My name is Savannah Davis and my dream has always been to make music. In middle school, I decided that I wanted to start a band and look for place that we could create and make music to share with people. But I had no idea how or where to look. And then when…
Back in June the talented students at The Lift in St. Paul created an original short film called “The Genie and the Basketball.” On Saturday, August 16th the students, their families, friends and Lift staff members attended a premier showing of the film at the Plaza Theater in Maplewood, MN. Afterwards, students participated in a talk-back session…
What a great week of Art Camp in Santo Domingo, DR! It was an exciting new partnership between Inverted Arts, Kristin and Joselo Santana – Wolford, and local churches Mundo de Fe and Jovenes Educando en las Verdad. This year’s focus was film-making and our Artist Mentor team of Travis and Sarah Scharn and James and Mark Collier…
On Wednesday July 2nd we celebrated the creativity of over 60 Hope Academy middle school students and 10 high school interns at the Art Exploration Community Showcase event. Students presented their work in Visual Arts, Photography, Video, Music and Theater.  Take a tour of their amazing work below! Visual Arts Artist Mentor – Sarah Albinson Visual…
Wednesday July 2nd @7pm You are invited to join us Wednesday July 2nd @ 7pm for our Community Showcase Celebration at Hope Academy! Students from our fourth annual IA Exploration Program will be presenting and performing their artistic creations in music, video, photography, visual art and theater. The event will last about one hour and is free, with…
June 10 we began our first Video Story-Telling Program with 12 students at The Lift in St Paul. The program is led by Artist Mentors Connor Unger and Mark Collier. The short video is called “The Genie and the Basketball” and students have led every aspect of the project from creation, to acting, directing and now…
As part of our growing partnership with Mathare Community Outreach (MCO) we are excited to tell you about several new opportunities to invest in Mathare students. Scholarship Fund 1. We are establishing an IA Scholarship Fund for two students who have shown artistic talent and ability, are continuing to develop their talents, have completed Form…
On Friday April 18th, the talented Mathare Community Outreach students presented and performed their creative works to an enthusiastic audience of friends, family, and MCO staff. We are so proud of their accomplishments during Art Camp and we encourage them to pursue their creative passions, adding beauty and depth to this world. One of the…
Our team just returned from Art Camp 2014 (fourth annual) in the Mathare Valley, Kenya. What a privilege to work with such wonderful and talented students! Here is just some of their work from the four classes: Video – Artist Mentors Jason Dyer and Rose Simbiri Music – Artist Mentors Mark Collier and Philip Amolo…
We head to Kenya April 10th for our fourth annual Art Camp working with the talented students and partners at MCO in the Mathare Valley. We have the same dedicated team of Artist Mentors as last year: Henry Ochieng – photography, LaVonne Dyer – visual art, Jason Dyer – video, Mark Collier – music. The…