Usdan Blog
Summer Newsletter | Aug 22, 2025
When we were brainstorming the theme for Summer 2025, we wanted to choose something that opposed the stress, loneliness, and global conflict that our students are surrounded with in their daily lives. LOVE was the obvious choice. At every turn this summer, we saw that LOVE has an incredible ability to multiply.
Summer Newsletter | Aug 15, 2025
When being interviewed about her work from this session, Painting & Drawing major Sophia said, "Usdan is fun and tedious because I become advanced at everything I practice here."
Summer Newsletter | Aug 8, 2025
Founded in 2017, Usdan's Artist in Residence program offers professional artists the unique opportunity to genuinely collaborate with students in a variety disciplines.
Summer Newsletter | Aug 1, 2025
One of the goals of our daily Festival is to instill a value of live performance in our students, teaching them how to respond to different artforms. In Natie's performance on Wednesday, July 30, she encouraged students to clap along with her as she looped beats and rapped in Creole. "I want to come back and play here once a week," she said. "You guys are so good."
Summer Newsletter | Jul 26, 2025
After another jam-packed week of performances, exhibitions, and community gatherings, the entire staff and faculty say goodbye to our 4A students.
Program Feature | Jul 18, 2025
Q & A with Musical Director & Composer Ben Boeker
In his seventh year as a Musical Director in the Theater Department and in his 14th year total at Usdan, Ben Boecker's musical adaptation of the book, “Aviva vs. the Dybbuk,” written entirely on guitar, will premiere on the Lucy...