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Idyllwild Arts Academy is the country’s premier and internationally-acclaimed residential arts high school. Ranked by Niche …
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Accepting Applications for Fall 2025
Idyllwild Arts Academy is the country’s premier and internationally-acclaimed residential arts high school. Ranked by Niche as the #1 High School for the Arts in America, students (grades 9-12 & postgraduate) receive pre-professional training in the arts and a comprehensive college-preparatory curriculum.
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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Join us on campus for Community Day, our biggest fundraising event of the year, where you’ll experience the essence of Idyllwild Arts. Enjoy performances and exhibitions from students across Dance, Music, Creative Writing, Fashion, Dramatic Arts, and InterArts, as well as inspiring lectures and masterclasses by select IA faculty.
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Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis while space remains available.
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Centrally located between Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, Idyllwild Arts can be reached from regional airports by car. Our picturesque campus is set on 205 acres of pristine pine forest in the renowned arts village of Idyllwild in Southern California’s San Jacinto Mountains.
Idyllwild Arts Academy is the country’s premier and internationally-acclaimed residential arts high school. Ranked by Niche …
Led by Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts Department Chair Rachel Welch, students will have an opportunity to work with a …
When you look at the world, do you feel compelled to translate what you see into something beautiful or provocative to …
Do you dream of seeing your art alive in the world and building a rewarding career in fashion? At Idyllwild Arts, our …
Do your feelings, ideas, and inspiration naturally become rhythm, sound, and melody? Musicians at Idyllwild Arts refine …
Idyllwild Arts respectfully acknowledges the Qawishpa Cahuillangnah (also known as Cahuilla Band of Indians) and all nine sovereign Bands of Cahuilla people who have stewarded this land throughout the generations and continue to steward this land for all future generations.
Idyllwild Arts Academy admits students of any sex, race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identification to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identification in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and financial planning, and athletic and other school-administered programs.