Give to the Max Day November 13, 2014
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Give to the Max Day November 13, 2014

Our Goal is $16,500 Reaching this goal will completely fund four local Art Exploration Programs and two global Art Camps.  Local Art Exploration Programs: 1. Mary’s Place – Minneapolis (spring and fall)  $4,500 2. People Serving People – Minneapolis (spring and fall)  $4,500 3. Sojourner Truth Academy – N. Minneapolis (fall) $2,250 4. The Lift – St. Paul (winter) $2,250 Global…

STA Video Exploration Program
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STA Video Exploration Program

For 8 straight Tuesday afternoons (October 7 – December 2) an upstairs classroom in North Minneapolis bristles with the energy of 11 Sojourner Truth Academy students and 3 STA staff members.   The goal is to corral the student’s efforts into writing, shooting and editing original short films. The program will end with a screening of the film…

Video Exploration Program at Mary’s Place
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Video Exploration Program at Mary’s Place

We’ve just begun another Video Exploration Program with a talented group of young men from Mary’s Place. The program is led by Artist Mentor Mark Collier, assisted by MP staff member Bill Holmes, and meets every Thursday night for 10 weeks (September 18 – December 11). At the end of the program we will have…

New Partnership with People Serving People
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New Partnership with People Serving People

IA is excited to announce a new partnership with People Serving People, an emergency shelter in downtown Minneapolis serving homeless children and their families. On Monday October 6th we begin a Video Exploration Program with teens at PSP and we can’t wait to see what these talented young people create! The final video projects will…

“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…