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Eight School Districts Selected for Minnesota’s 2025-2027 Comprehensive Arts Planning Program

The 2025-2027 award recipients for CAPP: Academias La Paz, Alexandria Public Schools, Big Lake Schools, Brainerd Public Schools, International Spanish Language Academy, Inver Grove Heights Schools, Little Falls Community Schools, and Waconia Public Schools.

May 5, 2025

Perpich Center for Arts Education…

Perpich Studio Arts Department presents “The First Last Hurrah Junior Exhibition”

May 13, 2022

Perpich Studio Arts Seniors presented The First Last Hurrah Junior Exhibition on Thursday, May 12, 2022. The exhibition is showing May 12th – September 2nd, 2022.

The exhibition includes artwork created in Perpich art classes this year by members of the Class of 2023…
Pasakura Lee (Visual Arts 2023) Earns First Place in 5th Congressional District Art Competition

May 10, 2022
Pasakura (Pasi) Lee (Visual Arts 2023) First Place Winner of the 2022 5th Congressional District Art Competition
Congratulations to junior Pasakura (Pasi) Lee (Visual Arts 2023) for earning first place in the 5th Congressional District Art Competition! This year,…
Walz, Flanagan Announce Appointment to Perpich Board

May 3, 2022
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced the following appointment to the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors:

Dr. Ronald Manuel Salazar joining the Board

The Board of Perpich Center for Arts Education manages the Perpich Center agency. The…
New Library Materials – Fiction: Literary, Realistic, Historical – Fall 2021

Afterlife – Julia Alvarez

Another Roadside Attraction – Tom Robbins

Birthday – Meredith Russo

The Black Flamingo – Dean Atta

A Burning – Megha Majumdar

Call Me by Your Name – André Aciman

The Committed – Viet Thanh Nguyen

Concrete Rose – Angie Thomas

Deacon King Kong – James McBride

Dear Justyce –…
New Library Materials – Fiction: Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction – Fall 2021

Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor

All Systems Red – Martha Wells

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins

Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard – Echo Brown

A Blade So Black – L.L. McKinney

The Bone Shard Daughter – Andrea Stewart

Cemetery Boys –…
Mona Mavluda (Music 2022) Named Rose Rees Peace Award Recipient

April 21, 2022
Mona Mavluda (Music 2022), Perpich Arts High School’s selection for the 87th Annual Rose Rees Peace Award
Congratulations to senior Mona Mavluda (Music 2022) for being named Perpich Arts High School’s selection for the 87th Annual Rose Rees Peace…
Dr. Wendy Barden Named Director of Professional Development and Resources

April 21, 2022

Perpich Center for Arts Education is happy to announce that a staff member will be taking on a new role. Dr. Wendy Barden was hired as our PDR Director in the Professional Development and Resource Programs department. Wendy’s start date is Wednesday,…
Books in Verse from Perpich Library

April 20, 2022

In honor of National Poetry Month, the library is highlighting some of our incredible books written in verse, a form of narrative poetry. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

1. Apple: Skin…
Alexei Casselle (Music 1999) Speaks to Students During Common Experience

April 14, 2022
Alexei Moon Casselle, a.k.a Crescent Moon, (Music 1999) spoke to students during Common Ex on Monday, April 11.
On Monday, April 11, Alexei Moon Casselle, a.k.a Crescent Moon, (Music 1999) spoke to students during Common Ex. Common Ex is…