Dr. Charles Rick to be Interim Executive Director for the 19-20 school year

We are happy to announce that we have a new member of the Perpich community. Dr. Charles Rick will serve as our interim executive director for the 2019-2020 school year. Charles’ start date will be 8/13/19.

Dr. Rick holds an Ed.D in Educational Leadership from…

Conn McCartan to be Interim High School Principal for the 19-20 School Year

We are happy to announce that we have a new member of the Perpich community. Conn McCartan will serve as our interim high school principal for the 19-20 school year. Conn’s start date was 8/5/19.

Conn McCartan’s educational career spans 36 years. During that time,…

Perpich Center for Arts Education Executive Director Announces Departure

Tryggestad has led the agency since August, 2017.

Perpich Center for Arts Education Executive Director Dr. Curt Tryggestad announced Thursday, June 20, that he has accepted a new position as the superintendent of Pine City Public Schools. His last day at Perpich will be determined…

Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker Joins Perpich Board

The Commissioner of Education, or their designee, serves on the Perpich Board of Directors as an ex officio member per the 2017 Education Omnibus Bill.

Perpich Center for Arts Education is pleased to welcome Minnesota Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker as an ex officio member…

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

Community members will come together to create a comprehensive arts education plan.

Perpich Center for Arts Education is proud to announce the 2019-2021 award recipients for the Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP): Bemidji Area Schools, Columbia Heights Public Schools, Minneapolis Public Schools, Pine City Public…

Perpich Spirit Shop Now Open

The Perpich Spring 2019 Spirit Shop is now open!

ORDERS END FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2019 – EVERYTHING WILL BE DELIVERED TO PERPICH ON JUNE 3, 2019 All items need to be picked up at Perpich Center for Arts Education; no items will be shipped to…

Alumna Creates Woven Works, Studies New Practices

Laura Fischer (Visual Arts 2002) received her MFA from San Francisco State University in 2013. She concentrated her work on New Practices, an area established for students wishing to work cross-media. Here she shares words of wisdom and why going to Perpich was a great…

Award-Winning Filmmaker Found Her Calling at Perpich

Filmmaker Tasha Hardy (Theater 1992) sees a clear connection between her experience at Perpich Arts High School and her success. As a teenager, Hardy says, “My life was headed for disaster.” With an unstable family situation, she struggled in school and lacked healthy peer relationships. Once…

Alumna Explores World of Lena Dunham with Theater Company

Haley Traub (Theater 2008) recently shared about her experience working in theater in New York City. After graduating from Perpich, Traub received a BFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2012 and most recently formed a theater collective with some fellow NYU…