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A Critical View of the Criminal Justice System, Through Artists’ Eyes

by Emily Wilson November 18, 2020December 2, 2020

Barring Freedom uses art to engage people in different ways, so they can see the dynamics of racism.

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Making Art Against the Backdrop of Incarceration

by Erica Cardwell October 21, 2020December 14, 2020

In a year of perpetual change, Marking Time demonstrates the urgent need for a shift in culture, one where crisis need not be the charge for moving towards a better world.

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Making American Labor Visible Again

by Tim Keane December 15, 2018December 14, 2018

Though officially outlawed in 1865, the de facto continuation of slavery remains a repulsive American secret.

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Stark Photos of a Louisiana Prison that Was Once a Slave Plantation

by Abe Ahn November 30, 2018March 12, 2019

Two photographers document the lives of incarcerated men at Angola, a former slave plantation that is now the largest maximum-security prison farm in the US.

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The Black Cowboys Whitewashed from American History

by Julia Friedman February 8, 2017February 8, 2017

The photographs and videos in Black Cowboy at the Studio Museum show images of nonwhite cowboys, bringing Americana in line with historical accuracy.

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Art Behind Bars Provides a Key to Prospect New Orleans

by Jillian Steinhauer January 22, 2015January 21, 2015

NEW ORLEANS — Biennials, triennials, and other, similarly grand periodic art exhibitions are a funny thing; both local and global, they must balance an engagement with their home places alongside a broader artistic conversation.

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