"Art Boarding Schools Blog"
Kents Hill School Cuts Ribbon on New Performing Arts Center
Kents Hill School recently cut the ribbon celebrating the conversion and transformation of their former Newton gym into the Performing Arts Center in Newton Hall. A multipurpose gathering and performing arts facility the Center includes the Vivian Russell Theater “where Morning Meeting will be held, visiting lectures and presentations will be hosted, and, of course, [...]
Read MoreStrong Cultural Institution Confront Budget Pressures
Julliard is putting its Music Advancement Program on indefinite hiatus with fundraising under pressure. The program will complete it second year obligation with current students but has canceled auditions and will add no new students this year. The Music Advancement Program brings music lessons to kids who don’t normally have access to music training. Professional [...]
Read MoreIdyllwild Dean Launches Art In 3D Blog
Dr. Doug Ashcraft, Dean of the Arts at Idyllwild Arts Academy, closes the opening post of his new blog with “Let’s just see what happens.” Titled Art In 3D “(Dean Dr. Doug, 3D…get it?..)”, Dr. Ashcraft writes “in order to provide information, commentary, thoughts, ideas and questions for our parents, prospective students and interested observers.” [...]
Read MoreIdyllwild’s Filmaking Program Highlighted
We recently published an article highlighting the three performing arts boarding schools in the country. While our piece provides a general picture of each school- Walnut Hill School, Interlochen Arts Academy, and Idyllwild Art Academy- and elucidates the idea of pre-professional arts study at the secondary level, we just found an article that focuses specifically [...]
Read MoreNPR’s From the Top Features Walnut Hill School Student
New to us (the program originally aired December, 26 2007) is a segment featuring Patrick McGuire, a student cellist from the Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA. We’ve written about Walnut Hill and other arts focused boarding schools. It’s nice to see and hear a student from one of these schools featured so prominently. Listen to [...]
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