Theater Educators and Directors Reconnect to the Practice of Play

August 7, 2026

At this year’s annual, day-long Theater Director and Educator Conference – “Empowerment Through Play-Filled Learning, Leadership, and Mindsets” – guest presenters Malia’Kekia Nicolini and Christopher Beaulieu of Play Pathways Initiative deeply engaged participants from across the state in a pedagogy of play….

Families Give Perpich Summer Camp 2026 High Marks

August 4, 2026

Perpich’s 2026 Summer Camp wrapped up with overwhelmingly positive feedback from families. Campers participated in: African Movement: Grounded Rhythm and Contemporary Flow, Beginning Guitar, Camp Literary Magazine, Creating Children’s Lit, Drawing Crash Course, Intro to Modular Origami, Introduction to Screenprinting, and Introduction…

Act One and Perpich Center for Arts Education Bring VR Arts Immersion™ To Minnesota Students

August 3, 2026

Act One, an Arizona nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that students have access to meaningful arts experiences, is expanding the reach of its innovative VR Arts Immersion™ program through a new collaboration with Perpich Center for Arts Education in Minnesota.

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Dr. Stephanie Lein Walseth Highlights Minnesota Theater Education Practices on National Stage

July 27, 2026
Dr. Stephanie Lein Walseth, Perpich Center for Arts Education’s Theater Education Specialist, represented Minnesota’s theater education community at the Educational Theatre Association’s Theatre Education Conference (TEC) in New York City, held July 21–25, 2026. As a presenter at the conference, Stephanie joined…

A Note from our Executive Director, Allegra Smisek – July 24, 2026

July 24, 2026

Greetings from Perpich Center for Arts Education!
Summertime at Perpich is energizing. Our campus is alive with creativity as young artists discover new passions through summer camps, educators from across Minnesota gather to learn and grow together, and our staff uses this season…

Four Perpich Students Earn College Board National Recognition Awards

July 21, 2026

Four Perpich Arts High School students have been named recipients of College Board National Recognition Program awards, earning honors for their academic achievement and strong performance on college readiness assessments!
Anais Froberg-Martinez (Literary Arts 2027), Rex Nicholoff (Visual Arts 2027), Kyungbin Park (Visual…

New Picture Books from Perpich Library

July 16, 2026

The Perpich Library has a large, wonderfully diverse picture book collection for teachers to use in their classrooms. Every year we add several new titles. Here are a few of our favorites from this year! Click to see all of our newest…

Theater Educators and Directors Get a Crash Course in Tech and Design

July 2, 2026

On June 30th, theater directors, tech directors, and set builders from Hermantown to Mankato, Rogers to Red Wing, gathered at Monkey Wrench Productions in Golden Valley (and later at Perpich Center) for an intensive, hands-on workshop day focusing on a myriad of…

A Note from our Executive Director, Allegra Smisek – June 26, 2026

June 26, 2026

Greetings from Perpich Center for Arts Education!
This month, we welcomed nearly 60 students in grades 6 through 10 to campus for the first week of Perpich Summer Camp. Throughout the week, our studios, rehearsal spaces, and classrooms buzzed with creativity as students…