Arts Academy

Creative Writing students gather to work on projects.
The Best Creative Writing High Schools: What to Look For

Leo Makino
‘A surreal experience’: Senior Leo Makino reflects on four years of friendship, opportunity, and artistic growth

Interlochen Arts Academy students perform a scene from Susan Pak's play 'The Great MC.'
The best high schools for acting & theatre

The Music Center
What to Look for in the Best Performing Arts Boarding High Schools

A student dressed in bright blue traditional Zambian garb presents from a poster board about her country.
A safe and supportive environment: Find out how Interlochen helps international students thrive as they study the arts

Khadija Khadjimedova, the 2025 Virginia Ball winner
Interlochen Arts Academy announces the winner of the 2025 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition

A woman with brightly colored hair stands in front of a graffiti background.
A world of collaboration: Film & New Media instructor Lesley Tye invites her students to embrace cross-departmental work

Academy students on a fall day
A day in the life at a performing arts boarding school

Claire Collins gazes into the camera on a snowy afternoon.
Space for discovery: Greenacres Project producer Claire Collins draws on journalistic background in working with Arts Academy students

Dr. Leslie Dunner and Dr. Cynthia Van Maanen
Arts Academy faculty members selected as Frost School of Music ‘Super Teachers’