Category Archives: Arts
Small Boarding Schools: It’s like living in giant extended family
I was reading a press release and looking at some pictures today that triggered a bunch of memories and got me thinking about the intensity and all encompassing nature of the small school boarding school experience. It’s like living in … Continue reading
Boarding School Senior Finalist in Classical Singer Competition
Sam Grandaw (Verde Valley School ’12) has advanced to the national finals of the Classical Singer 2012 Competition. Grandaw will travel to Chicago for the final rounds in May having secured his invitation to Chicago through an audition Arizona State. Take … Continue reading
St. Michaels University School Soloists Shine
St. Michaels University School featured soloist student performers- in collaboration with their student orchestras- in their spring concert. Displaying the strength and practice of great boarding school community, each soloist played as a member of the full orchestra in support … Continue reading
“Why Thacher?” Videos Make It Easy to Imagine
In a program called “Why Thatcher?“, The Thacher School has put together a fun, but serious program, that lets students share their experiences with accepted families (see videos below). “Why Thatcher?” challenged students to create a short film answering the … Continue reading
A Living Studio: A Boarding School Teacher’s Brings His Art and Life’s Lessons to Life for His Students
When I read “Blowing Their Minds” in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, I thought, “David Powers is a boarding school teacher in the finest sense.” Powers has been at Colorado Rocky Mountain School 40 years: “as an alumnus, parent of … Continue reading
Verde Valley Students Learn from a Master
Verde Valley School IB ceramics students participated in workshop directed by renowned Iranian ceramicist, Firuse Stalcup. Stalcup presented and directed lessons in working with colored paper clay. She espoused the advantages of self-made paper clay over the store bought variety. … Continue reading
A Colorado Rocky Mountain School Valentine
This video will make you smile. You’ll appreciate the love and warmth in comments and smiles when Colorado Rocky Mountain School faculty and students respond, on-camera, to the question: What do you love about CRMS? In fine boarding school fashion, … Continue reading
An Idyllwild Arts Student Finds Her Voice
Idyllwid Arts Academy student Camille Tso was recently the subject of an article in the Navajo-Hopi Observer, “Young Navajo filmmaker refines skills at Idyllwild Arts Academy.” Tso won a scholarship to Idyllwild with her movie “In the Footsteps of Yellow … Continue reading
Professional Art Comes to St. Michaels University School
Painter Tara Nicholson brings professional art perspectives and practices to St. Michaels University School through the New Extremes Program. Under Nicholson’s tutelage SMUS students will experiment, learn oil paint techniques, and create a piece for display at the Art Gallery … Continue reading
