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  • Graphic Novels by Indigenous Authors and/or Illustrators from Perpich Library

    November 18, 2025

    November is Indigenous Heritage Month! Here are some fantastic graphic novels by Indigenous authors and/or illustrators.

    “Sequential storytelling and graphic media has a long history. Sadly, though, much of those historical materials portray Indigenous characters fraught with dehumanizing stereotypes, tropes, and, at times,…

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  • runo plum (Music 2016) Debuts with “patching”

    November 17, 2025

    Nearly ten years after high school graduation, runo plum (Music 2016) found herself in very different surroundings than her northern Minnesota upbringing. It was while runo was on tour in Europe that we connected with her to celebrate her debut album, “patching”….

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  • Perpich Students Partner with City of Golden Valley for Climate Equity Plan Arts Event

    November 14, 2025

    Perpich students partnered with the City of Golden Valley for a Climate Equity Plan Arts event on November 13, 2025. The event took place at Brookview Golden Valley and was a free, family-friendly event open to all. Attendees learned about simple ways…

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  • Canoe Club Explores Lake Nokomis

    November 14, 2025

    In October 2025, students from the new Canoe Club went to Lake Nokomis to go canoeing. “Student leaders and presidents of the club, Aurora Gallagher (Visual Arts 2026) and Wilder Stinson (Visual Arts 2026), did an excellent job educating their peers on…

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  • Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Department Presents “Running Into Yesterday” a Lit Reading

    November 13, 2025

    The Literary Arts Department of Perpich Arts High School presented “Running Into Yesterday” on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Their first reading of the school year represented the culmination of months of work from new and returning writers. The writers shared poems, short…

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  • Mayo Clinic’s Christian Hanson Speaks to Students During Common Experience

    November 10, 2025

    Christian Hanson, a simulation engineer at Mayo Clinic’s Anatomic Modeling Unit, spoke with students during Common Ex on Monday, November 10th. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students often hear about the artistic life from practicing artists, many of whom…

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  • Perpich Arts High School Studio Arts Department Presents: “New Horizons” Curriculum Exhibition

    November 7, 2025

    Perpich Studio Arts students opened their second exhibition of the school year on Thursday, November 6th, 2025. The exhibition is showing in the Perpich galleries through January 2, 2026.

    Titled “New Horizons”, the show features work made during the 1st Quarter by every…

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  • Perpich Center Selected to Represent Minnesota in Kennedy Center’s National Scrollathon

    November 5, 2025

    On Wednesday, November 5, Perpich students, staff, and Board members experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: they represented the state of Minnesota in the Kennedy Center’s collaborative visual art project, the National Scrollathon®, part of the Kennedy Center’s yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary…

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  • Banned Books from Perpich Library

    October 15, 2025

    Banned Books Week was October 5th-11th. There has been an increase in the attempts by various people and governing bodies to remove “controversial” books from schools and public libraries. The vast majority of these books are about people of color and/or the…

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