By Alan Lee, Creative Writing, 12th grade To someone unfamiliar with the Idyllwild Arts Ceramics Studio, its creaky exterior floorboards and unusual front door carved out of one of the building’s walls may appear daunting at first. What the studio…
"Our relationships to things raise questions about our roles," observes Idyllwild Arts Academy's new sculpture teacher, Chris Groth. "So the vast majority of the work I do has to do with our relationships to things." The shaping by things of…
Since 2013, Classical Classroom has been educating listeners about classical music on NPR and other venues. When host Dacia Clay and producer Todd Hulslander learned about Idyllwild Arts Academy, they knew that the Academy’s outstanding classical music program deserved recognition…
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…
Pictured above: Ruoqi Zeng with models. When Idyllwild Arts Academy established the first high school Fashion Design Concentration in the U.S. in 2010, the Chairs of its existing arts departments didn’t count on large numbers of students to come from…
Greetings from Idyllwild, February is African American History Month in the United States. As the month approaches, I am reminded of the countless plays and memorized speeches we were taught to give in celebration of African Americans when I was…
"Tipping is considered an insult in Japan," according to tenth-grade Theatre major Miko Ukaji, and eleventh-grade Cello major Heng-Li "Henry" Lin adds that "coming from Taiwan, I would naturally call my ESL teacher 'Teacher Harry.'" Idyllwild Arts Academy ESL teacher…
