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“Be Yourself”
“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!
Five Years Serving Youth Through the Arts
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…
Meet Binh
Meet Binh Dao, our newest video production intern. This internship is a joint venture between Inverted Arts, East Side Neighborhood Services and the Minneapolis Youth Works Program. Binh’s project is to create an original short 5 minute video about his own life story. Binh will tackle everything from video concept, script, camera and audio work,…
New Partnership with Venture Academy
We are excited about our new partnership with Venture Academy- a very unique public charter school near the University of Minnesota campus. We’ve started a Song Writing Exploration Program with students there that will run through October and November. Stay tuned to hear some great songs from the creative students at Venture Academy! More about…
Spoken Word
A spoken word project from video interns Tynisha and Sahur in partnership with East Side Neighborhood Services.
Meet DR Scholarship Recipient Adriel
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….
Film Making 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…
DR Art Camp 2015
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…
Student Creations – Hope Showcase 2015
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…
Hope Art Exploration Program Photos
Enjoy some photos from our fifth annual Art Exploration Program at Hope Academy. Photos by Hope Intern Cailin Germo and Aritst Mentor Sarah Ascanio This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.…