EYE ON ALUMNI: Clay Alexander Drop into a Starbucks and there's a pretty good chance you'll run across something invented by Clay Alexander, who graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in 1994. Nearly 4,600 Starbucks stores carry the temperature control Ember Ceramic…
Student Spotlight: Vela Perez Casiano Someone who didn’t know Vela Perez Casiano might have misinterpreted her first words at the Idyllwild Arts Academy Music Department’s Songwriters Concert, held outdoors on a perfect evening on September 29. “I have good news:…
Above: Hexagon paintings from Planet’s satellite imagery for large-scale puzzle installation. PC: Planet.com & Richelle Gribble The universe is a self-organizing, intelligent, creative, trial-and-error learning, participatory, interactive, non-locally interconnected and evolving system. — Dr. Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut It is my…
Pictured Above: Deployment of two dove satellites made at Planet! PC: Astronaut Jeff Williams Planet is an Earth-imaging company that makes satellites that are sent to space. Building satellites happens in-house, as does all communication, tracking, and testing of satellites.…
Amber Pairis, whose work in protecting America’s natural resources has won a national award, will appear with Idyllwild Arts Academy’s alumni panel on Oct. 21, at 3 pm in Stephens Recital Hall, in one of the highlights of the school’s Oct. 20-22 Family…
FACULTY FOCUS: Maygen Sandrini “I only attended UC Santa Cruz for two years. It was so beautiful that I couldn’t concentrate.” Yet Maygen Sandrini has found concentrating to be easy enough during her four years of teaching English as a…
Pictured Above: A view from my window. Wow! To give an accurate depiction of this residency experience, it is crucial to recognize an unforeseen gift of the program: the people. The talent, generosity, and connections made during this program is…
July 24, 2017: We are pleased to report that Claire Chase has joined the faculty of the Department of Music at Harvard University as Professor of the Practice, with an appointment beginning July 2017. Chase will teach cross-disciplinary classes in…
Pictured above: Marshall Hawkins and Maasai friends. As he looked ahead to performing at the 24th annual Jazz in the Pines festival on August 11-13, Marshall Hawkins reflected on going “180 degrees: from south of the Equator to north of…
The decision by former President Obama’s daughter, Malia, to delay her start at Harvard brought publicity to the idea of a “gap year” after high school. The practice has long been common in Europe. Yet Malia Obama’s choice is still…