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Jacob Docksey Shares Artist Talk with Studio Arts Students
December 5, 2025
Jacob Docksey joined Studio Arts students and faculty on Friday, December 5, 2025 for an hour-long artist talk about his work and process. Docksey is one of the visiting artists who attended the Mini Portfolio Day exercise in September, 2025 and provided…
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Visual Arts & Media Arts Cohorts Kickoff Work in November
November 24, 2025
This month, three statewide cohorts—Elementary Visual Arts, Media Arts Introduction, and Media Arts Advanced—met for their first of three workshops. In each cohort, participants pushed their practice forward through hands-on learning, standards-driven design, and thoughtful conversation about what high-quality arts education actually…
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Perpich Arts High School Studio Arts Department Presents: “New Horizons” Curriculum Exhibition
November 7, 2025
Perpich Studio Arts students opened their second exhibition of the school year on Thursday, November 6th, 2025. The exhibition is showing in the Perpich galleries through January 2, 2026.
Titled “New Horizons”, the show features work made during the 1st Quarter by every…
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Franconia Sculpture Park Field Trip
October 2, 2025
Students from Media Arts, Spanish 2, Plein Air Painting and Drawing, and Material Manipulation classes took a field trip to Franconia Sculpture Park on Thursday, October 2, 2025. Also on the field trip were there instructors: Khalid Ali, Media Arts Instructor; Sarah York,…
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Perpich Students Shine for Portfolio Day/College & Career Day 2025
September 30, 2025
On Monday, September 29, students at Perpich Arts High School participated in Portfolio Day, celebrating college and career readiness. For over 25 years each fall, Perpich sponsors a Portfolio Day, offered in conjunction with a national portfolio day at Minneapolis College of…
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Visiting Artists for Studio Arts Mini Portfolio Day
September 23, 2025
On Monday, September 22, Perpich hosted two visiting artists: Jacob Docksey and Carolyn Swiszcz. Alongside the Perpich Studio Arts faculty, the visiting artists reviewed art portfolios and provided feedback to our seniors in Visual Arts and Media Arts. Their comments served to make improvements…
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Perpich Arts High School Studio Arts Department Presents: “Reflections” Exhibition
September 12, 2025
Perpich Studio Arts students opened their first exhibition of the 2025-2026 school year on Thursday, September 11th, 2025. The exhibition is showing in the Perpich galleries through October 17, 2025.
Titled “Reflections”, the show features artwork created over the summer by Perpich Visual…
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Perpich Arts High School Studio Arts Department Presents: Junior Curriculum Exhibition “Maybe the Art (Show) was the Friends We Made Along the Way”
May 9, 2025
Perpich Studio Arts Juniors presented their Curriculum Exhibition “Maybe the Art (Show) was the Friends We Made Along the Way” on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The exhibition is showing until early September, 2025.
“We had a spectacular final gallery opening of the year!”…
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Tilo Rethmeier (Visual Arts 2025) Earns Top Award at 2025 EDU Film Festival, Studio Arts Student Work Honored
May 7, 2025
Work by Visual Arts and Media Arts students was selected and screened as part of the 2025 EDU Film Festival on Friday, May 2, 2025. Several Perpich submissions were selected as finalists with some receiving Best in Fest awards! The students had…
