Meet Raygen Brown and Shanell McCoy, our new resident Artist Mentors here at the IA Studio. Raygen’s been a Photography Artist Mentor for the past 3 years and both Raygen (Photography) and Shanell (Songwriting) were part of our Virtual Art Exploration Program at Hope Academy last month. It’s so great to have them working here…
Thanks to your generous contributions we recently sent $2,400 USD to provide food for staff and student families for our partner Mathare Community Outreach (MCO) in Nairobi, Kenya. Here’s a letter of appreciation from Rodgers Ade, MCO’s Administrator. Dear Inverted Arts, This is to acknowledge and appreciate the funds you extended to us equivalent to…
2020 Virtual Art Camp Pasadena Video. Enjoy! It was an honor for Inverted Arts to be a very small part of the 2020 Virtual Art Camp from a distance this year! Congrats to Director Candice McVey and team! Here’s a recap of the week from Candice: A week filled with connecting on Zoom through the…
Production of our new documentary film, “Priest” is underway in partnership with Chitwood Media and MARK Music Global! The film highlights the story of Priest, a 13 year old Rapper and Hip Hop artist from North Minneapolis whose message is, “you are never too young to make a difference!” Look for a premiere in October! In the meantime,…
Inverted Arts is excited to announce that we have received an Arts Activities grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for a new documentary film, “Priest.” The film will highlight the story of Priest, a 13 year old Rapper and Hip Hop artist from North Minneapolis. Priest recorded his first song at the age of…
Things were a little different for our 2020 Art Exploration at Hope Academy. This was our tenth year partnering with Hope during their summer session, and this year’s classes were all online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We offered five classes to about seventy-five middle and high school students in Spoken Word Poetry, Photography, Filmmaking, Graphic…
For the past 10 years we have partnered with Mathare Community Outreach in Kenya to provide an annual Art Camp for their students and scholarships for their graduates. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the Mathare Valley hard and the school has had to close. This means students are missing their classes and the two meals…
On Saturday June 11th, sixteen black women joined documentary photographer Raygen Samone in a community art project that serves as a peaceful protest to honor, humanize and dignify the image of black women in Minneapolis. In remembrance of Breonna Taylor, Raygen Samone’s ladies is phase two of a three part series. This day was full…
Inverted Arts stands with our black brothers and sisters here in Minneapolis, in the United States and around the world. Your lives matter to us and we stand with you in sadness, anger, frustration, protest, and we join you to fight for justice and to rebuild our societal systems that need to change now! We…
Thanks to all of you we did it! Together we raised $20,250 for our Scholarships and Small Business Fund!!! We are grateful, excited, and overwhelmed by your support for the work of Inverted Arts. You are helping students around the world use their creativity to change their communities!