Arts and Events Spotlight

The arts are thriving at Tandem Friends! With seven drama productions a year, concerts, open mic performances, art shows, Mother's Day Music Festival and more, there is always something going on. Students can take classes in drama, music, visual arts, and more.

Check out our upcoming events, recent arts news, recent photos and more here.

Arts News

List of 3 news stories.

Alum Ceramacist Teaches Students about Glazes
12/12/2025

Students in Amanda Nelsen's 3D Art Class had a guest artist speak to them this week. Tandem alum Margaret McNett Burruss '83, an artisan potter and website designer/technical consultant for artists who runs Muddart Studios, came to teach them about glazes. It's always wonderful to have alumni return to share their experiences, passion and knowledge with our students.
6th Grade Artists Take on Negative and Positive Space
11/7/2025
Julia Sapir's 6th grade artists took on negative and positive space in a recent project that is now on display in the Blue Room. Using pen and ink, they drew a drawing. They then flipped the drawing using software to put it into negative space. They printed out lots of versions of their drawing in both negative and positive space, then cut them up and created a collage by putting them on backing paper with a 1/4" border. Stop by the Blue Room and have look, and check out some of their work here - including this dragon collage by April A and a fish collage by James W.
Sketching the Campus Plein Air Style
10/17/2025
Upper School artists in Amanda Nelsen's class have been out front with easels this week working on graphite landscape drawings created plein air style. They use a small yellow frame to help them focus on their chosen vista, be in the Main Building, one of our spectacular views or a bench under a tree. Check out more photos.