A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who attended, participated in, donated to, and sponsored our second annual Inverted Arts Scholarship Dinner and Auction on Friday March 11th! What an amazing night it was! Together we raised $13,250 towards our goal of $15,000 for our 2016 Scholarship Program! About 164 people gathered at the Medina Golf and Country Club for the…
Artist Mentor Rebecca Ulasich is leading an eight-week Photo Exploration Program for Venture Academy middle school students. Check out some of the students in action.
by Artist Mentor – Sarah Albinson On January 23rd, Inverted Arts partnered with Simpson’s mentor program. In this program, men and women from the surrounding community volunteer their time to meet with youth from Simpson and build a relationship. We had the great opportunity of being their weekly activity that day. We had 14 people…
We are entering the third year of our IA Scholarship Program! It all began in 2014 with scholarships for two students and funding for an Art Teacher in Mathare Valley, Kenya in partnership with Mathare Community Outreach (MCO). In 2015 we added one scholarship student from Hope Academy in S. Minneapolis, and one student from Santo Domingo, D.R. in partnership with…
IA is pleased to announce that we have received an Arts Learning Grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for our sixth annual Art Exploration Program at Hope Academy that runs June 13 – July 8, 2016. The purpose of the program is to bring in professional Artist Mentors who provide tools, training and opportunities for…
IA Studios is thrilled to present “Stained;” a book and gallery exhibit from IA Artist Mentor Rebecca Ulasich and her husband Andrew. “Stained” is a creative response to their recent 18-month multi-destination journey that included stops in India, Nepal, Jordan, Israel, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their trip was crafted to explore, participate in,…
Inverted Arts Scholarship Dinner and Silent Auction Friday March 11th, 2016 Event Full Doors/Auction opens at 6pm (Dinner at 7pm) Medina Golf and Country Club 400 Evergreen Road Medina, MN 55340 Attire: Business Casual to Semi Formal You are invited to the second annual Inverted Arts Scholarship Dinner and Auction. Our goal is to raise…
This fall Inverted Arts Studios in NE Minneapolis has had many brilliant and talented students come in and make use of our space, equipment and Artist Mentor support. If you know a student in middle or high school who is interested in song writing, film making, photography or visual art, but doesn’t have access to creative learning opportunities…
Three talented student interns from Hope Academy have been working on Christmas card designs this fall with Artist Mentor Sarah Albinson (Read more about this internship HERE). Richard and Grace Johnson and Rachel Kite have come up some truly unique artwork that you can enjoy below. The first three designs have also been turned into…
We recently wrapped up a fantastic fall song-writing program with some talented middle school students Venture Academy. The program grew out of a joint partnership with Venture and East Side Neighborhood Services.  Check out this original song and video, “Cereal” by the Nickname Gang. Thanks to all the students for having the courage to write and record your…