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  • kennedi (Music 2016) Wins a GRAMMY and Releases New Album

    July 20, 2021

    kennedi Photo Credit: Lauren Dunn

    Kennedi Lykken (Music 2016) has been making a name for herself in the music industry since she graduated from Perpich Arts High School. kennedi is an artist, topliner, and producer signed to Warner Chappell….

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  • Jessica Johnson (Theater 1997) Chats about Broadway with Perpich Students

    June 9, 2021

    Jessica Johnson, credit: Jenny Anderson

    Jessica Johnson (Theater 1997) chatted about Broadway with Perpich students and Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, on May 20, 2021. Johnson is a founding member and Senior Vice President of Polk & Co., a Broadway…

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  • Kat Baumann (Visual Arts 2009) At Home in the Comics World

    March 25, 2021

    Kat Baumann (Visual Arts 2009)

    Kat Baumann (Visual Arts 2009), a Mankato-based illustrator and comic artist, can’t remember a time in her life when she was not drawing. Growing up in the small southwestern Minnesota town of Wabasso, she…

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  • Katie Jecha (Visual Arts 2014) has Designs for a Creative Career

     Katie Jecha (Visual Arts 2014)

    January 28, 2021

    Katie Jecha (Visual Arts 2014) has designs for a creative career, sparked by her experience at Perpich Arts High School. Katie’s fashion design aesthetic is feminine, but strong. She uses contrast in her selection…

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  • Herb Johnson III (Dance 2010) Named Jerome Hill Artist Fellow

     Herb Johnson III (Photo by Juiceedope aka Julius Johnson)

    January 27, 2021

    The Jerome Foundation recently announced the 2021 grant recipients in the second round of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships program. Among the recipients of the 60 Fellowships awarded is Herb…

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  • Alumni Speak to Students in Human Centered Design Class

    November 25, 2020

    Jenna Abts (Music 2001), Jessica Dercklein (Theater 2004), and Chris DeSalvo (Music 1998) met with Tory Peterson’s Human Centered Design class this fall to speak with current student designers about apps and social media platforms. The alumni used their work experiences to question…

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  • Allyssa Kaiser (Media Arts 2009) Pivots in a New Environment

     Allyssa Kaiser

    November 17, 2020

    Allyssa Kaiser (Media Arts 2009) grew up in Big Lake, Minnesota. As a teenager, she discovered an affinity for the arts, so at 16, she applied to study at Perpich Arts High School. At Perpich, Kaiser found…

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  • Brian Lindgren (Visual Arts 2001) Releases New Album “Skulltaste II”

    September 21, 2020

    Mux Mool, also known as Brian Lindgren (Visual Arts 2001), is an American electronic musician, producer, and visual artist. From Red Wing, Minnesota, he made his first electronic track in 1998 and began his education at Perpich in 1999.

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  • Patrick Pulkrabek (Dance 2003) Opens Doors for the Next Generation

    August 10, 2020

    Fans of NBC’s World of Dance recently saw seventeen-year-olds James Ades and Harris Weiskopf dance in front of judges Ne-Yo, Jennifer Lopez, and Derek Hough. What they also saw was the choreography of Patrick Pulkrabek (Dance 2003) represented by his students, James…

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