State of the Arts Blog

Arts in education: high standards, seldom met
As schools work to increase student test scores in math, science and reading, arts education is often pushed aside, according to a survey to be released today by the Perpich Center for Arts Education.
Art Hounds: Joyce Sutphen, Big Cats, and the anonymity of refugees
What's clicking for the hounds this week? A performance by Minnesota's Poet Laureate in Brainerd, a rising beat maker's instrumental homage to his mother, and a play about the lives of refugees in America.