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Theater, A Cappella, and Music Ensembles Kick Off the Year with Online Auditions

Theater, A Cappella, and Music Ensembles Kick Off the Year with Online Auditions

September 25, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Tony Lee/The Choate News Since last year’s virtual spring term, Choate’s theater, music ensembles, and a cappella groups have adapted to the School’s “new normal” and are ready to embark upon the 2020-2021 school year with innovative ideas to solve the difficulties imposed by distance learning — startingRead More

Meet NARI, Your Personal CGI Tutor

Meet NARI, Your Personal CGI Tutor

May 15, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

HP Park ’21’s new project NARI is an artificial intelligence chatbot with a fully animated 2D and 3D visual model. Graphics courtesy of HP Park From Siri to Alexa to the nameless Google Home assistant, personal voice assistants are now seen (and heard) in homes all around the world. AtRead More

Art By the Fireplace

Art By the Fireplace

May 15, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Krystal McCook ’20’s favorite outfits combine style with comfort. Photo courtesy of Krystal McCook The increasing amount of time we spend at home and the lack of social interaction in quarantine can serve both as creative inspiration and a damper on our sense of style. In the sea of sweats,Read More

Art by the Fireplace – Window Views

Art by the Fireplace – Window Views

May 1, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

As stay-at-home orders remain in place, student artists find inspiration from the scenes outside their windows. [Artwork by Alex Denhart]

A Hiding Dog and Family Faces: Student Artists Depict Their Surroundings

A Hiding Dog and Family Faces: Student Artists Depict Their Surroundings

May 1, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Artwork by Lulu Louchheim With more free time on their hands, Choate’s student artists are finding ways to continue creating art with the resources they have around them. Charlotte, Vt., resident Lulu Louchheim ’21 based her piece on a photo that she took of her dog, Moose, comically hiding behindRead More

Art Courses Adapt to Remote Learning

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

From reading stories in online PDFs to analyzing mathematical formulas through a teacher’s shared screen, Choate students have made a number of changes to adjust to remote learning for most of their classes. Traditional, hands-on art classes, such as ceramics and filmmaking, have proven harder to convert to online platforms.Read More

Art by the Fireplace – Stella Dubin

Art by the Fireplace – Stella Dubin

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Stella Dubin ’21’s newest oil painting portrays herself cutting a lock of hair.Artwork by Stella Dubin If many of us feel that the coronavirus has only brought pessimism and despair to our lives, Stella Dubin ’21 has come to see that social distancing can inspire art. A member of theRead More

Students’ Creativity Fills Void Left by Cancellations of Arts Events

Students’ Creativity Fills Void Left by Cancellations of Arts Events

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Tony Lee/The Choate News What many consider to be one of the highlights of Choate campus life — performances and art showcases such as the annual dance concert, the spring musical, and senior recitals — have all been cancelled this term because of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). StudentsRead More

Ms. Tracy Ginder-Delventhal's production highlights women's suffrage and gender identity. Photo by Jenny Guo/The Choate News

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Explores Gender Roles and the Search for Identity

February 14, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be performed in the Paul Mellon Arts Center from February 13 to 15. Because Midsummer takes place in a male-dominated society, Ms. Tracy Ginder-Delventhal, acting teacher and director of the play, wished to also portray the struggle for women’s suffrage and the process ofRead More