What a fantastic night at the Hope Art Exploration Showcase 2015 on July 1st. Over 200 family and friends gathered to cheer on Hope middle school students who performed and presented their creative masterpieces in Visual Art, Photography, Music, Video and Theater. If you couldn’t make it, you can experience some of their great work below. IA…
Enjoy some photos from our fifth annual Art Exploration Program at Hope Academy. Photos by Hope Intern Cailin Germo and Aritst Mentor Sarah Ascanio This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.…
You are invited to the Inverted Arts Exploration Community Showcase Celebration at the Hope Academy Chapel Wednesday, July 1st at 7pm in the Hope Academy Chapel. Be ready to be amazed by 65 middle school students and 10 high school interns who will present their creative accomplishments in music, video, photography, visual art and theater….
Inverted Arts has just been awarded an Arts Activities grant of $10,000 from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for “Mosaic;” a 10-12 minute documentary film exploring the nature of diversity through the eyes of three disadvantaged male youth in collaboration with three professional film-makers. Youth participants will take turns telling each others story through lens…
On Monday June 8th we kicked off our 5th annual Art Exploration Program at Hope Academy! This is a four-week program for 65 middle school students and 10 high school students with classes in visual art, photography, theater, music and video. The program runs June 8 – July 2 with a special Community Showcase Celebration…
On Wednesday May 20th we were honored to present the first ever IA Scholarship award at Hope Academy to recent graduate Stephanie Aquino. This scholarship is a $2,500/year award for up to four years for a Hope Academy graduate pursuing a major or minor in the arts, or some minimum level of artistic studies. Eligible students must…
Check out this amazing Sarah Albinson Artist Study by Zach Davis Photography. Very proud of Sarah. She is such a talented and innovative artist and is doing great work as an Artist Mentor with IA. We are blessed to have her on the team!
If you missed our Art-a-Whirl Open House back in May, here is some of the great art you would have seen from IA students and Artist Mentors.
You are invited to our Inverted Arts Open House during Art-a-Whirl weekend May 15 – 17, 2015. You will experience visual art from Artist Mentor Sarah Albinson and her Hope Academy interns Ricky and Grace, photography from Artist Mentor Sarah Ascanio, and photos and videos created by students from Mathare Valley during our recent Art Camp. You…
Very proud of students at The Lift and their new docudrama about bullying called “What the Bully Had to Say.” Special thanks to Artist Mentor Connor Unger and the incredible Lift staff! Check it out!