Arts High School Alumni News

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  Rachel Coyne (Visual Arts 1994) Writes Second Book, Amy Abts (Theater 1994) Provides Illustration

  Rachel Coyne (Visual Arts 1994) has written the second book in her Antigone Ravynn Young Adult series. Coyne’s classmate Amy Abts (Theater 1994) provided the cover art for the 2020 published Dante’s Circle. The book is available in e-book format through Amazon.

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  How Are Teachers Handling Arts Education From A Distance?

  K-12 arts educators and administrators talk about the challenges and opportunities posed by distance learning.
  By Brittany Shrimpton
  April 13, 2020

  How are teachers handling arts education from a distance?

  Jeremy Holien

  Jeremy Holien has been fielding a lot of calls from visual and media arts teachers during this time of triage distance…

  
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  Walz, Flanagan Announce Appointments to Perpich Board

  March 28, 2020
  Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the following appointments to the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors. Board members Linda Brobeck, Dan Loritz, and Julia Workman have all been reappointed to the Board. Mathew Ollig previously…

  
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  A note from Dr. Charles Rick, Perpich Executive Director – March 20, 2020

  March 20, 2020

  Perpich Center for Arts Education is open for business and continues providing arts education services to Minnesotans across the state.

  We are committed to providing a safe environment for both the people we serve and our employees. Following guidance from Governor Walz and…

  
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  Update Related to Statewide COVID-19 School Closure

  March 15, 2020

  Families of Perpich Students,

  This morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz declared that all Minnesota schools will be closed to students from Wednesday, March 18, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020. Perpich Arts High School will remain open on Monday, March 16 but will…

  
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  Eleanor Koster (Visual Arts 2019) Curates “Lost & Found” Exhibition

  Eleanor Koster

  March 9, 2020

  Eleanor Koster (Visual Arts 2019) is a contractor at Perpich this year, working closely with the Studio Arts department. One day, while sifting through the frame room, Koster discovered boxes of artwork. “This can’t just sit here…

  
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  Two Perpich Students Selected for Access/Print Teen Mentorship Program at Highpoint Center for Printmaking

  February 21, 2020

  Two Perpich students have been selected for this spring’s ACCESS/PRINT Teen Mentorship Program at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Alexandra Alvarado (Media Arts 2020) and Frankie Palmer (Visual Arts 2021) make up two thirds of the three students selected for this season. They are…

  
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  Faith Blackstone Organizes Black History 365 Event

  Faith Blackstone (Visual Arts 2021) organized and hosted a Black History Month event on February 6, 2020 in Chaska. Faith, a former student at Chaska, created this event after Chaska High School wouldn’t allow her to hang black history posters in the school’s halls….

  
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  Ramert & Ruggeri Experience National Unified Auditions in Chicago

  Every February, inside the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, the theater departments of several dozen colleges converge to hold the National Unified Auditions, a make-or-break, do-or-die audition week for anxious, hopeful theater kids. This year, two of our Perpich students were part of the…