Fashion Designer: Yvonne Asunnah In 2017, we asked our Kenyan Artist Mentors and scholarship recipients to present proposals that would use their creativity to launch small businesses benefiting their communities. Inverted Arts would invest capital and operating funds with the goal that the business would be self-sustaining after five years. Yvonne Asunnah’s proposal was selected and in…
This was the theme of our NINTH annual Art Exploration Program at Hope Academy and it was an amazing and fun four weeks of creativity being unleashed! Five Artist Mentors worked with ten high school interns in video, music, photography, visual art and theater during the first two weeks. Then in weeks three and four the Mentors…
Join us for our Arts Exploration Program Showcase! Over 100 Hope Academy middle school students and 10 high school intern assistants will be presenting their creative work in video, music, theater, photography, visual art, animation and creative writing! Tuesday, July 2nd at 7:30pm at Hope Academy 2300 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55404
By Artist Mentor Bethel Gessesse This past spring, I had the privilege of teaching photography at Venture Academy, a public charter school serving students grades 6-11 in Minneapolis. Over the thirteen week course, I was blessed to connect with, teach, and learn from the students there. One highlight was on Earth Day, when we took…
Friday, May 17th 5pm-9pmSaturday, May 18th noon-8pmSunday, May 19th noon-4pm Inverted Arts Studios 77 – 13th Ave NE Suite #207Minneapolis, MN 55413Free parking in lot west of buildingMAP Featured Artists: Brittany Moore, Bethel Gessesse, and Delphin Starr *Speed Painting performance by DelStarr on Saturday at 6pm Brittany Moore Brittany is a full time artist/entrepreneur. She…
Enjoy this video about Fashion Designer Yvonne Asunnah; Artist Mentor for Inverted Arts, and founder of “Mathare Creative Creators Foundation” and “Yvonne Asunnah Kenya.”
What an incredible night it was at the 2019 IA Fundraiser Extravaganza! Together we absolutely crushed our goal of $16,000, raising just over $23,000 for scholarships and our Kenyan Fashion Project! Thank you to everyone who had a part in making it a special and successful night! Thanks to everyone who attended and donated toward…
By Artist Mentor J.D. O’Brien At Columbia Academy, the winter trimester for the Inverted Arts film class as part of their Encore after school program was a great success. We had 9 students that spent the trimester learning about two types of films. The first was documentaries. The students learned how to interview each other…
Saturday April 13th at 7pm New Location: “301 on Main” (AKA: Ukrainian Event Center) 301 NE Main St. Minneapolis, 55413 Tickets: $50/person Purchase tickets by credit card OR by check payable to Inverted Arts. Can’t make it to the event? Consider purchasing tickets for our students and their families to attend, or make a donation…
By Sarah Nelson To end 2018, I had the privilege of working through Inverted Arts with the St Paul Library’s Read Brave Program. The Read Brave Program is empowered by the city, and focuses on creating a communal dialogue around various topics relating to the participating community, This year’s topic was Housing. To pair with the Young…