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  • Perpich-Sponsored Clinicians at 2025 MMEA Convention Well-Received

    February 18, 2025

    Music educators from across Minnesota gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center February 13-15 for Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Midwinter Convention 2025. This annual conference serves many purposes including opportunities for music educators to hear inspiring performances, to learn about new strategies…

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  • Walz, Flanagan Announce Four Appointments to Perpich Board

    February 7, 2025
    Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced four appointments to the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors. Joining the Board are: Shannon Finnegan, Megan Haley, Dominique Pierre-Toussaint, and Timothy Wollenzien.
    The Board of Perpich Center for Arts Education manages…

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  • 2025 Minnesota Dance Summit

    February 4, 2025

    Minnesota dance educators came together this past weekend for the 2025 Dance Summit hosted by Mary Harding, Perpich’s Dance Education Specialist. This year’s guest presenter was Cleo Mack (Dance 1994), Director of Dance at Middlesex County Magnet Schools in New Jersey, co-owner…

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  • In Memoriam from Perpich Library

    January 24, 2025

    This month we are featuring a few of the visual and performing artists we lost in 2024. Although they are no longer with us, their work will live on.

    All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles…

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  • Board Members Leslie LeCuyer and Janet Mohr Say Farewell

    January 24, 2025

    Perpich Board Members Leslie LeCuyer and Janet Mohr attended their final official Board meeting on January 23, 2025. LeCuyer was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton in 2017 and reappointed to the Board in 2021 by Governor Tim Walz. Mohr was appointed by…

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  • Minnesota State Representatives Visit Perpich Center

    January 22, 2025

    Perpich Center for Arts Education was pleased to welcome members of the Minnesota House of Representatives to campus on January 22, 2025. Rep. Mary Frances Clardy (53A), Rep. Mike Freiberg (43B), and Rep. Bianca Virnig (52B) were in attendance.

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  • Literary Arts Students’ Picks from Perpich Library

    December 18, 2024

    This month, Library Teaching Assistant, Danny Schiffer (Literary Arts 2025), asked his fellow Literary Arts students which of their favorite books they would recommend to others to read. He chose ten of these books to share and includes their explanations for why…

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  • Theater Classroom Visit at St. Paul Central High School with Lein Walseth

    December 12, 2024

    Theater educators observe during Emily Gill’s drama classes at St. Paul Central High School in St. Paul Public Schools

    On December 11, 2024, a group of theater teachers joined Perpich’s Theater Education Specialist, Dr. Stephanie Lein Walseth, for a…

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  • Media Arts Cohorts Expand into a Second Year

    November 25, 2024

    In the 2024-2025 school year, the Perpich Media Arts Cohort program for teachers has returned for a second year. Now with Levels 1 and 2, this innovative program is going deeper to transform K-12 teaching and learning in media arts classrooms.

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