Arts High School Alumni News

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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…

  
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  JEREMY LUNDQUIST AWARDED 2020 ARTIST INITIATIVE GRANT BY MN STATE ARTS BOARD

  Congratulations to Jeremy Lundquist, Visual Arts Instructor, for being awarded an Artist Initiative Grant by the Minnesota State Arts Board. Lundquist will create and exhibit a new series of large-scale etchings based on the minimal media coverage of the end and subsequent continuation of…

  
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  Tyler Jensen (Media Arts 2003) Shares New Documentary with Perpich Students

  Tyler Jensen & Tory Peterson

  Tyler Jensen (Media Arts 2003) visited with Perpich students on October 21st, 2019, as part of our Common Experience program. Jensen was in town promoting his new documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street which…

  
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  Lisa Swenson (Literary Arts 1996) receives the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

  Lisa Swenson (Literary Arts 1996) has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Swenson teaches sixth grade science at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. The award is the nation’s highest honor for teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering, and…

  
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  Orlando Hunter (Dance 2009) Visits Perpich as a Guest Artist

  Orlando Hunter (Dance 2009) visited Perpich Arts High School as a guest artist for Dance and Theater students in mid-September. Hunter spent several days working with the students. He taught movement from the African diaspora, concentrating on the storytelling aspects while teaching movement from…