Michelle Perdue is a dynamic and transformative educator, performer and change agent. As a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a master’s degree in education, a graduate of the Ruskin School of Acting, former VocalEssence Teaching Artist, and military veteran, Michelle has had the privilege of working with some of the most culturally and [...]
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Susan Armington
From tiny Japanese slippers to a gigantic map of the Twin Cities (made of words and languages of people who live there), my art reflects the world I see and feel. My works are maps of imaginative geography, paintings, and 3-D collage objects, which I exhibit locally and nationwide. My art and community work deal [...]
Raki Kopernik
Raki is a first-generation American Jewish writer. She is the author of The Things You Left and The Memory House, both Minnesota Book Award finalists, and the new novel, No One’s Leaving. In 2022, The Memory House was taught in classrooms at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, where she was the Two Rivers Reading Series Author, and [...]
Morgan Grayce Willow
Morgan Grayce Willow has expressed her passion for poetry and writing as a Teaching Artist at The Loft Literary Center, SASE The Write Place, and other community venues, as well as at Minneapolis College. She has taught many classes in poetry, essay, memoir, and – a favorite – the use of journals and notebooks in [...]
Kevin Strauss
Kevin is an award-winning author, storyteller, and teaching artist who has been using stories to entertain, educate, and inspire children and adults for over 20 years. Based in Rochester, Minnesota, Kevin has traveled the Midwest performing at schools, libraries, preschools, and community events. Energetic and dynamic, Kevin’s stories grab his audiences and leave them wanting [...]
Jon Lurie
Jon Lurie joined the COMPAS artists roster in 2008 following a two-decade stint as a print and radio journalist in Native American communities from Texas to Alaska. He also served as editor of The Anchorage Press and Rake Magazine. Lurie has received two Gold Awards for his long form journalism by the Minnesota Newspapers Association [...]
Jen Scott
As a teaching artist, Jen Scott loves creating a safe space where students can open up as much or as little as they like and take the risk that is the right size for them in that moment. Most of the class is spent with the students engaged: working as a group, moving from one [...]
