Author Archives: Mark

Wow! Together we raised $17,117 on Give to the Max Day! Creativity is being unleashed and changing communities here in the Twin Cities and around the world, and we’re so grateful for each one of you who help make this … Continued

Exciting 2021 Plans! In case you haven’t heard, Inverted Arts has been flipping the world upside down for TEN YEARS; unleashing creativity by helping disadvantaged youth around the world discover what’s “RIGHT” with them. Together we’ve been creating, learning, and … Continued

We are excited to welcome Raygen Samone to our IA staff team! Raygen has served as an Artist Mentor with IA for the past three years during our summer Art Exploration programs at Hope Academy and she joins our staff … Continued

We’re excited for you to see our new film highlighting the story of Priest, a 14 year old Rapper and Hip Hop artist from North Minneapolis. Priest recorded his first song at the age of 9, released a five song EP when … Continued

Meet Raygen Brown and Shanell McCoy, our new resident Artist Mentors here at the IA Studio. Raygen’s been a Photography Artist Mentor for the past 3 years and both Raygen (Photography) and Shanell (Songwriting) were part of our Virtual Art … Continued

Thanks to your generous contributions we recently sent $2,400 USD to provide food for staff and student families for our partner Mathare Community Outreach (MCO) in Nairobi, Kenya. Here’s a letter of appreciation from Rodgers Ade, MCO’s Administrator. Dear Inverted … Continued

2020 Virtual Art Camp Pasadena Video. Enjoy! It was an honor for Inverted Arts to be a very small part of the 2020 Virtual Art Camp from a distance this year! Congrats to Director Candice McVey and team! Here’s a … Continued

Production of our new documentary film, “Priest” is underway in partnership with Chitwood Media and MARK Music Global! The film highlights the story of Priest, a 13 year old Rapper and Hip Hop artist from North Minneapolis whose message is, “you are never … Continued

Inverted Arts is excited to announce that we have received an Arts Activities grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for a new documentary film, “Priest.” The film will highlight the story of Priest, a 13 year old Rapper and … Continued

Things were a little different for our 2020 Art Exploration at Hope Academy.  This was our tenth year partnering with Hope during their summer session, and this year’s classes were all online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We offered five … Continued