2026-2027 MEDIA ARTS ADVANCED COHORT
Deepen and refine your media arts practice. Register for Perpich’s Media Arts Advanced Cohort!
*This cohort is for educators who have completed Perpich’s Media Arts Intro Cohort and are ready to take their practice further.*
About the Cohort
The Media Arts Advanced Cohort is for educators who have completed Perpich’s Media Arts Introduction Cohort and are ready to push their creative, technical, and pedagogical boundaries. Similar to the Intro Cohort, this is a year-long professional learning community where participants operate as artists, critics, and curriculum designers—expanding their media fluency while developing the intellectual rigor to mentor students in creating media that matters.
The Advanced Cohort moves beyond the foundations of media arts education and into deeper questions of curriculum, pedagogy, conceptual thinking, creative agency, and assessment.
How do we design more conceptually rich media arts learning? How do we move students from following directions toward making meaningful creative decisions? How do we assess artistic thinking and conceptual understanding?
Participants refine existing curriculum, analyze student work and practice, explore more sophisticated approaches to concept-based instruction and assessment, and collaborate with experienced colleagues.
This is a space to experiment, problem-solve, and engage in meaningful dialogue with colleagues who are equally committed to evolving their media arts practice.
Cohort Members Can Expect:
- Hands-on media experiences across 2D, 3D, digital, and mixed media
- Advanced production techniques in video, photography, animation, and multimedia
- Exploration of cinematic, design, and visual culture principles
- Ethical and identity-centered approaches to media creation
- Refined critique protocols and responsive feedback structures
- Development of advanced, concept-based curriculum aligned to the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Media Arts
- A professional network for sharing, revising, and field-testing lessons and units
- Resources and exemplars to take directly into your classroom practice
- Personalized feedback and coaching as you implement new strategies and approaches
Expectations for Joining the Cohort:
- Educators must have completed Perpich’s Media Arts Intro Cohort (or received prior approval* see below)
- Educators who are teaching or seeking to teach media arts in an integrated or standalone course offering this year
- Ability and commitment to attend all three in-person sessions at Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley
- Ability to collaborate and engage in hands-on media arts experiences
- Visual arts educators ready to integrate advanced media concepts into their teaching
Cohort Meeting Dates (three all-day workshops):
The Media Arts Advanced Cohort will meet in person at Perpich Center for Arts Education three times throughout the 2026-2027 academic year. These are full-day sessions (9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) with a break for lunch. Cohort members are required to attend all three workshop days.
- Monday, November 23, 2026
- Tuesday, February 16, 2027
- Thursday, April 22, 2027
More Details:
- The Media Arts Advanced Cohort will meet in person at Perpich Center for Arts Education: 6125 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55422.
- Workshops are full-day sessions (9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) with a break for lunch. All sessions are in-person.
- Lunch is provided by Perpich for each workshop.
- There is no cost to participate in this cohort, and no cost for the online media offerings.
- A clock hours form will be provided after each workshop day.
Sign up now and unlock a world of creativity and innovation for your students! Space is limited. The registration form will close when the cohort is full.
PERPICH’S COHORT MEDIA ARTS PATHWAY
INTRO → ADVANCED
*The Media Arts Intro Cohort establishes the shared foundation for the Advanced Cohort. Registration is primarily reserved for educators who have completed the Intro Cohort.
*Educators with substantial previous media arts experience or professional learning may request an exception. Exceptions are considered case-by-case and are subject to available space, with priority given to previous Intro participants.
Questions? Contact jeremy.holien@pcae.k12.mn.us
