“The Genie and the Basketball” at the Plaza Theater
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“The Genie and the Basketball” at the Plaza Theater

Back in June the talented students at The Lift in St. Paul created an original short film called “The Genie and the Basketball.” On Saturday, August 16th the students, their families, friends and Lift staff members attended a premier showing of the film at the Plaza Theater in Maplewood, MN. Afterwards, students participated in a talk-back session…

Art Camp in Santo Domingo, DR 2014
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Art Camp in Santo Domingo, DR 2014

What a great week of Art Camp in Santo Domingo, DR! It was an exciting new partnership between Inverted Arts, Kristin and Joselo Santana – Wolford, and local churches Mundo de Fe and Jovenes Educando en las Verdad. This year’s focus was film-making and our Artist Mentor team of Travis and Sarah Scharn and James and Mark Collier…

Hope Art Exploration Showcase 2014
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Hope Art Exploration Showcase 2014

On Wednesday July 2nd we celebrated the creativity of over 60 Hope Academy middle school students and 10 high school interns at the Art Exploration Community Showcase event. Students presented their work in Visual Arts, Photography, Video, Music and Theater.  Take a tour of their amazing work below! Visual Arts Artist Mentor – Sarah Albinson Visual…

Hope Art Exploration Program and SHOWCASE
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Hope Art Exploration Program and SHOWCASE

Wednesday July 2nd @7pm You are invited to join us Wednesday July 2nd @ 7pm for our Community Showcase Celebration at Hope Academy! Students from our fourth annual IA Exploration Program will be presenting and performing their artistic creations in music, video, photography, visual art and theater. The event will last about one hour and is free, with…

Video Story-telling Program at The Lift in St. Paul
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Video Story-telling Program at The Lift in St. Paul

June 10 we began our first Video Story-Telling Program with 12 students at The Lift in St Paul. The program is led by Artist Mentors Connor Unger and Mark Collier. The short video is called “The Genie and the Basketball” and students have led every aspect of the project from creation, to acting, directing and now…

Hope Academy Internships with IA Mentors
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Hope Academy Internships with IA Mentors

Artist Mentors Sarah Albinson – Visual art, Chad Amour – Video, Vincent Joachim – Photography/Graphic Design, Joyce Marrie – Theater, and Mark Collier – Music have each been working with two talented high school interns from Hope Academy for weeks 1-2 of the Art Exploration Program (our fourth annual Art Exploration Program at Hope). They have been…