Voracious with Art
Kyle Thomas, who teaches in Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Visual Arts Department after graduating from the Academy in 2000, was born and raised near Koreatown and Paramount Studios, in Los Angeles. Becoming an artist was practically a birthright for Kyle, whose…
Anything But Traditional
Idyllwild Arts Academy Assistant Head of School Marianne Kent-Stoll wasn't happy about the scorched ground a few yards outside the Modern Language classroom, on the perimeter of her boarding high school's forested 205-acre campus. But her frown vanished as she turned…
Alumni Claire Chase Appointed to Harvard’s Music Department Faculty
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…
No Tape, No Muzzle: Communicating Effectively With Teachers
The writer for The Guardian (Link) who reported that in England in 2014 a teacher had been suspended “after it was alleged that she put sticky tape over the mouths of children in her class” also mentioned a colleague’s childhood…