For the months of October and November Artist Mentor Mark Collier is helping students at Venture Academy discover the amazing world of songwriting. There are four teams of middle school students (15 total) who are composing and recording their original songs that will be presented to fellow students, families and friends at a Showcase event Wednesday evening…
By Artist Mentor: Sarah Albinson In continuation of last years’ after-school art class, Ricky and Grace Johnson and Rachel Kite have been joining me for some advanced drawing courses. It has been so fun to be able to continue these relationships with former interns and students from Hope Academy. They are incredibly talented and watching them…
Our Mission Inverted Arts works to empower disadvantaged youth by helping them discover their creative voices. Where many see only problems that need to be fixed, we see young people who are made in the image of God with creative potential just waiting to be unleashed! As students discover their creative voices they also discover their own value and worth and their…
“Be Yourself” is created by Binh Dao, video intern for Inverted Arts in partnership with East Side Neighborhood Services and the MInneapolis Youth Works Program. Watch and enjoy!
Can you believe it!? Inverted Arts is celebrating FIVE YEARS! A lot has happened since we launched in September 2010 and you can see some of the amazing creativity, stories, relationships and results below! To all the youth we’ve had the pleasure of working with: thank you for having the courage to exercise your creative…
A spoken word project from video interns Tynisha and Sahur in partnership with East Side Neighborhood Services.
We are excited to introduce you to our very first scholarship recipient in the Dominican Republic, Adriel Charles Santos. Adriel is a talented song-writer and musician who has worked with us in the past, and recently served as an Artist Mentor during our 2015 Video Art Camp at Mundo De Fe in Santo Domingo….
This past week we had the pleasure of working with 15 talented youth from Mundo De Fe Church in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The students created an original short film called “Los 10 Mandamientos” (The Ten Commandments). They came up with everything from story and script, to editing and original theme song. Artist…
We are extremely excited to be heading back to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to lead our fourth annual Art Camp there, August 3-8. And the excitement is high for many reasons. We are excited to be with our amazing partners and hosts Kristin and Joselo Santana and their new baby boy Elliot, as…
What a fantastic night at the Hope Art Exploration Showcase 2015 on July 1st. Over 200 family and friends gathered to cheer on Hope middle school students who performed and presented their creative masterpieces in Visual Art, Photography, Music, Video and Theater. If you couldn’t make it, you can experience some of their great work below. IA…