Recent News
Recent News
Dedication Day 2023
September 19, 2023
Dedication Day 2023 was September 18. Dedication is a Perpich tradition where new students and faculty/staff are welcomed into the Perpich community. The ceremony featured speeches from seniors in all art areas: Elyse Ulmen, Dance; Rowan Hilden, Literary Arts; Grace Mathews, Media…
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Faith Blackstone (Visual Arts 2021) Named Rose Rees Peace Award Recipient
April 21, 2021
Congratulations to senior Faith Blackstone (Visual Arts 2021) for being named Perpich Arts High School’s selection for the 86th Annual Rose Rees Peace Award! The Rose Rees Peace Awards honor exceptional high school seniors from 25 local schools who have demonstrated a…
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Titles By and About Asian Americans
April 20, 2021
“A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act – and why.” – Celeste Ng
This is a small selection of the many materials by and about Asian Americans that Perpich Library has available…
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Studio Arts Seniors Present “Perpich Capstone Exhibition”
April 1, 2021
Perpich Media & Visual Arts Seniors present Perpich Capstone Exhibition. This is an online exhibition that can be easily accessed and shared. The exhibit will run in the Perpich gallery until April 23, 2021.
The Capstone Exhibition is the culmination of both media…
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Craig Farmer Accepted into National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Workshop
March 30, 2021
Craig Farmer, Art History Instructor, has a busy summer ahead as he has been accepted into a week-long National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Teacher Workshop entitled “Mapping a New World: Places of Conflict and Colonization in 17th Century New England.”…
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Celebrating Lola Perpich
Photograph of Delores “Lola” Perpich, wife of Minnesota governor Rudy Perpich, c.1978.March 26, 2021
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we want to recognize and remember Lola Perpich as a pioneer in playing an integral role in the creation of the…
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Kat Baumann (Visual Arts 2009) At Home in the Comics World
March 25, 2021
Kat Baumann (Visual Arts 2009)Kat Baumann (Visual Arts 2009), a Mankato-based illustrator and comic artist, can’t remember a time in her life when she was not drawing. Growing up in the small southwestern Minnesota town of Wabasso, she…
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Books About Women Artists
March 17, 2021
Women artists have been creating art for millennia but their contributions have historically been overlooked and undervalued. This selection of books aims to highlight the accomplishments of women artists, giving them their rightful place in art history. All books on this list,…
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Hailey Petersen (Visual Arts 2021) Named 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Gold Medalist, Scholarship Winner
March 17, 2021
Today, the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced the National Medalists of the 98th annual 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for young artists and writers in grades 7–12. Perpich Arts High…
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Perpich Arts High School presents Studs Terkel’s “Working”
March 15, 2021
Perpich Arts High School students presented the musical Working by Studs Terkel on March 11, 12, and 13, 2021. The students performed live to a limited in-person audience and also live-streamed the performances for an audience at home. Most of their preparation…