HP Arts

HP Arts is proud to award the Linda Raya Memorial Scholarship to Ian Hyde who is continuing his fine arts studies at Berklee College of Music.  Bravo!!  👏👏👏

Check out these large art cabinets HP Arts was able to fund for MIS/HPMS. 🎨🖼️🧑‍🎨

Love that HP Arts could help make this happen!

🔗 https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/schools/2026/05/broadway-comes-to-the-hpms-mis-auditorium/

Before Highland Park middle and intermediate school students retold a classic fairy tale, they got a taste of Broadway magic themselves.

Kerry Butler, a Tony-nominated actress whose stage credits include Belle in Beauty and the Beast and roles in more than ten other Broadway productions, and Pierce Cravens, who played Chip in Beauty and the Beast before becoming an actor and producer, visited MIS/HPMS ahead of the school’s production of Beauty and the Beast Jr.

The two shared stories, answered questions, and offered hard-won perspectives to the fifth through eighth graders who had spent months building props, mastering choreography, and perfecting demanding vocal parts.

Read more: https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/schools/2026/05/broadway-comes-to-the-hpms-mis-auditorium/

📷️ Sarah Hodges

So happy we were able to bring Mark Shelton back to Boone, Bradfield and Hyer. He brings such amazing energy while really educating the kids on percussion instruments.

Just a little shout out to an HP Alum, Claire DeJean. So fun to see our former students keep shining. Way to go!!! And as she said in an article posted by Park Cities People: “To be able to bring (the show) to Dallas is another dream because I grew up doing theater at Highland Park High School and in the Dallas area,” she said. “I’m just excited to perform in my hometown at one of our greatest venues.”

Tony-Winning Play's National Tour Ends at Home for Dallas-Born Lead Claire DeJean It's fate that Dallas' own Claire DeJean will take her final bow on the "Stereophonic" national Broadway tour at the Winspear Opera House this weekend.

Welcome to our HP Arts 2026-2027 Board of Directors. Looking forward to a great year! And thank you to Angie Shank for serving a 4th year on the board.

President - Lori Altschuler
VP - Alyson Drennan
Secretary - Chi Li
Treasurer - Sarah Toraason
Programs Chair - Angie Shank
Elementary Art - Jane Wallingford
Elementary Music - Jen Roslund
Elementary All Other - Steve Noviello
MIS/HPMS Music - Star Hill
MIS/HPMS All Other - Tara Cosgrove
HPHS Music - John LaRue
HPHS All Other - Whitney Cameron
Communications Chair - Karina Lonsdale-Hands
Membership Database - Joe Martinez
Artisan/Newsletter - Cara Pierce
Website - Unmi Lee
Take-A-Seat - Chelsea Page
Community Outreach - Leah Ewing
Special Events - Seema Tendolkar
Special Events Elect - Atisha Patel

Thank you to our 2025-2026 HP Arts Board of Directors. Your contributions were invaluable. We are especially grateful to our president Deirdre Diegnan. And a huge thank you to these incredible people who have served 3 years: Liz Silva, Angie Shank, Kyle Huckaby, Jessica Turner-Waugh, Denise Brame, June Molnoskey, and Tian Tang.

President - Deirdre Deignan
VP - Lori Altschuler
Secretary - Alyson Drennan
Treasurer - Kyle Huckaby
Programs Chair - Liz Silva
Elementary Art - Jane Wallingford
Elementary Music - Angie Shank
Elementary All Other - Steve Noviello
MIS/HPMS Music - June Molnoskey
MIS/HPMS All Other - Tara Cosgrove
HPHS Music - Denise Brame
HPHS All Other - Jessica Turner-Waugh
Communications Chair - Karina Lonsdale-Hands
Membership Database - Joe Martinez
Artisan/Newsletters - Cara Pierce
Website - Unmi Lee
Take-A-Seat - Chelsea Page
Community Outreach - Tian Tang

Thinking back to the amazing performance of Beauty and the Beast, Jr. by the Raider Drama students. So much talent and spectacular costumes and sets and direction from our fabulous teachers. And HP Arts got to help out with the dazzling choreography too…every detail was perfection! Such a treat…wish we could see it again and again!