Independent Schools Art Educator of the Year

Ian Torney – Milton Academy

Ian Torney is an artist, an arts educator and administrator, and an exhibition curator. Mr. Torney has been teaching in the Visual Arts for over three decades – he began his career as a Teaching Fellow at the Hotchkiss Summer School, followed by five years at the Pomfret School and 21 years at St. Paul’s School, where he served as both the Fine Arts Director and Arts Division Head. He joined the faculty at his alma-mater Milton Academy in 2012 and served for 10 years as the department Chair – he currently serves as the Nesto Gallery Director. Additionally, Mr. Torney served for five years as the Co- President of the Independent School Art Instructors Association, and remains on the leadership council of the Art Association of New England Preparatory Schools. Mr. Torney has mentored countless arts students and peers – his students have garnered numerous regional Art All-Scholastic honors every year, and have won five Gold and one Silver national medals. Mr. Torney is also a practicing, professional landscape painter who exhibits his work annually – he is a member of the Copley Society of Art in Boston, and is represented by the Hurricane Mountain Design Gallery of North Conway, NH. See www.iantorneyart.com.