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Hope Art Exploration Showcase 2014

ByMark

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 Arts from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

Photography

Artist Mentor – Vincent Joachim

Photography Slideshow from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

Video

Artist Mentor – Chad Amour

Bob – Video Team #1 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

The Story of Ezio Auditore – Video Team #2 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

Music

Artist Mentor – Mark Collier
Food Rap - Alyanna, Angie, Jahnyiya

PB + J - Caden, Eleazar

New Day - Asata, Reyianna

Stand Out - Hannah, Makayla, Asahel

Reconstruction – Jennifer

Chasing Life – Noelle

Touch the Sky – Eli, CJ, Brendan

Theater

Artist Mentor – Joyce Marrie

This project is funded through an Arts Learning Grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC), made possible by the voters of Minnesota thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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  1. I am glad that Vincent Joachim had the opportunity to come and work with youth in your city. I enjoy seeing how he uses his art to inspire people to seek new perspectives, find beauty everywhere and show that positive change is possible.

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