“We’re All in This Together!†It’s Give to the Max Eve and I can’t stop thinking about the song “We’re all in This Together†from Disney’s High School Musical. Sometimes divine moments happen in the strangest places. Last week I was so proud as I watched my daughter sing that song with gusto at her…
It’s time to jump for joy because the annual IA Christmas Dessert Party is here! Join students, Artist Mentors and IA Partners for an evening of Yuletide fun on Thursday, December 10th at 7pm at the IA Studios. You will meet students and their families, experience their songs and artwork, enjoy sweets and treats, and receive a special Christmas card…
For the months of October and November Artist Mentor Mark Collier is helping students at Venture Academy discover the amazing world of songwriting. There are four teams of middle school students (15 total) who are composing and recording their original songs that will be presented to fellow students, families and friends at a Showcase event Wednesday evening…
By Artist Mentor: Sarah Albinson In continuation of last years’ after-school art class, Ricky and Grace Johnson and Rachel Kite have been joining me for some advanced drawing courses. It has been so fun to be able to continue these relationships with former interns and students from Hope Academy. They are incredibly talented and watching them…
Our Mission Inverted Arts works to empower disadvantaged youth by helping them discover their creative voices. Where many see only problems that need to be fixed, we see young people who are made in the image of God with creative potential just waiting to be unleashed! As students discover their creative voices they also discover their own value and worth and their…
“Be Yourself” is created by Binh Dao, video intern for Inverted Arts in partnership with East Side Neighborhood Services and the MInneapolis Youth Works Program. Watch and enjoy!
Can you believe it!? Inverted Arts is celebrating FIVE YEARS! A lot has happened since we launched in September 2010 and you can see some of the amazing creativity, stories, relationships and results below! To all the youth we’ve had the pleasure of working with: thank you for having the courage to exercise your creative…
Meet Binh Dao, our newest video production intern. This internship is a joint venture between Inverted Arts, East Side Neighborhood Services and the Minneapolis Youth Works Program. Binh’s project is to create an original short 5 minute video about his own life story. Binh will tackle everything from video concept, script, camera and audio work,…
We are excited about our new partnership with Venture Academy- a very unique public charter school near the University of Minnesota campus. We’ve started a Song Writing Exploration Program with students there that will run through October and November. Stay tuned to hear some great songs from the creative students at Venture Academy! More about…
A spoken word project from video interns Tynisha and Sahur in partnership with East Side Neighborhood Services.