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  • Dr. Charles Rick Announces Retirement as Perpich Center for Arts Education Executive Director

     Dr. Charles Rick, Perpich Center for Arts Education Executive Director

    September 17, 2024

    Dr. Charles Rick, Perpich Center for Arts Education Executive Director, is retiring from Perpich with over five years of service. His last day will be Friday, November 22nd. Charles…

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  • Dedication Day 2024

     The annual Dedication poster, signed by all students

    September 16, 2024

    Dedication Day 2024 was September 16. 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…

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  • Perpich Center Partners with Arts Education Organizations This Month

    August 29, 2024

    The Professional Development and Resource Programs (PDR) group at Perpich Center for Arts Education partnered with three of Minnesota’s arts education organizations this month to offer professional development: American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN), Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA), and Dance…

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  • New Native American Picture Books from Perpich Library

    August 20, 2024

    The Perpich Library has an extensive collection of Native American resources to use in K-12 classrooms, including picture books by and about Indigenous people. This is a selection of the newest picture books added to the collection this summer.

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  • Rootedness & Futurity: Integrating Arts + Philosophies of Minnesota Native Americans in Curriculum Development

     Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair, Mdewakaƞtuƞwaƞ Dakota and a citizen of the Lower Sioux Indian Community, speaks to the gathered educators

    August 15, 2024

    The Professional Development and Resource Programs (PDR) group at Perpich Center for Arts Education brought together 130 arts educators…

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  • 2023-2025 CAPP Cohort Kicks Off Second Year of Program

    August 14, 2024

    The Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) is starting its second year of programming with the 2023-2025 CAPP cohort. Every two years, school districts and charter schools are eligible to apply to this state-funded program. The 2023-2025 CAPP cohort (Bluffview Montessori (Winona), Central…

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  • Perpich Center Partners with Hennepin Arts in Annual Theater Director and Educator Conference

     A scene from Theater Director and Educator Summer Conference 2024 with Hennepin Arts (formerly Hennepin Theatre Trust)

    August 13, 2024

    On August 7th, Perpich Center for Arts Education partnered again with Hennepin Arts (formerly Hennepin Theatre Trust) to convene the annual Theater…

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  • Summer Music Professional Development Workshops 2024

    August 12, 2024

    Thanks to the many music educators who attended our series of Summer Music Professional Development workshops for music teachers the first week of August. The group explored guitar pedagogy, African drumming, Music Literacy, and Orff in the Elementary classroom. Time flies when you’re…

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  • Data + Arts Can Equal Success!

    August 9, 2024

    This month, arts educators from across the state convened to study a topic not usually associated with arts education—data. “Data-Driven Excellence: Enhancing Arts Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Advocacy” workshops were held on August 5th in Rochester and August 7th in Duluth. Sessions…

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