The Christmas holiday is one of the happier times of the year, but there are a lot of people out there having a tough time. Through Afro-beat dancing and Hot-Cocoa and Painting, we are thankful to have the opportunity to spread a little holiday cheer to these incredible kids who are, unfortunately, living at the…
We are thankful for our partnership with Simpson Housing! It was fun to have their students and mentors down at the studio for sessions in visual art led by Brittany Moore, graphic design led by Delphin Starr, and song writing led by Mark Collier. The students did some amazing creative work and we look forward…
Enjoy our new Christmas video “Fit to Give a King.” Thanks to J.D. O’Brien for creating the video, Delstarr for the speed painting, and Keith Anderson for the drums!
It was a privilege to be on WCCO Radio for their “Charity Spotlight” segment with Roshini Rajkumar yesterday! We were represented by Morgan Chitwood from Chitwood Media, and TJ Valtierra who works with students from the Little Earth community. Morgan and TJ shared about our Little Earth Documentary film collaboration. More about the Little Earth…
We are excited to announce that we have received a Capital Grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to purchase DSLR cameras, laptops and accessories to lead a new Inverted Arts “Photo Story-Telling Program.” This project will serve students from four of our partners: People Serving People, Simpson Housing, Hope Academy, and Columbia Academy. In…
By JD O’Brien After jumping on board with Inverted Arts this past summer, I got the opportunity to teach my first after-school film class with the 6th through 8th graders at Columbia Academy. A lot was learned, and the students might have picked up a thing or two as well. We started by talking about…
A great, big THANK YOU to everyone who donated during Give to the Max Day November 15th. Together we raised $6,520 for these four 2019 projects below! And if you missed Give to the Max Day, it’s not too late to help us reach our goal of $10,000! Just click the yellow donate button below….
Goal $10,000 for four 2019 projects Give to the Max Day November 15th from Inverted Arts on Vimeo. Youth Changing Communities Through Creativity Did you know that human beings aren’t meant to just be taken care of? We all have something to contribute! We’re all “created 2 create!” These four projects are led by young…
We are thrilled to introduce you to three new IA Kenyan Scholarship Recipients! SETH OLUVUYI LUCHEMOS Seth has been an IA Artist Mentor in music for the Mathare Art Camp the last four years. He graduated from Kenya Institute Management (KIM), with a diploma in Project Management. He had been a student at LEPTA, a…
We are excited to announce that we received an MRAC Arts Activities Grant for a documentary film project that will feature multi-generational stories of the Little Earth Native American community in South Minneapolis, MN, co-produced by three paid Little Earth student interns. The working title is “Little Earth: Pride of the People Overcoming Pain of…