Recent News

Perpich Arts High School Graduation 2024

May 24, 2024

The Perpich Arts High School Class of 2024 graduated on May 24 in a ceremony at Ted Mann Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus. The ceremony was also livestreamed on Facebook. Perpich is proud to announce that 100% of the Class…

New Library Materials – Nonfiction Books – Fall 2021

All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks

Apple: (Skin to the Core): A Memoir in Words and Pictures – Eric Gansworth

Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Mindfulness Practices to Overcome Anxiety and Stress – Regine Galanti, PhD

Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay…
Studio Arts Celebrates the 2022 Minnesota Regional Scholastic Art Awards

January 28, 2022

Perpich Studio Arts (Visual Arts and Media Arts students and staff) is celebrating another year of Scholastic Arts hard work and success!

We are very pleased to announce the 2022 Minnesota Regional Scholastic Art Awards! Congratulations to the Perpich Gold Key, Silver Key,…
Perpich Studio Arts Presents “Meet Me Halfway: Curriculum Exhibition” and “Beyond The Classroom Exhibition”

January 28, 2022

Perpich Studio Arts students presented two exhibitions, Meet Me Halfway: Curriculum Exhibition and Beyond The Classroom Exhibition, on Thursday, January 27, 2022. The exhibitions are showing in the Upper Gallery and Lower Gallery through March 11, 2022. Meet Me Halfway features artwork…
Perpich Dance Students Stretch Their Learning with Paul Taylor Dance Company Workshop
Perpich Dance students with Michael Apuzzo, a company member and instructor from the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
January 19, 2022

When a dance company performs at Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota, typically only the ones performing a school matinee will…
Remembering Artists We Lost in 2021

January 19, 2022

The world lost several amazing artists, authors, and musicians this past year. While we mourn their loss, we also celebrate the legacy of art, words, and music that they left behind. This is a list of just a few of the artists…
Two Perpich Seniors Named College Board National Recognition Programs Awardees

January 14, 2022

Two Perpich seniors have been named College Board National Recognition Programs awardees! Bryne Croyle Johnson (Literary Arts 2022) has received the National Indigenous Recognition Award. Elle Hall-Holt (Visual Arts 2022) has received the National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award.

The College Board…
Art History and Museum Studies Students Visit Walker Art Center

December 17, 2021

The final week before winter break, all of Craig Farmer’s Beginning Art History and Museum Studies students traveled to the Walker Art Center to see the Julie Mehretu exhibition. The students spent a half hour creating artworks inspired by Mehretu’s painting method…
New Library Materials – Professional Visual Arts Books – Fall 2021

Adaptive Art: Deconstructing Disability in the Art Classroom – Bette Naughton

Art for All: Planning for Variability in the Visual Arts Classroom – Liz Byron

Art for Children Experiencing Psychological Trauma: A Guide for Art Educators and School–Based Professionals – edited by Adrienne D. Hunter, Donalyn…
Hennepin Theatre Trust Partners with Perpich for Intimacy Direction Training & Slay! Workshop For Educators
Brian Bose leads a workshop. Photo courtesy of Ari Koehnen Sweeney, Hennepin Theatre Trust.
December 15, 2021

Along with our partner, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Perpich Center for Arts Education was excited to offer a workshop for educators from IDC, Intimacy Directors and…