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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Missy Whiteman (Visual Arts 1995) Speaks to Students During Common Experience

October 13, 2025

Perpich alum, Missy Whiteman (Visual Arts 1995), spoke with students during Common Ex on Monday, October 13th. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students often hear about the artistic life from practicing artists, many of whom are Perpich graduates. We…

Perpich Arts High School Music Department Presents: 25/26 Sound Works I

October 13, 2025

The Music Department of Perpich Arts High School presented the first concert of the school year on Thursday, October 9th with a repeat performance on Friday, October 10th. The concert was a culmination of the work created by students in their small…

Mary Harding, Dance Instructor, Presents at 2025 National Dance Education Organization Conference

October 10, 2025

Mary Harding, Perpich Dance Instructor and Dance Education Specialist, was a presenter at the national conference of National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) in early October, 2025. Harding, who was…