Arts High School News

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  Perpich Studio Arts Presents “Meet Me Halfway: Curriculum Exhibition” and “Beyond The Classroom Exhibition”

  January 28, 2022

  Perpich Studio Arts students presented two exhibitions, Meet Me Halfway: Curriculum Exhibition and Beyond The Classroom Exhibition, on Thursday, January 27, 2022. The exhibitions are showing in the Upper Gallery and Lower Gallery through March 11, 2022. Meet Me Halfway features artwork…

  
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  Perpich Dance Students Stretch Their Learning with Paul Taylor Dance Company Workshop

  Perpich Dance students with Michael Apuzzo, a company member and instructor from the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

  January 19, 2022

  When a dance company performs at Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota, typically only the ones performing a school matinee will…

  
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  Two Perpich Seniors Named College Board National Recognition Programs Awardees

  January 14, 2022

  Two Perpich seniors have been named College Board National Recognition Programs awardees! Bryne Croyle Johnson (Literary Arts 2022) has received the National Indigenous Recognition Award. Elle Hall-Holt (Visual Arts 2022) has received the National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award.

  The College Board…

  
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  Art History and Museum Studies Students Visit Walker Art Center

  December 17, 2021

  The final week before winter break, all of Craig Farmer’s Beginning Art History and Museum Studies students traveled to the Walker Art Center to see the Julie Mehretu exhibition. The students spent a half hour creating artworks inspired by Mehretu’s painting method…

  
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  Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presents “Weird Nightmares”

  December 10, 2021

  Perpich Theater Ensemble presented Weird Nightmares, a dramatic presentation of four Hans Christian Andersen stories (The Deep Bell, Most Incredible Thing, The Red Shoes, and Little Match Girl) and the lyrics to Charles Mingus’ song Weird Nightmares on Thursday, December 9, 2021. The students played…

  
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  Perpich Dance Students Unite in “Convergence of 9 – A Dance Concert”

  December 6, 2021

  Perpich Dance students united to perform their fall concert, Convergence of 9 – A Dance Concert. The event was the culmination of a semester of work. The dancers demonstrated their creativity, choreographic skills, and performance expertise in 13 student-choreographed works, a faculty-choreographed…

  
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  Perpich Studio Arts Presents “Quarter for your Thoughts” Curriculum Exhibition

  November 12, 2021

  Perpich Studio Arts students presented their curriculum exhibition, Quarter for your Thoughts, on Thursday, November 11th, 2021. The exhibition is showing in the Upper Gallery and Tony Basta Gallery through December 24, 2021. Quarter for your Thoughts features artwork by every studio arts…

  
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  Company, the Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble, Makes Debut with “Influenced! How Pop & Rock Have Shaped Broadway”

  November 12, 2021

  Company – the Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble – excitedly made its debut with Influenced! How Pop & Rock Have Shaped Broadway. This musical theater revue explores how the shift of ‘popular’ music, after the Golden Age of Musical Theater,…

  
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  Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Students Present their Winter Lit Reading

  November 11, 2021

  Literary Arts students presented their winter lit reading on November 10, 2021. They shared a little bit of everything they’ve written this fall: memoir, poetry, fiction, gallows humor. The evening showed that yes, winter looms and the geese are heading south, but…