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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
We’ve just completed an exciting first two weeks of the Inverted Arts Exploration program at Hope Academy. As part of their  “HopeWorks” summer internship program, we have had 8 high school students (2 each) working with our four Artist Mentors … Continued
Inverted Arts is excited to announce the hiring of Sarah Albinson as our first ever employee! Sarah has accepted a part-time position as Lead Artist Mentor – Visual Arts. Sarah is a graduate of Taylor University in Indiana with a … Continued
Inverted Arts will be leading its second Art Camp in the Mathare Valley Slum in Nairobi, Kenya April 23-27 in partnership with Mathare Community Outreach (MCO). Classes will be offered in photography, video, visual art and music for about 60 … Continued
The Friday Art Exploration program at Sojourner Truth Academy is underway. The program offers classes in music, photography and physical theater for middle school students at STA. Artist Mentors are Travis Scharn – music, Becca Oehrig – photography, and Betsy … Continued
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 … Continued
Preparation for the Inverted Arts Camp at Hope Academy is under-way! For the last two weeks the Artist Mentors have been working with eight Hope interns in grades 11-12 as part of the HopeWORKS program. Each Artist Mentor has two … Continued