Arts Academy

Author Karen Russell poses with a coffee in her hand as she stands in a bookstore.
Seven questions with novelist Karen Russell

A dancer dressed in a blue jacket and white tights leaps into the air.
From small-town studio to professional-quality performances: How Rowan Barber found the resources to succeed as a male dancer at Interlochen

Andrew Martin Smith, Cynthia Van Maanen, and Jamie Leigh Sampson
Interlochen composition faculty members contribute to orchestral work celebrating the solar system

Three students walk across a fall campus
Students speak: What do you do at boarding school?

A group of students and teachers poses outside Interlochen's Music building.
Kara Huber, Interlochen’s Marjorie Wood Drackett Piano Chair, brings accolades and fresh perspective to her position

A young actor gestures expressively in front of a curtain.
Does my child need a resume for acting or dance?

Beautiful image of wooden steps leading down to a lake under a sunny sky.
Mental health at boarding school: Dr. Michael Kern describes Interlochen’s uniquely relational system

Remi Baker and Christian Trimmingham
Arts Academy students selected as 2024 Presidential Scholar in the Arts candidates

A visual arts student with long red hair works on a painting.
Is my child ready for boarding school?

A student in a black and red top stands smiling with her arm around her smiling teacher, who is wearing a white shirt.
“An amazing mentor”: Arts Academy grad shares story of how Interlochen’s arts faculty became like a second family to her