David Reid-Marr's schedule remains full even in semi-retirement. Two years after stepping down as Chair of Idyllwild Arts Academy's Visual Arts Department, he's teaching only two classes. "But that means you can give as much time to two classes as you used…
Miguel Soto had popped up on the Idyllwild Arts radar screen by earning a place in the semifinals of the International Songwriting Competition. A closer look at the 2016 Academy graduate's recent activities revealed a musical star rising in many parts of…
Pictured above: Lament at the Banyan Tree. "The narrative about Bali as a tropical paradise for surfers and other tourists has made it hard for different narratives to take hold." Leyla Stevens' narrative about Bali, expressed by Kidung/Lament, is radically different. This video…
Pictured above: With Naiche, baby Mia, Nitanis, and Manaya a couple of years ago. The high temperature in Idyllwild on Monday, March 1, was sixty-one degrees. In Edmonton the weather was warmer than you might have expected: forty-six, double the…
The distance between Tehran and the Big Island of Hawaii is more than eight thousand miles. That's reasonably close to half the distance around the planet. At least, it's close enough to half the distance to have satisfied Kasaan Hammon's…
As indicated by our President, Pamela Jordan, Idyllwild Arts Foundation has committed itself to creating a more inclusive community, where all voices are heard and the contributions of all community members are valued. Without authentic dialogue, we cannot know where…
Dear Idyllwild Arts Community, Each year during Black History Month a flood of memories rushes in. When I was in grade school, we celebrated Black History Week. Teachers dedicated hours to ensure that students memorized speeches and biographies of famous…
Pictures above: TV promo of the 2019 fundraiser Women of Jazz with one of them, vocalist Rose Mallett. I am a true native Californian. I was born in the center of Los Angeles and lived in the city until I was…
"I'm not very interesting," Ed Skoog said at the end of a conversation in which he had proved the opposite. The award-winning poet and former (2005-2008) Chair of Idyllwild Arts Academy's Creative Writing Department has returned to stand in for the current…
Cooper Dai admits that he paid for his four hours of translation work with twelve hours of sleep. Idyllwild Arts Academy's brand-new Visual Arts teacher had been cast in an unfamiliar role: translator for Head of School Marianne Kent-Stoll when…
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