"Idyllwild Arts Academy"

William M. Lowman Idyllwild President and Headmaster Announces Retirement

We recently learned that William Lowman, Idyllwild Arts President/Headmaster and founding head of Idyllwild Arts Academy, a performing arts boarding school, will retire effective June 30, 2010 (correction: June 30, 2011).
Mr. Lowman assumed leadership of Idyllwild in 1985 as the school became independent from the University of Southern California. Idyllwild prospered and grew during his Lowman’s [...]

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onBoarding Schools Just Got a Little Bit Bigger!

Last year our readership grew immeasurably through the contributions of the Boarding School Mom, Marylou Marcus, Tom O’Dell and Leo Marshall.
This year we’re thrilled to announce that the lineup gets even bigger by expanding our coverage with the addition of voices and views from members of the boarding school community.
A fantastic stable of contributors will [...]

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Idyllwild 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.”
Writing [...]

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