PCAE Arts High School

Aaron Anderson , Part-Time Faculty (aaron.anderson@pcae.k12.mn.us)

Prior to joining the Arts High School faculty, Aaron helped to found and continues to facilitate Hardland/Heartland, an ongoing creative investigation that has allowed him to work with and exhibit in galleries and institutions around the world, most notably the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Van Abbe Museum in the Netherlands. He is a Minnesota State Arts Board grantee and has worked as a commercial animator, designer and served as the film projectionist at the Walker Art Center for five years. He earned a BFA in Animation from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Media Arts department from time to time.

Craig Farmer, Full-time Faculty
(craig.farmer@pcae.k12.mn.us)

Craig has been teaching Art History at the high school level since 1992. He has participated in a Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Summer Seminar at Stanford University and the National Endowment for the Humanities’ "Worlds of the Renaissance" Institute at Columbia University. Craig’s integration of technology in his classroom was the subject of a feature article in the George Lucas Educational Foundation’s fall 2003 Edutopia newsletter (www.glef.org). In 2004, he was the only secondary teacher in the nation selected by the Andrew Mellon Foundation’s ARTstor digital image database to test their website (www.artstor.org/info/). Lately, he has been working with The Minnesota Digital Library, ArtsConnectEd 2.0, The Midwest Conservation Center, and The Minnesota Humanities Center in the development of new curricula. Craig holds a BA in art history and history from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a MA in teaching from the University of St. Thomas. Currently, he is working on an academic treatise tentatively entitled: Red: Color in Football Stadiums and Renaissance Workshops.

Bill Jeter, Full-time Faculty
(bill.jeter@pcae.k12.mn.us)

Bill has been a Visual Arts instructor at the Perpich Center for Arts Education since 1992. He was a recipient of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Japan Travel Grant in 2001. He has a BA in Art from Bates College and an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has served as Cultural Arts Program Specialist for Pillsbury Neighborhood Services, Inc., Program Coordinator for the Metropolitan Cultural Arts Center, Principal Teacher for the Minnesota Museum of Art and Exhibition Coordinator for the African-American Cultural Center. Bill is a Roster Artist for COMPAS Artist and Writers in the Schools and the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Karen Monson, Full-time Faculty
(karen.monson@pcae.k12.mn.us)

Karen is chairperson of the Visual arts department at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. She joined the Perpich Center staff in 1990. She has a BA in Art Education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and an MA in Studio Art with a concentration in ceramics from Minnesota State University – Mankato. She has completed Arts Organization Leadership training at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota and attended the Institute on Assessment at Harvard University. Karen performed studio fellowships at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She taught visual art to elementary, middle and high school students in the Blue Earth public schools from 1976 to 1990. She served on the Perpich Center Arts Best Practices Network from 1999-2002.



		Faculty Aaron Anderson , Part-Time Faculty (aaron.anderson@pcae.k12.mn.us) Prior to joining the Arts High School faculty, Aaron helped to found and continues to facilitate Hardland/Heartland, an ongoing creative investigation that has allowed him to work with and exhibit in galleries and institutions around the world, most notably the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Van Abbe Museum in the Netherlands. He is a Minnesota State Arts Board grantee and has worked as a commercial animator, designer and served as the film projectionist at the Walker Art Center for five years. He earned a BFA in Animation from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Media Arts department from time to time. Craig Farmer, Full-time Faculty (craig.farmer@pcae.k12.mn.us) Craig has been teaching Art History at the high school level since 1992. He has participated in a Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Summer Seminar at Stanford University and the National Endowment for the Humanities’ "Worlds of the Renaissance" Institute at Columbia University. Craig’s integration of technology in his classroom was the subject of a feature article in the George Lucas Educational Foundation’s fall 2003 Edutopia newsletter (www.glef.org). In 2004, he was the only secondary teacher in the nation selected by the Andrew Mellon Foundation’s ARTstor digital image database to test their website (www.artstor.org/info/). Lately, he has been working with The Minnesota Digital Library, ArtsConnectEd 2.0, The Midwest Conservation Center, and The Minnesota Humanities Center in the development of new curricula. Craig holds a BA in art history and history from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a MA in teaching from the University of St. Thomas. Currently, he is working on an academic treatise tentatively entitled: Red: Color in Football Stadiums and Renaissance Workshops. Bill Jeter, Full-time Faculty (bill.jeter@pcae.k12.mn.us) Bill has been a Visual Arts instructor at the Perpich Center for Arts Education since 1992. He was a recipient of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Japan Travel Grant in 2001. He has a BA in Art from Bates College and an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has served as Cultural Arts Program Specialist for Pillsbury Neighborhood Services, Inc., Program Coordinator for the Metropolitan Cultural Arts Center, Principal Teacher for the Minnesota Museum of Art and Exhibition Coordinator for the African-American Cultural Center. Bill is a Roster Artist for COMPAS Artist and Writers in the Schools and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Karen Monson, Full-time Faculty (karen.monson@pcae.k12.mn.us) Karen is chairperson of the Visual arts department at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. She joined the Perpich Center staff in 1990. She has a BA in Art Education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and an MA in Studio Art with a concentration in ceramics from Minnesota State University – Mankato. She has completed Arts Organization Leadership training at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota and attended the Institute on Assessment at Harvard University. Karen performed studio fellowships at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She taught visual art to elementary, middle and high school students in the Blue Earth public schools from 1976 to 1990. She served on the Perpich Center Arts Best Practices Network from 1999-2002.