of Fish, Dakota Noot will reimagine sea “diaromas” and real marine life found off the coast of Santa Monica. Noot will create an installation of drawings and cardboard cutouts. Students from the Elementary, Middle and Upper Schools will be invited to participate in gallery workshops to contribute to significant parts of this installation. A gallery wall will become an “ocean” for cutout animals to “swim” and interact with. Noot will also open this installation to “wearable art” inspired by sea creatures and beach goers. Students and viewers are asked to reflect on their connection to the ocean and sea life. 

Dakota Noot is a Los Angeles-based artist and acting director/curator at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. He has exhibited in galleries and institutions including the Charlie James Gallery, Shoshana Wayne Gallery and the Torrance Art Museum. Noot’s cutout-drawing installations have been shown at LA Freewaves, Cerritos College Art Gallery and Otis College. Noot currently teaches at Oxnard College. His work has been featured in Hi-Fructose Magazine.