Pictured Above: Michael Tilson Thomas The longtime Idyllwild Arts commitment to artistic groundbreaking united with technical excellence is reflected in recent developments at the San Francisco Symphony (SFS). Michael Tilson Thomas, who studied and performed in the Idyllwild Arts Summer…
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…
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…
Dobrina Dobreva didn’t practice the violin for thousands of hours to become a successful immigration lawyer. Yet the 2002 Idyllwild Arts alum personalizes the neuroscience suggesting that specialized study of classical music (and other arts!) produces broad, general, long-lasting benefits. In Dobrina's words, "The discipline of…
EYE ON ALUMNI: Matt Murphy If you’re old enough to remember when a cell phone sufficed as a lethal blunt instrument and laptops seemed built for Arnold Schwarzenegger, you’ll appreciate the designs that launched Matt Murphy’s business career. The 1988…
Pictured Above: Using metal stencils and kozo plant pulp for pulp painting. PC: Tak Abe First time working with an artist assistant. Awagami Factory, Artist Residency, Japan Art is the signature of civilizations. — Beverly Sills With six weeks to prepare…
EYE ON ALUMNI: Trevor Hall Trevor Hall admitted to being "wiped out" after the end of a tour of the Midwest and Northeast. Luckily, five weeks separate that tour's end from a ten-cities-in-twelve-days tour of Ireland, England, and Scandinavia. It's the…
Idyllwild Arts Alumni, Quoï Alexander AW18/19 is a continued exploration on how clothing manifests without sewing, a tradition more than 20,000 years old. His purpose is to go back to a time before sewing. View Full Article
