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…
We are pleased to introduce you to Vincent Joachim – photography, Joyce Marrie – theater and Connor Unger – writing/film. Vincent and Joyce are part of our 2014 Hope Academy Art Exploration Team. Connor is leading our team at The Lift in St. Paul. Vincent T. Joachim is from Calgary, Alberta Canada and has been a…
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…
On Friday June 27th we hosted a screening of our new documentary in the IA studios. Stay tuned for more local screening dates and then a public video link to be released fall 2014. Home: Mogadishu to Mary’s Place (2014: 18 minutes) This documentary film asks fifteen Somali residents of all ages from Mary’s Place…
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…
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…
As part of our growing partnership with Mathare Community Outreach (MCO) we are excited to tell you about several new opportunities to invest in Mathare students. Scholarship Fund 1. We are establishing an IA Scholarship Fund for two students who have shown artistic talent and ability, are continuing to develop their talents, have completed Form…
On Friday April 18th, the talented Mathare Community Outreach students presented and performed their creative works to an enthusiastic audience of friends, family, and MCO staff. We are so proud of their accomplishments during Art Camp and we encourage them to pursue their creative passions, adding beauty and depth to this world. One of the…
Our team just returned from Art Camp 2014 (fourth annual) in the Mathare Valley, Kenya. What a privilege to work with such wonderful and talented students! Here is just some of their work from the four classes: Video – Artist Mentors Jason Dyer and Rose Simbiri Music – Artist Mentors Mark Collier and Philip Amolo…
Meet Artist Mentor Henry Aol. Henry is a talented Kenyan artist, photographer, teacher at Mathare Community Outreach (MCO) and has been part of our Mathare Art Camp team for the last two years. It is such an honor to work with and learn from Henry! This year we were excited to donate another 3 digital cameras,…