5/5/20 Update: Thanks to all of you we did it! $20,250 raised for our Scholarships and Small Business Fund!!! Grateful, excited, overwhelmed by your support for the work of Inverted Arts! Due to the Covid-19 crisis, we have cancelled the public version of our April 25th Fundraiser Extravaganza and moved it to a “Facebook Live” format…
We have closed our studios to all programming and public events in accordance with MN state guidelines. In these unprecedented times that are changing by the minute, Inverted Arts is doing everything we can to reach out, care for, and continue to support our students, their families, and our Artist Mentors here in the Twin…
“What’s Right With You?” That was the theme of this year’s Art Camp at the Mission of Hope in Liberia, and what an incredible week it was. Over 75 students explored their creativity in photography, cosmetology, visual art and video. The first three classes were taught by our Liberian Scholarship recipients! At the end of…
A great, big THANK YOU to everyone who donated during Give to the Max Day November 15th. Together we raised $6,520 for these four 2019 projects below! And if you missed Give to the Max Day, it’s not too late to help us reach our goal of $10,000! Just click the yellow donate button below….
Goal $10,000 for four 2019 projects Give to the Max Day November 15th from Inverted Arts on Vimeo. Youth Changing Communities Through Creativity Did you know that human beings aren’t meant to just be taken care of? We all have something to contribute! We’re all “created 2 create!” These four projects are led by young…
We are thrilled to introduce you to three new IA Kenyan Scholarship Recipients! SETH OLUVUYI LUCHEMOS Seth has been an IA Artist Mentor in music for the Mathare Art Camp the last four years. He graduated from Kenya Institute Management (KIM), with a diploma in Project Management. He had been a student at LEPTA, a…
By Sarah Nelson As human beings we are capable of so much. We are capable of love, strength, beauty, building, resilience, inventing, problem solving, and creating. All bringing different skill sets and perspectives into our communities and workplaces, from personal experience to genetic wiring. We are made with good to give. At Minnesota Camp…
Mathare Music Video 2018 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo. Mathare Art Camp 2018 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo. By Jason and LaVonne Dyer At first glance, one might just see dirt and corrugated steel, garbage piles and mucky water. Mathare is a place of extreme poverty. Nearly half a million people live in…
PSP National Night Out from Inverted Arts on Vimeo. By DelStarr I got the chance to perform and participate at the People Serving People’s National Night Out event on August 7th. This event took me back to when my family and I was in their place, struggling. It’s not an easy thing being homeless…
By Raygen Samone Early this summer I was graced to learn about photography and storytelling with young students of People Serving People. To introduce them to the power of a single image and multiple, they spent a session flipping through my life photo album. From before my birth to my life now, the students went…