On Friday, October 12, Choate Rosemary Hall welcomed guest artist Kathryn Frund to the exhibition gallery of the Paul Mellon Arts Center. The artist showcased her art portfolio titled “Open Collections,” which explores themes such as stewardship, fluidity, excess, and integration. Pieces made of primarily recycled materials can be foundRead More

Colony Hall, a new campus performance hall, is set to open next fall, and once it does, construction will turn to the neighboring Paul Mellon Arts Center. For the first time in the nearly half-century since the center was built, the PMAC will undergo a major renovation. Built in 1972Read More

At 7:30 p.m. on October 19, 2018, the first PMAC Arts Festival will take place. Students will fill the PMAC courtyard with all disciplines of art offered at Choate — dance, visual arts, slam poetry, theatre, singing, and music. Though this festival is a new event, both Ms. Kalya Yannatos,Read More

If you happened to stroll by the PMAC lately, you probably noticed the recent Arts Exhibition which showcases paintings by a man Choate knows quite well. Terence Netter, the artist behind these works, was the founding director of the Paul Mellon Arts Center in the 1970s. On January 9, Mr.Read More

From the opening second, a delightful ambiance filled the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC) as Mr. Philip Ventre guided the Wallingford Symphony Orchestra (WSO), accompanied by Mr. Rob Zappulla. Mr. Zappulla, who has been called “one of the greatest interpreters of the Great American Songbook,” came to campus on Saturday,Read More

Although often we may think of musical instruments as simply inanimate objects, they can get out of shape when ignored. In particular, pianos must be tuned frequently to stay pleasing to the ear. Mr. Robert Alechnowitz, Choate’s piano tuner technician, comes to campus regularly to tune all thirty of Choate’sRead More

The night before the ACTs, Choate students gathered in the PMAC gallery to participate in Choate’s first-ever “Paint Night.” The event was led by local artist Ms. Megan Lenzzo and organized by Mr. Vincent Jones of the Student Activities Center. Paint Night was held on Friday, April 8 from 8-10Read More

On Sunday, April 3, dozens of children and parents from Wallingford filed into the Paul Mellon Arts Center to watch the musical production, “The Monster Who Ate My Peas.” Based off the multi-award winning children’s book written by Danny Schnitzlein and illustrated by Matthew Faulkner, the show was presented byRead More