An educator’s epiphany Katy Wood Hills·April 22, 2021At one of our professional development meetings last August, we spent a significant amount of time as a...Arts Director
All-School Art Festival 2021: ‘Make and Believe’ Katy Wood Hills·March 31, 2021Art allows us to feel joy, challenges us to see, hear, and feel in new ways, and connects...Arts Director
16 inches of snow? Pandemic? No theater? No problem! Katy Wood Hills·February 28, 2021What does a group of actors do on the night of their final performance, during a pandemic, without...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
A blank canvas Katy Wood Hills·January 28, 2021Have you ever stared at a blank canvas? If you haven’t stared at an actual blank art canvas,...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
The 2021 Senior Portfolio Art Show season Katy Wood Hills·December 23, 2020Imagine spending a couple of years working towards a project that will be on display for your whole...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
The sound of laughter Katy Wood Hills·November 25, 2020The greatest gift of being on campus these last three months has been hearing so much laughter. Last...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Why the arts are more important than ever Katy Wood Hills·October 29, 2020Perhaps it is the absence of art in our lives right now that reminds us of its importance....Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
When life gives you lemons… Katy Wood Hills·September 28, 2020What does a Theater Department do during a year where they have no theater and are in a...ArtsArts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Introducing Michael Gadlin: CA Guest Artist for 2020 Katy Wood Hills·September 1, 2020The Ponzio Arts Center is a happy place to be these days. Not only have our young artists...ArtsArts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
‘I’m bored’ Katy Wood Hills·May 29, 2020Today, in the final week of school, I asked the students in my Colorado Academy Upper School architecture...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Beyond the sable cloud Katy Wood Hills·April 28, 2020 The poet and historian John Milton is thought to have coined the term “silver lining” in a piece...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
What art and culture are you experiencing this week? Katy Wood Hills·March 31, 2020With extra time at home, it is easy to become oversaturated with information coming at us through our...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
CA students visit Monet exhibit, learn from his struggles Katy Wood Hills·January 29, 2020Struggle is good….and necessary. “My life has been nothing but a failure.” – Claude Monet As artists’ canvases...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Got music? Katy Wood Hills·December 18, 2019While driving onto the Colorado Academy campus one day back in September, I pulled in behind a member...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Senior artists balance individuality and collaboration Katy Wood Hills·October 30, 2019My parents instilled in me at a young age the idea that we’ve been put on this planet...Arts Director
Habits that instill creativity Katy Wood Hills·September 24, 2019 Based on data collected in the Torrance Tests on Creative Thinking which have been conducted over the...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
What is the right thing to say to your young artist? Katy Wood Hills·August 29, 2019Parents, have you ever looked at your child’s work of art or left a recital or performance and...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Finding our better selves through art Dr. Julianne De Sal·June 4, 2019There is nothing better in Denver than a day in June, so long as it doesn’t give audience...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
The future of learning as an artist Dr. Julianne De Sal·April 26, 2019 Overheard on the patio of Keith’s Coffee Bar on Downing one sunny Sunday in April—“I don’t go...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
To see art as a child Dr. Julianne De Sal·March 22, 2019 True confession—I was never the parent to post on the refrigerator every single crayon drawing that...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
Art and language Dr. Julianne De Sal·February 27, 2019I told my colleagues recently that conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner is my present “art throb.” Picasso had his...Arts DirectorOn CAmpus Newsletter
