For the second year in a row, we held a Christmas card design competition with the students at Sojourner Truth Academy in North Minneapolis. Thanks to Art Teacher Erik Lundgren for his help in making this all happen. Over 300 sets of 9 Christmas Cards (3 of each design) were delivered as Christmas gifts for…
This past August our Inverted Arts Team was in the Mathare Valley, Kenya to record the Kariobangi Children’s Home Choir. We are currently finishing up the mixing and mastering of the project and the CD should be out in the coming months. In the meantime, you can get sneak peak at one of the songs…
Inverted Arts has received an “Arts and Culture in Schools” grant from the Target Corporation. The grant money will go toward our Friday Art Exploration Program at Sojourner Truth Academy that begins on January 27, 2012. Thank you Target for your support for the Arts in Schools!
Inverted Arts Camp is underway at the Urban Ventures Learning Lab at the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center in South Minneapolis. Inverted Arts Camp is a collaborative, nine-session creative journey that is designed to inspire and equip students to flip their world upside-down through the arts. The Art Camp is being offered on Thursday afternoons…
Check out this new video from Inverted Arts Partner Mathare Community Outreach.
We’ve just added information on our website about our three newest partners and you can read more about each one by clicking on the partner name or logo below. Minnesota Teen Challenge Inverted Arts is executive producing a first-ever studio recording for the MN Teen Challenge choir. Urban Ventures Inverted Arts is leading an Art…
Becca Oehrig is the newest Artist Mentor to join Inverted Arts. She is currently teaching the photography class at the Urban Ventures Art Camp in South Minneapolis. Rebecca Oehrig is an artist who has discovered photography and loves using her lens to tell the stories of ordinary people. Shaped by over 10 years’ experience in…
During our recent trip to Nairobi, Kenya we had the opportunity to record the Kariobangi Children’s Home Choir. These kids are all orphans, many due to HIV/AIDS, and despite the extreme challenges they all face they share their musical talent and bring hope to everyone around them as they sing. Inverted Art will be producing…
Here are pictures and video from the Inverted Arts Camp in the Mathare Valley Slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The Camp was held August 15-19 and offered students classes in music, photography and video. The students presented their original creative works at a Showcase Event on Friday August 19. See more video and photos, and hear…
“Environment does not dictate talent!” These were the words of encouragement spoken to the students by one of their Kenyan teachers during the Inverted Arts Camp Showcase Event at the Mathare Valley Slum in Nairobi, Kenya. In the middle of one of the oldest and worst slums in all of Africa, there is incredible potential,…