Idyllwild Arts Academy's eleventh-grade Theatre major Aurora Winger didn't exactly portray Ophelia when her department staged its “devised Hamlet" during her freshman year. Who’s There—a Reimagining of Hamlet was a creative adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy that split in two both…
Greetings from Idyllwild, For many of us, November begins a season of reflection and gratitude. These final weeks of the semester are also a special time for our students as they present their hard work to one another and our…
“Almost anybody can make a movie out of their house that has the look of a big Hollywood production,” according to Idyllwild Arts Film & Digital Media teacher Jon Alvord. Director and star Andrew Bowen’s “The 716th,” made on a…
Pedro Silva’s interviewer stopped him when the new Idyllwild Arts teacher described teaching his Computer Game Design class as “super-fun.” The interviewer had recently befriended a Brazilian couple who seemed to use “super” in every sentence. Was it a Brazilian…
Martin Gerard’s soft-spoken modesty prevents him from talking about himself. Perhaps there’s no need to talk about yourself when work like the feature film Martin hopes to raise money for at Indiegogo.com can speak for you. But his Idyllwild Arts Academy…
The "Our Story" page on the website of Maker & Moss, Matt Bissinger's retail store in San Francisco's beautiful Hayes Valley neighborhood, hints at his background as an Idyllwild Arts Academy alum: note the commitment to "source from local artists…
Pictured Above: Michael Two Bulls, Peter Strong, and magpie. "Wakan Tanka—the Great Spirit—decided to end the world’s chaos by organizing a race whose winners would bring order." Peter Strong was explaining why he and his wife, Mary Bordeaux, had named…
I recently traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to attend a summit and to be in conversation with educators from around the world. Leaders from the Blue School (NY), Harvard’s Project Zero (Boston), and Reggio Emilio (Italy) among others,…
Pictured Above: A Red Cloud student makes "Midsummer" magic. Idyllwild Arts InterArts Chair Abbie Bosworth had been apprehensive about her devised A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Red Cloud School, on South Dakota’s Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation. Abbie didn’t know Pine…
