Arts - Indian Mountain School

Director’s Note: Around the Fire

November 4, 2021

Our fall play, “Around the Fire,” was performed outdoors in the Riggs Courtyard on Friday, October 29. It was a chilly, dark night – the perfect setting for this original IMS production in which our drama students were able to…

Project Wonderland: Director’s Note

May 13, 2021

Experience "Project Wonderland" Over the past month, more than 50 community members devoted their time and energy to Project Wonderland, a 33-minute “ride” across campus and through Alice’s story in Wonderland. Seven actors played…

IMS Students Attend Art Competition, Receive Honors

February 25, 2020

Arts,
In the News

Last month, a group of five students traveled to Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford after submitting work to the 2020 Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Yujin ’20, Wade ’20, Sophia ’21, Alysa ’22, and Marisin ’22 had…

American Sign Language Drawing Project

February 6, 2020

Arts,
In the Classroom

Seventh grade and general art classes spent the winter term drawing American Sign Language (ASL) letters using continuous-bild contour. This is a drawing exercise where the artist draws the surface of a subject without looking at the paper. The blind…

IMS Hosts Annual Art Contest and Exhibit

February 6, 2019

Arts,
In the News

On Thursday, Jan. 31, Sam Posey’s annual juried art contest and exhibit was held at Indian Mountain School for the sixth consecutive year. This event brings together local artists and art enthusiasts to celebrate a diverse range of works, which…

A Day of Art, Music, and Random Ideas

February 13, 2017

IMS hosted its first-ever Arts Day on the Upper Campus on Thursday, February 4, 2017, to celebrate our students’ creative and artistic work. The first part of the morning was devoted to the visual arts, beginning with a presentation by…

The Flemish Project

January 12, 2017

Arts,
In the Classroom

Art Teacher Amy Jenkins worked with her pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade students to interpret Flemish paintings from the 1500s and create, with found items, their own portraits of the emerging merchant and upper classes. They fashioned and taped together paper towel…

Art Exhibit Celebrating FARMS

February 10, 2016

Gallery Hours February 4 to March 2 Weekends 1:00 – 4:00, or by appointment Indian Mountain School Student Center 211 Indian Mountain Road Lakeville, CT 860-435-0871…

Creating Films for Summer Fun

July 28, 2015

IMS hosted a film camp from July 7 to July 17, led by IMS faculty film instructor Tom McGlone. The objective was to teach kids the process of film making using the facilities of Indian Mountain School, including professional camera,…

Master of the Beat

April 5, 2013

Arts,
Faculty and Staff

IMS drum teacher John Marshall has been a part of the music scene in Litchfield County for years and now he has formed a new percussion quintet. BY TERESA FERNANDES (Reprinted from HappeningintheHills.com) When John Marshall…

Category: Arts

Director’s Note: Around the Fire

Project Wonderland: Director’s Note

IMS Students Attend Art Competition, Receive Honors

American Sign Language Drawing Project

IMS Hosts Annual Art Contest and Exhibit

A Day of Art, Music, and Random Ideas

The Flemish Project

Art Exhibit Celebrating FARMS

Creating Films for Summer Fun

Master of the Beat