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Professional Development

  • Educators Gather for Arts Integration Work Day

    August 18, 2025

    Teams from five metro schools, teaching grades 1st – 8th, came to Perpich Center on August 14, 2025 for the Arts Integration Work Day. Goals for the day were to 1) take away a working understanding of arts integration and 2) collaborate…

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  • 20th CAPP Cohort Begins Their Work

    August 15, 2025

    On August 13, the new CAPP cohort met for the 2025-2027 Kick-Off Conference. This day marked the beginning of each district’s work to address the education policies, programs, and partnerships that will impact student opportunities in the arts in their local districts…

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  • Perpich Hosts Native Authors Book Fair

    August 14, 2025

    On August 12, 2025, the Native Authors Book Fair drew the attention of well over 100 attendees—K-12 arts and non-arts educators, library media specialists, curriculum leaders, librarians, professors in higher education, and community members. It was a great afternoon for everyone!

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

    August 11, 2025

    On August 6, 2025, a group of more than 50 K-12 theater educators and directors from across Minnesota gathered for Theater Director and Educator Conference 2025 (TDEC), When Artists Go to Work: Theater as a Call to Courage and Creativity. The conference…

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  • Summer Music Professional Development Workshops 2025

    August 8, 2025

    Nearly 100 music educators attended a series of five professional development workshops the first week of August, hosted on the Perpich Center campus. The first two days focused on Feierabend pedagogy for elementary classroom music teachers, led by nationally certified trainer John…

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  • Bridging Cultures Through Education and the Arts

    July 28, 2025

    Last month, I had the extraordinary honor of representing Perpich Center for Arts Education and the State of Minnesota as part of an education delegation to China. Sponsored by the Chinese government and the Confucius Institute of Minnetonka, the trip brought together…

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  • Dance and Theater Educators Study Viewpoints

    July 23, 2025

    Two educators participate in a session about Viewpoints, a movement-based practice

    Minnesota K-12 dance and theater educators came together on July 22, 2025 for a “Viewpoints Tuesdays in July” session, presented by Mary Harding, Perpich’s Dance Education Specialist. Harding…

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  • Theater Directors Practice Rigging Safety

    July 18, 2025

    Participants try out the rigging system during the Counterweight Rigging Workshop with Dana Taylor

    Theater educators, directors, technicians, and evaluators from Rochester, Red Wing, and the Twin Cities gathered at Eastview High School in Apple Valley on July 16…

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  • New Music Education Books from Perpich Library

    July 17, 2025

    Summer is the main time of year when lots of new books are added to the Perpich Library collection. This year we added several new music education books, most of which are focused on incorporating popular music into your school music program,…

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