By Artist Mentor Bethel Gessesse This past spring, I had the privilege of teaching photography at Venture Academy, a public charter school serving students grades 6-11 in Minneapolis. Over the thirteen week course, I was blessed to connect with, teach, and learn from the students there. One highlight was on Earth Day, when we took…
Friday, May 17th 5pm-9pmSaturday, May 18th noon-8pmSunday, May 19th noon-4pm Inverted Arts Studios 77 – 13th Ave NE Suite #207Minneapolis, MN 55413Free parking in lot west of buildingMAP Featured Artists: Brittany Moore, Bethel Gessesse, and Delphin Starr *Speed Painting performance by DelStarr on Saturday at 6pm Brittany Moore Brittany is a full time artist/entrepreneur. She…
Enjoy this video about Fashion Designer Yvonne Asunnah; Artist Mentor for Inverted Arts, and founder of “Mathare Creative Creators Foundation” and “Yvonne Asunnah Kenya.”
What an incredible night it was at the 2019 IA Fundraiser Extravaganza! Together we absolutely crushed our goal of $16,000, raising just over $23,000 for scholarships and our Kenyan Fashion Project! Thank you to everyone who had a part in making it a special and successful night! Thanks to everyone who attended and donated toward…
By Artist Mentor J.D. O’Brien At Columbia Academy, the winter trimester for the Inverted Arts film class as part of their Encore after school program was a great success. We had 9 students that spent the trimester learning about two types of films. The first was documentaries. The students learned how to interview each other…
Saturday April 13th at 7pm New Location: “301 on Main” (AKA: Ukrainian Event Center) 301 NE Main St. Minneapolis, 55413 Tickets: $50/person Purchase tickets by credit card OR by check payable to Inverted Arts. Can’t make it to the event? Consider purchasing tickets for our students and their families to attend, or make a donation…
By Sarah Nelson To end 2018, I had the privilege of working through Inverted Arts with the St Paul Library’s Read Brave Program. The Read Brave Program is empowered by the city, and focuses on creating a communal dialogue around various topics relating to the participating community, This year’s topic was Housing. To pair with the Young…
The Christmas holiday is one of the happier times of the year, but there are a lot of people out there having a tough time. Through Afro-beat dancing and Hot-Cocoa and Painting, we are thankful to have the opportunity to spread a little holiday cheer to these incredible kids who are, unfortunately, living at the…
We are thankful for our partnership with Simpson Housing! It was fun to have their students and mentors down at the studio for sessions in visual art led by Brittany Moore, graphic design led by Delphin Starr, and song writing led by Mark Collier. The students did some amazing creative work and we look forward…
Enjoy our new Christmas video “Fit to Give a King.” Thanks to J.D. O’Brien for creating the video, Delstarr for the speed painting, and Keith Anderson for the drums!