By Mark Collier For the last eight weeks I’ve had the pleasure of working with the young men’s group at Mary’s Place and exploring the world of video production. I’ve had a very talented group of about 15 guys every Friday evening and we have covered a lot of stuff in that short time making…
SIEMPRE PARA LOS NINOS – TIJUANA, MEXICO From March 19-27, Sarah and Lisa Albinson will be working with the kids at the Siempre Para Los Ninos Orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. They will be teaching stencil t-shirt creation and basic block printmaking that will help them create products through which they can creatively express themselves, but…
By Sarah Albinson It has been such an incredible pleasure to work with the Big Sister program at Mary’s Place and get to know thirteen incredible women and their leaders. The participants ranged from ages 11 to 18 and came from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds including Somali, Native American, Puerto Rican, and African…
In the last few weeks I have had the privilege of working alongside women ages 11 to 18, at Mary’s Place! We have 13 total participants (including the leaders), and we are working on creating artistic individually-made booklets that tell our stories. The first page was a self portrait, the second described our families, the…
We’re four weeks into an eight-week Inverted Arts Exploration program at Mary’s Place – a transitional shelter for over 500 people (396 children, 150 adults in 92 family apartments) – in downtown Minneapolis. What an incredible honor it is for us to be involved in the lives of these amazing students! On Thursdays, Artist Mentor Sarah…
Just finished the UV Art Exploration Program and the students created some amazing art and presented at the Showcase last night. You can check it out… HERE
Come join us: Art Exploration Showcase Event 5pm Thursday December 20, 2012 Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center 2924 4th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN You are invited to the Inverted Arts Exploration Showcase Event at the Urban Ventures Learning Lab. Over 30 middle school students have spent the last ten Thursday afternoons exploring and creating art in…
Mary’s Place We have recently begun conversations about a partnership with Mary’s Place, an organization in Minneapolis that works with homeless families and youth. We are very excited about the projects we have begun to explore and plan, including a day event to help families and youth of different cultural backgrounds understand one another’s stories…
Lessons From the Journey Sometimes it’s more about the heart than the art. At IA, our Art Exploration Programs are designed to help undererved young people discover a creative voice they didn’t realize they had; that they are made in the image of God with embedded beauty, potential and full of creative possibilities. Our desire…
Our second Art Exploration program is underway at Urban Ventures off 4th and Lake in Minneapolis. We have about 35 middle school students taking classes in photography, visual art and music every Thursday afternoon after school. Artist Mentors are Becca Ulasich – photography, Sarah Albinson – visual art, and Mark Collier – music. These photos are from…