Arts High School News

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  Minnesota Department of Education Assistant Commissioner Visits Perpich Center

  February 15, 2024

  Left to Right: Pasha Khosravi, Board Chair; Dr. Charles Rick, Executive Director; Dr. Wendy Barden, Director of PDR; Bobbie Burnham, MDE Assistant Commissioner; Maggie Loxtercamp (Musical Theater 2024); Rebekah Doyle, Board Member; Rebecca Bullen, Arts High School Principal;…

  
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  Nichole Laven Joins Perpich Board of Directors

  Nichole Laven

  February 13, 2024

  Perpich Center for Arts Education is pleased to welcome Nichole Laven as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors. Laven is Standards Implementation Manager in the Division of Academic Standards, Instruction, and Assessment for the…

  
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  Literary Arts Students Present Poetry Showcase and Short Works Reading at Magers & Quinn Booksellers

  Rowan Hilden (Literary Arts 2024) performs a reading at Magers & Quinn Booksellers on February 12, 2024.

  February 13, 2024

  The Literary Arts Department of Perpich Arts High School presented their work at Magers & Quinn Booksellers on February 12, 2024. The…

  
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  Grace Lampi (Visual Arts 2024) Receives Gary Fink Scholarship

  Grace Lampi (Visual Arts 2024) has received the Gary Fink Scholarship valued at $20,000.

  February 12, 2024

  Grace Lampi (Visual Arts 2024) has received the Gary Fink Scholarship valued at $20,000! This honor is awarded to a senior visual arts student at Perpich…

  
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  Perpich Students Attend Performance of “The Mood Room” at Walker Art Center, Meet Annie-B Parson, Choreographer and Director

  Annie-B Parson, Choreographer and Director, met with Perpich students before the February 8th performance.

  February 12, 2024

  Perpich students and Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, attended the February 8th performance of Big Dance Theater’s “The Mood Room” at the Walker Art Center’s McGuire…

  
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  Chloe Laun (Visual Arts 2024) Receives First Place Honors, Studio Arts Student Work Featured in Concordia University St. Paul’s 2024 High School Honors Exhibition

  February 9, 2024

  Students from Perpich Arts High School, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, and Woodbury High School were honored at the exhibition’s award ceremony on February 8, 2024.

  Congratulations to our Studio Arts department! Work by several Studio Arts students was…

  
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  Perpich Theater and Musical Theater Students Visit Chicago for 2024 National Unified Auditions

  February 8, 2024

  The group at the Palmer House, where they stayed

  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,…

  
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  Caitlin Knight (Theater 2002) Speaks to Students During Common Experience

  Caitlin Knight (Theater 2002)

  February 5, 2024

  Perpich alum, Caitlin Knight (Theater 2002), spoke with students during Common Ex on Monday, February 5th. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students often hear about the artistic life from practicing artists, many…

  
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  Perpich Studio Arts Presents “Beauty in Variety”, “Beyond The Classroom Exhibition”, “Creative Endeavors: Faculty & Staff Exhibition”, and Darkroom Photography Exhibition

  February 2, 2024

  Perpich Studio Arts students presented multiple exhibitions on Thursday, February 1, 2024. The exhibitions are showing in the Upper Gallery, Lower Gallery, and Basta Gallery through February 22, 2024.

  “Beauty in Variety” features artwork by every studio arts student at Perpich during their…