Idyllwild Arts Academy

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Idyllwild Arts Academy
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Idyllwild Arts Academy
52500 Temecula Road

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92549

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TypePrivate, day and boarding
Specialist arts school
Established1946
PresidentPamela Jordan
DeanEric Bolton
Head of schoolJason Hallowbard
Grades9–12, Post-Graduate
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment311 (2018 [1] )
Campus size205 acres (83 ha)
Campus typeRural, San Jacinto Mountains
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges [1]
AffiliationsThe Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Website www.idyllwildarts.org

Idyllwild Arts Academy is a private school located in Idyllwild, in the San Jacinto Mountains and San Bernardino National Forest, within western Riverside County, California. The school was founded in 1946. It was previously known as Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts. [2]

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About

It offers a college preparatory program for grades 9–12 and post-graduates, with training in music, theater, dance, visual art, creative writing, film, and interdisciplinary arts. An audition or portfolio is required for admission.

The academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

It was the first independent boarding high school for the arts in the western United States.

Idyllwild Arts Academy offers programs including music, visual arts, theatre, creative writing, dance, fashion design, film & digital media, and interdisciplinary arts. Outside of regular school year, Idyllwild Arts Academy offers summer workshops that include Jazz in the Pines, ESL, Native American Arts. [3]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

In the television series The Fosters the character Brandon Foster attends a summer program in piano competition at Idyllwild. [26]

Author Justin Cronin confirmed on Twitter that Idyllwild Arts Academy eventually becomes the community called First Colony in his book The Passage as humanity tries to survive one hundred years into a vampire apocalypse. [27]

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