After a hard day of work, students have a variety of recreational activities from which to choose. Whether you hike through the wooded dunes, take a canoe ride through the lagoon, or watch the sunset over Lake Michigan, you'll discover many ways to relax at Ox-Bow. You can also find students playing volleyball on the meadow, reading on the porch, or warming their toes at the nightly campfires to get a break from the studio. Ox-Bow is only a short ferry ride away from the charming resort towns of Saugatuck and Douglas, which are the homes to many art galleries and specialty shops. Additionally, on Friday nights, after classes have ended, students, faculty, and staff gather on the meadow for dancing. Costume parties are a 96-year old tradition at Ox-Bow, and we maintain this part of our history - only now with our own djs.