Critiquing Redface
"I'm an academic, not an artist," says Bethany Hughes. But if the Assistant Professor of Native American Studies at the…
Shiny New Faces
Pictured from left to right: Shelly Short, Jeanette Louise Yaryan, Ransom Wilson, Greg Robbins, James Kent Arnold, and Catalina Alcaraz-Guzman…
That Boy Can Dance!
Pictured above: Dance Chair Ellen Rosa-Taylor's son, Jack, with former Academy dancers Carlos Martinez and Blake Lanesskog. Boys who want…
What Could Be Better Than This?
“LA is so spread out that it was hard for us and our children to see our friends. Compared to…
Doing the Hard Work
"I like saying to a student that you're in trouble, or that you have to face certain consequences for what…
Audrey & Ben
Audrey Carver and Ben Cruz, two very different individuals, found the same love of a school and a town and…
Snowboarding and Calculus
Reina Meek had spent three years in Saudi Arabia. She lived in Ras Tanura on the Saudi Aramco compound for expatriate…
A New Music Chair for the Academy
Music is Idyllwild Arts Academy's biggest arts department, accounting for more than a quarter of the school's roughly three hundred…
Getting Physical
Pictured Above: Erin Crites Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Chair Bonnie Carpenter has no doubt about the benefits of her department's…
A Nonlinear Teacher for Nonlinear Art
by Priyanka Sebeni, Creative Writing, 11th grade “Art isn’t linear,” Rachel Welch said, opening our interview by reflecting on the…