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Perpich Arts High School Studio Arts Department Presents: “Palindrome: Do Geese See God?” Exhibition
September 13, 2024
Perpich Studio Arts students opened their first exhibition of the 2024-2025 school year on Thursday, September 12th, 2024. The exhibition is showing in the Perpich galleries through October 18, 2024.
Titled “Palindrome: Do Geese See God?”, the show features artwork created over the…
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Perpich Center Partners with Arts Education Organizations This Month
August 29, 2024
The Professional Development and Resource Programs (PDR) group at Perpich Center for Arts Education partnered with three of Minnesota’s arts education organizations this month to offer professional development: American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN), Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA), and Dance…
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New Native American Picture Books from Perpich Library
August 20, 2024
The Perpich Library has an extensive collection of Native American resources to use in K-12 classrooms, including picture books by and about Indigenous people. This is a selection of the newest picture books added to the collection this summer.
All items on this…
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Rootedness & Futurity: Integrating Arts + Philosophies of Minnesota Native Americans in Curriculum Development
Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair, Mdewakaƞtuƞwaƞ Dakota and a citizen of the Lower Sioux Indian Community, speaks to the gathered educatorsAugust 15, 2024
The Professional Development and Resource Programs (PDR) group at Perpich Center for Arts Education brought together 130 arts educators…
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2023-2025 CAPP Cohort Kicks Off Second Year of Program
August 14, 2024
The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) is starting its second year of programming with the 2023-2025 CAPP cohort. Every two years, school districts and charter schools are eligible to apply to this state-funded program. The 2023-2025 CAPP cohort (Bluffview Montessori (Winona), Central…
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thomas Carlson Retires After 35 Years at Perpich
thomas Carlson, English InstructorAugust 13, 2024
thomas Carlson, English Instructor, is retiring from Perpich after 35 years of service. His last day at Perpich is Tuesday, August 13th. thomas started at Perpich in the 1989-1990 school year.
When asked to reflect on…
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Perpich Center Partners with Hennepin Arts in Annual Theater Director and Educator Conference
A scene from Theater Director and Educator Summer Conference 2024 with Hennepin Arts (formerly Hennepin Theatre Trust)August 13, 2024
On August 7th, Perpich Center for Arts Education partnered again with Hennepin Arts (formerly Hennepin Theatre Trust) to convene the annual Theater…
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Summer Music Professional Development Workshops 2024
August 12, 2024
Thanks to the many music educators who attended our series of Summer Music Professional Development workshops for music teachers the first week of August. The group explored guitar pedagogy, African drumming, Music Literacy, and Orff in the Elementary classroom. Time flies when you’re…
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Data + Arts Can Equal Success!
August 9, 2024
This month, arts educators from across the state convened to study a topic not usually associated with arts education—data. “Data-Driven Excellence: Enhancing Arts Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Advocacy” workshops were held on August 5th in Rochester and August 7th in Duluth. Sessions…