Media & Resources

 

Media

Student Curated Zines:

All Zines are created, designed, and edited by students in Mirror Image Arts programming with the help of facilitators.

This Zine project was completed on August 3, 2023, by nine youth who participated in summer programming as a part of Mirror Image Arts Restorative Theatre program. 2023

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Golden Peak Youth Services, Restorative Theatre Program: “Contraband” 2021.

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New America School, It Starts With Us Program: “Our World’s New Chapter” 2022.

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New America School, It Starts With Us Program: “This Is Our Nothing” 2022.

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New America School, It Starts With Us Program: “From Nothings to Somethings” 2022.

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View fullsize Create It, Relate It! was born out of our commitment to stay connected with young people while supporting teachers during the difficulties and uncertainties of COVID-19. Create It, Relate It! is a series of free asynchronous videos on YouTube that st
View fullsize Happy Friday! Our new blog is live: "Exploring Grief with Compassion & Creativity," written by our Manager of Social Work, Nicholle. Here's an excerpt: "As adults, when we face our grief, we model how to move through complex emot
View fullsize Mirror Image Arts is excited to bowl with other youth advocates during the Bowl-A-Thon! 🎳 We are raising funds to support our students and continue to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Donate any amount to support these efforts to the bowling t

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MIA in the News

Articles:

Colorado courts banned from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance. Written by Hannah Metzger

 

Mirror Image Arts: How the Golden Rule affects Juvenile’s Optimism. Written by Ava Kalhoefer, based on the original blog by Maya Osterman-Van Grack.

We interviewed a puppet working to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline through theatre education. Written by Maggie Donahue

 

Conversations with the Inspiring Andrea Rabold. Interview by VoyageDenver

Podcasts:

Dr. Jim Hoven visits with Mirror Image Arts Executive Director Andrea Rabold and Program Director Maya Osterman on how students' lives are being changed through theater.  This is a must-listen-to understand how the Arts are making a difference.

This week co-hosts Andy Ininns and Jesse Huebner speak with Andrea Rabold, the Executive Director of Mirror Image Arts, about positive community impact, how theater can create that impact, and philosophize around being factual. The crew dives into mental wellness and how we all can give bullying less of a chance to exist as well as the hope that everyone in this human community can feel their value.

My special guest today is Andrea Rabold. Andrea is the Executive Director of a Colorado nonprofit called Mirror Image Arts. Andrea joined Mirror Image Arts in 2008 as an actress, continued to grow with the organization, and accepted the role of Executive Director in 2012. Andrea is passionate and curious about the human experience. She is deeply committed to exploring the intricacies of human potential, disrupting our systems of oppression, studying power dynamics, and discovering how we, humans, could support each other better. She came from Starbucks Corporation, where she served 13 years in various roles in retail sales, organization and program development, people management, operational leadership, project management, and event planning. Andrea has been with Mirror Image Arts for 13 years, and she graduated with a B.F.A. in Theatre from Sam Houston State University. I know you’ll enjoy getting to know Andrea and her unique perspective on intentional listening.

Videos:

Maya Osterman-Van Grack has been an applied theatre practitioner for the past 10 years, and she is a firm believer in the transformative power of theatre and education. Maya is currently a Program Manager for Mirror Image Arts, a Denver-based theatre nonprofit. Through Mirror Image Arts, Maya is also the founder of Restorative Theatre, a program that works with incarcerated youth throughout the state of Colorado. She knows that theatre can be used as a tool to enable others to explore the social and emotional well-being of others and to bring awareness to social issues.

Has the pandemic caused an increased interest in arts and culture? What is the role of the arts in elevating social justice issues? Do we lose our creativity as we get older? Listen in to a group of Colorado artists discuss these questions and others as part of Changing the Narrative’s on the same pAGE intergenerational conversations.

Stacey D’Angelo, Director of Theatre, Community College of Aurora
Gregg Deal, Artist, and Activist
Michael Gadlin, Visual Artist
Helen Littlejohn, Artist and Retired Educator
Roddy MacInnes, Associate Professor of Photography, University of Denver
Damon McLeese, Executive Director, Access Gallery
Adri Norris, Visual Artist
Tony Ortega, Visual Artist
Maya Osterman Van Grack, Program & Partnerships Director, Mirror Image Arts
Lu Anne Tyrrell, Artist/Photographer

Program Collateral:

One-Pagers:

If you’d like to know more about our programming, click the image to view the One-Pager!

It Starts With Us One-Pager

Restorative Theatre One-Pager

Your Voice One-Pager