In the last few weeks I have had the privilege of working alongside women ages 11 to 18, at Mary’s Place! We have 13 total participants (including the leaders), and we are working on creating artistic individually-made booklets that tell our stories. The first page was a self portrait, the second described our families, the…
We’re four weeks into an eight-week Inverted Arts Exploration program at Mary’s Place – a transitional shelter for over 500 people (396 children, 150 adults in 92 family apartments) – in downtown Minneapolis. What an incredible honor it is for us to be involved in the lives of these amazing students! On Thursdays, Artist Mentor Sarah…
Just finished the UV Art Exploration Program and the students created some amazing art and presented at the Showcase last night. You can check it out… HERE
Come join us: Art Exploration Showcase Event 5pm Thursday December 20, 2012 Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center 2924 4th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN You are invited to the Inverted Arts Exploration Showcase Event at the Urban Ventures Learning Lab. Over 30 middle school students have spent the last ten Thursday afternoons exploring and creating art in…
Mary’s Place We have recently begun conversations about a partnership with Mary’s Place, an organization in Minneapolis that works with homeless families and youth. We are very excited about the projects we have begun to explore and plan, including a day event to help families and youth of different cultural backgrounds understand one another’s stories…
Lessons From the Journey Sometimes it’s more about the heart than the art. At IA, our Art Exploration Programs are designed to help undererved young people discover a creative voice they didn’t realize they had; that they are made in the image of God with embedded beauty, potential and full of creative possibilities. Our desire…
Our second Art Exploration program is underway at Urban Ventures off 4th and Lake in Minneapolis. We have about 35 middle school students taking classes in photography, visual art and music every Thursday afternoon after school. Artist Mentors are Becca Ulasich – photography, Sarah Albinson – visual art, and Mark Collier – music. These photos are from…
photo taken by Yelisa – a Photography student at the IA camp. I think that the DR has a secret way of stopping and prolonging time. Sadly, its power to do so, was not strong enough to keep Sunday at bay. Those that we worked along side feel like family, and the rooms…
Here’s a short video shot during our first day of Art Camp in Hato Mayor in the Dominican Republic.
We have just completed the Art Exploration program at Hope Academy and the middle school students did such amazing job creating original works in theater, dance, music and photography. Check out their creativity below in the images and sounds from the Exploration Showcase Event that took place Tuesday evening July 3. Showcase Photos Music Jesus…