Erinn Liebhard is a dance artist making opportunities for people to experience the reflective and connective power of groove through performance and education. Having grown up dancing socially at her dad’s rock band’s gigs, she discovered young the exhilaration of playfully experiencing groove alongside others. Guided by this inspiration and a fondness for jazz and [...]
Michelle Perdue
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 [...]
Dj Piecemeal
Minneapolis-based artist Dj Piecemeal is best known for his genre-bending sets. Steeped in hip-hop and nerd culture, Dj Piecemeal strives to push the classification of how a DJ should look and sound. From livestreams, live performances and community events, Dj Piecemeal strives to create a memorable and in-the-moment soundscape for his listeners. Teaching Artist Statement [...]
Seth Eberle
Seth Eberle is a Minneapolis based puppet artist who focuses on using various forms of puppetry to tell stories for family audiences. Seth started his puppetry career in college while pursuing a theatre and visual art degree, interning with the Bread and Puppet Theater, the Nordnorsk Opera of Norway, and In the Heart of the [...]
Stephanie Hunder
Stephanie Hunder is a Minnesota artist and arts educator who creates with ink, paper, and light. Her current work studies human relationships to the natural world through botanical and scientific iconography, combining photographic and digital techniques with traditional printmaking processes. Creating content through process and the importance of hands-on research are a focus in her [...]
Candice Simpson
Candice Simpson is an art teacher, painter, and a passionate ‘wholeness through creativity’ advocate! She works as a COMPAS teaching artist and also teaches and creates in her studio in NE Minneapolis’ Arts District, the California Building. Candice worked as the Art Teacher and then Art Director at a day program for adults with disabilities, [...]
Rita Panton
Rita Panton shares her whimsical passion for clay while exposing students to foundational techniques of ceramics. She seeks to create a playful environment of exploration, welcoming students to find their own story in clay. As an educator her focus involves encouraging students to find meaning and connection in their making process. Students learn to use [...]
Katie Knutson
Katie Knutson is a storyteller and teaching artist based in the Twin Cities who has performed and taught around the US and in Canada, Chile, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates. She has been called an “enchanting and magical” performer, and an “articulate, fun and inviting” workshop leader. Katie began storytelling in high school and [...]
