Inverted Arts - Summer Camp

Inverted Arts Summer Camp - What a delightful week!

Mark Collier is the president and founder of Inverted Arts Ministry of Maple Grove, MN.   Inverted Arts exists to empower young people out of poverty by giving them a voice through the arts.  In this week long camp, I was blown away by the gifts and talents in both the art teachers and our students! 


In this picture, Mark is working with the video class.
The students had a great time learning how to use a video camera and create their own videos. 
They created their own "movie trailers," conducted interviews, made an video advertisement and
gained experience in directing and acting as they created a movie based on the "Good Samaritan."



Travis pictured on the right worked with the music class. 
In this class, students wrote the words and lyrics to their own songs,
 and then they recorded their songs in order to share them with others! 

Renee was the visual arts teacher. 
Students drew self-portraits, worked with paints and pastels to
create the masterpieces you see below. 





 

 

I wish I could have captued the excitement on the faces of the students in Batey Magua
when they first saw the bright-colored paints and learned they were going to have the opportunity to use it!





Sarah was the teacher of the photography class.  I discovered I didn't take many pictures of students taking pictures!  The first thing the students of the photography learned was that there is a lot more to the art of photography than they realized!  They learned to capture beauty in people and nature by looking at things they've seen a million times with "new eyes!"  It was fun to watch the students develop throughout the week and think more and more creatively!

On Friday, the students invited their family and friends to a Showcase, where they explained to their parents what they did and learned at camp. 
  

They displayed their work, performed the songs they wrote,

and showed the videos and pictures they created.   




My favorite part of the Showcase was watching the expressions on the students' faces as they celebrated the beautiful things they and their classmates had created.  It was a wonderful week recognizing the beauty God created in each one of us and in the world around us! 

We are all eagerly waiting for this team of artists to return!